shadorne
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| Art Blakey, king of the drums. Art plays in front of the beat. He gives it an energetic sound but I can understand Foster_9's view. Many find that the pocket lies slightly behind the beat. In contrast, playing behind the beat gives a more relaxed feel. Some drummers can play bo... | |
| Zu Druid MK IVs vs. Essences The impedance and frequency plot shows that the Zu Druid is a Paul Voight type design.The notches in the bass are caused by line harmonics cancelling the output from the drivers front. The distance from the floor will make a 3 dB difference at cer... | |
| Zu Druid MK IVs vs. Essences Whizzer Cone:A small supplementary cone attached to the voice coil of a speaker for the purpose of producing and radiating high frequency content more effectively than the larger speaker cone. A whizzer cone is attached to the voice coil in the sa... | |
| Zu Druid MK IVs vs. Essences Druid's design *requires* a floor immediately beneath the speaker for it to operate correctly. Is that all? Those measurements suggest way more issues than that but as Charles1dad points out - it is all in the eye (ear) of the beholder - if you l... | |
| Zu Druid MK IVs vs. Essences Ears trump lab results. However, ears might also need cleaning or some education. In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King. Just because a few people like something does not necessarily make it wonderful sounding. A bass guitar woofer i... | |
| reliable changer mechanism needed I have five Sony Megachangers - they have never jammed except when I moved them and some CD's dislodged. I have used them nearly every day for about eight years. | |
| Why magic at 80 db? If your speakers can deliver clean undistorted sound it will generally get better and better as the SPL inceases, up to a limit of between 95 and 100 db SPL. Generally 105 db SPL and higher at the listener is becoming uncomfortably loud.The better... | |
| Peachtree DAC iT vs. Benchmark's DAC1 The jitter of the master clock merely represents a lower bound, not the actual sampling jitter of the DAC. What Stereophile measured on the DAC1 is the sampling jitter, measured at the analog output of the DAC, which is what ultimately matters to ... | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. The Odd Couple | |
| The Evolution of Modern Jazz Did I mention that I like Neal Hefti | |
| The Evolution of Modern Jazz Now what about Benson | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. Walls from the movie "She's the One" | |
| HDtrack not necessarily better? I have found HDtracks to be consistently on par with the best that is out there. In some cases you are simply getting the same master that was sold on two channel DVD Audio or two channel SACD but I have not yet found anything to complain about. I... | |
| The Evolution of Modern Jazz EnjoyThis band is tight. Weckl is on form. | |
| Have you treated your listening space? The quality of the room and treatments are roughly one-third of the sound quality. I never cease to be amazed at the high $$$ systems posted here with inappropriate listening environments. Seems such a waste to me. |