shadorne
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| Disappointing Evening In cases like this - the five minute demo with polite guests- you need to shock and awe. I just crank it and guests are totally amazed because it sounds just like a real live show. | |
| Apple Airplay Sound Quality Airport Express is CD quality - 16 bits of and 44.1KHZOf course you need to CD quality (lossless) files in order to get the full benefit of CD quality. | |
| Lobos/Clapton Show - mini-review With Steve Gadd on drums what else can you expect but an absolutely fantastic show.Whether Eric is the greatest or not is a mute point since he is able to assemble the best musicians on the planet. | |
| Would I benefit from a headphone amp? You would be better served by Sennheiser HD-25-II pros. | |
| PMC EB1i v. Thiel CS3.7 v. Pioneer S1-EX v. ??? The EB1i does not appear to have the same high quality dome as in the larger PMC speakers. It looks like the Vifa 3 inch dome which, if true, is nothing to write home about. Personally I'd definitely go PMC and I'd go for the next model up - IB2i.... | |
| $20k top, full range speakers? The offer astonishing dynamic range at low levels, a trait that is inherent with Transmission line loudspeakers. Can you explain why TL designs are so effective at lower levels?What happens at higher levels - does the TL design compress dynamics? | |
| Who is the World's Best 'New' Female Vocalist Check it out Maria Aragon | |
| How far apart do you position your speakers ? I find that a listening distance of 1.5 times the spacing between speakers works best.If you listen at 6 feet then speakers spaced 4 feet, at 9 feet spaced 6 feet apart, and at 12 feet spaced 8 feet.I find the often recommended equilateral triangl... | |
| How high the rears? High near the ceiling seems to work well as most sounds from the rear are ambient. You can put them lower on stands but frankly it clutters the room. | |
| Apple to download 24 bit in iTunes? 24/96 is no real benefit to most people, as most do not have a system capable of peaks well in excess of 120 db SPL nor can they hear the "roll-off" from brick wall filters for CD.The problem is badly mastered CD's with heavy compression. | |
| Flawed? Wilson's Aspherical Propagation Delay If Wilson used active crossovers then they could offer adjustable x-overs at reasonable cost.Frankly I am with buconero on this one, at least in regard to the very large Wilsons. I have no beef with the triangular sloped baffle on the Watt Puppy -... | |
| Flawed? Wilson's Aspherical Propagation Delay If the dispersion of the drivers is uneven (as they are in many audiophile designs) then adjusting the tilt and toe in of individual drivers can certainly be used to accommodate for inadequate design, however, this all comes at the expense of incr... | |
| Stereophile vs. Sports Illustrated Stereophile readers' tend to adjust their knobs at a suitable level - but on the whole leave the settings alone. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition readers' are constantly tweaking them up and down. | |
| I Was at a Funeral of An Audiophile... Wipeout? | |
| I Was at a Funeral of An Audiophile... Compared to many systems here, bricks & mortar specials are not so bad. I think it is the height of bad taste to denigrate someone at their funeral - not everyone has the same priorities...perhaps this fellow spent his money on music rather th... |