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| Most overrated audio manufacturers? Souljasmooth,Do you really think Oppo is overrated? It does get a lot of great press, but dollar for dollar it is probably the best deal in audio. My Oppo relegated my Esoteric DV to spare bedroom status. | |
| Cat 6 speaker wire. Gem in the rough. ..high end lamp cordSo the lamp cord of the '70s is the same as your Cat5 or Cat6 cable?I don't think most studios care much about weight, and the higher end studios probably don't care about cost too much. Take a look at the JBL M2 . Producers w... | |
| Buying new vinyl? Elinor,Why does vinyl sound more interesting? Is it possible to describe without adjectives like warmer, more exciting, and "better"?It is a fact that vinyl has a poorer SNR than CD. MC is worse than MM and people prefer MC. Why? Is it more detail... | |
| Who is using Dirac? I didn't have that problem because I just ran the digital out to a separate DAC. I was trying Dirac just for grins to see what it could do and I was impressed.Many audiophiles don't realize or unwilling to accept that the future of all hi-fi will ... | |
| HiDiamond Diamond 3 XLR IC's - Burn-In Time? I have a general question. If cables need to be burnt in, why do the cable manufacturers do that or do the electrons revert back to a "bad" way over a period of time? And if so, what is the best way to keep the speakers "Burnt-in"? If I go on a lo... | |
| Does an isolation transformer improve a power cable? Isolation transformers are used to isolate electronics/ devices from the primary source of power. The benefit of this is that the ground is now independent of everything else so ground loops can go away and short high spikes in electricity do not ... | |
| Infrasound??? The old Viennese standard for A4 was 435Hz which is closer to the 432Hz your article refers too, but now most orchestras and instruments are tuned to A4 440Hz. | |
| Most overrated audio manufacturers? I suppose my previous message was primarily focused on Mark Levinson the man. He is the most overrated thing in audio and probably did a huge disservice to the hi-end community. He may have single handedly created the voodoo market. His ridiculous... | |
| Buying new vinyl? I'm going to take a swing and say my hypothesis on why some people prefer vinyl to digital. Before I begin, let me state I like vinyl and have a big collection.Having said that, I think many prefer vinyl for a few reasons.1) It is the sound they g... | |
| Who is using Dirac? Dmm,Did you look at the before graph of your freq-resp of your system. You may have a bright system which Dirac is trying to calm. I found the imaging was drastically improved after running the dirac. The center image went from the center to a pin... | |
| Would vinyl even be invented today? Go to computer audio dominated forums and look at the vast amount of posters who have obtained their first high res download and are completely unaware they need software that supports the format. These folks are not interested in quality sound re... | |
| Directional speaker cables - switching direction If a manufacturer cannot explain the reasoning behind the arrows on the cable besides "we think it sounds better" then you are clearly buying a product from a company that has no business putting arrows on cables. | |
| Would vinyl even be invented today? If it is not completely fad why have there been almost no new vinyl releases of classical? Is classical music over or are the current crop of musicians no good?Sure there are more hi-fi tables but those came about because there is more material, t... | |
| Directional speaker cables - switching direction Jea48,That was a good article. What I picked up from it was that over 40 years ago he heard something on caps and couldn't measure it at that time.The ability to take measurements and analyze data has improved dramatically over the last 40 years. ... | |
| Would vinyl even be invented today? That said, from the numbers that were supplied, we can say in excess of 300,000 turntables sold last year and that means if you add the Numarks, Ions, Audio-Technica sales, it is safe to say approximately 1,000,000 turntables sold last year. Add C... |