shadorne
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| B&w 803s. Vs nautilus 802 Stringreen may not like the midrange. The design is definitely a smile EQ type presentation with recessed upper mids and accentuated bass and tweeter. You can see this from Stereophile off axis frequency plots of its successor the 802D. This kind ... | |
| how high is the drop test at ups? My experience with UPS are awful.Fedex are much better. YMMV | |
| How does the drum kit sound on your rig? The Police Certifiable Blu-ray has an alternate angle just on Stewart Copeland for two tracks. Sound quality is good (not great) but it is fun to watch. | |
| How does the drum kit sound on your rig? FWIW: Most drums available on commercial sold music are compressed because most systems can't handle the truth (that includes most systems here too). This is one of the principal reasons recorded music rarely sounds realistic (it lacks the dynamic... | |
| How does the drum kit sound on your rig? Good Sounding Drums:Any Tom Petty albumJim Capaldi sounds great on "Living on the outside"Police (Synchronicity in particular)Harvey Mason on Weekend in LA Live (George Benson)Harvey Mason on Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin)Dennis Chambers on Maceo Pa... | |
| Do you understand the words to the Mus U listen to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a tough one!!!! | |
| Do you understand the words to the Mus U listen to Ini kamoze Hotstepper sounds like "Curly Rock" instead of "Murderer"And INXS definitely sound like someone is saying "Better than Oasis" instead of "Elegantly Wasted" on the track with the same title. | |
| Do you understand the words to the Mus U listen to Listen To Peter Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers - Kate Bush is heard singing "She's so popular" or is she actually saying something else? | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... Frankly I'd sell any high end CDP for whatever you can still get for it (while you can) and put the money into a PC/MAC - DAC based source. CD players are likely going the way of VCR's - there just won't be much of a market for them in five years ... | |
| Review: Benchmark Dac 1 Pre Preamplifier Not sure what was wrong. In ether case your setup should not sound awful. What are you comparing this awful sound to? What was is your reference? | |
| DAC placement Make sure it is below the digital source so that the electrons can flow easily to the DAC. ;-)Seriously, it does not matter. Make sure it has a clean power supply, it is well ventilated, and cabling is no longer than necessary. Vibration is unlike... | |
| What music is best for life in a tiny box? Benchmark DAC 1, Genelec 8020a and just use your laptop. For headphones I like the Sennheiser HD 25 Pro - nice clean extremely detailed but highly dynamic sound and the best thing is they block out 17 dB of outside noise (great in a noisy environm... | |
| What are you 'TRULY' Looking for in Loudspeaker... TRULY? Are you for real? You mean TRULY?Tall, thin, protuberant tweeter, big woofers, tight bass, fishnet grill, spiked feet, leather baffle, three ports, exotic cherry hard wood finish, active and dynamic with high sensitivity, and never need mai... | |
| What would happen if Maggie and Wilson Mated? In a nutshell designers have been struggling with this for years. ATC are recognized for combining BOTH dynamic range and high performance. I agree Wilson or Maggies don't do both.See article In particular "The idea for the soft dome goes back to... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Geoff,Good choices. |