shadorne
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| Made in Canada conundrum Here is a recent video of Albert, Benie and the Dallas Audiophile Club visiting a Hi-Fi store in foreign land. Despite their finery they were unable to enter the store but they did take delivery of one Vache Monster Monoblock with four udderly fan... | |
| Made in Canada conundrum UPS brokerage fees are a crime at times. That is my experience. Definitely avoid UPS if you ant to avoid the risk of paying usury brokerage fees up to TEN TIMES the actual duties you are charged by the Government (for Canadians who import this is... | |
| SF Guarneri with ARC Reference 110-CD7-3 ? Any company that offers a transferable warranty requires proof of original purchasePerhaps Raquel refers to "out of warrenty" service - it is a fair point if you buy used then it is better to go with a manufacturer that supports their products ir... | |
| Underestimating the influence of studio monitors? If you want to hear what the master heard, or wants you to hear, ask him what setup he used, and enjoy. Good point. Since much of what you can find has been done on ATC then that would be an option I'd recommend investigating (if you go that way a... | |
| Subwoofers for Magnepan 20.1s? Yes, I agree go sealed with low group delay and large woofer. It will be expensive as a good tight sub means less SPL output - so you need really big rather than a high output resonant sub | |
| Interconnect Inductance vs. Capacitance Let me give an example to illustrate my point. I had a DIY preamp project recently. I used 0.68uF for the output coupling caps. Since my power amp has an input impedance of 500K, it yields 0.5Hz 3db cut-off freq. Then I changed the output caps to... | |
| Underestimating the influence of studio monitors? It would be interesting to compare recording engineer's monitors with mastering studio's monitors. Stan,You make an excellent point. I know of only one speaker manufacturer that is popular and has consistent products BOTH in recording AND in mast... | |
| Any French music lover out there Try Christophe Willem for some modern French pop. | |
| Are Harbeths really "all that?" Dodgealum, Watch out - IMHO AN fans are extremely protective and defensive of some of their classic retro type designs. You may have just entered a mine field - though I hope not as too many threads seem to take a bad turn these days. | |
| Jeff Beck "performing this week" OMG My Condolences. I will add that 91 is pretty good going though! I looked him up and he was on Sinatra's "White Christmas" (Capitol Years) - so I figure nearly everyone alive has probably heard Big Dom although they might not know it. | |
| NOS DAC or CDP? My sound is supremely cohesive, detailed to the minutest signal, and wonderfully analog. OS DACs sound terrible, and I don't care which one. I can demonstrated the difference here, and have, numerous times. Yes, I can see from your virtual system... | |
| NOS DAC or CDP? From what I have heard, OS DACs do need jitter control, because the digital filter introduces phase instabilities. Jitter comes from the digital interface connection between transport and your DAC. It is a universal problem that affects all DAC's,... | |
| Artists that sound alike - your best match-up 05-31-09: AudiofeilCeline Dion and my neighbor's pet parrot. Since when did moderators allow cruel comments about pets on this site? | |
| NOS DAC or CDP? Btw, curious on the sound of the Benchmark DAC. I generally go for a warmer, more analog type of sound than an analytical one, of course I do have tubes in my system, so perhaps my worries are unfounded. It isn't harsh in the usual digital sense ... | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier But 400Hz does lie in a region below where most types of room treatment are effective, and yet above the region where a "control-room-sized" (whatever that is) room is exhibiting primarily modal behavior. Agreed - the frequencies between 60 and a... |