shadorne
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| Best mastered recordings As for Rick Rubin, I've only heard his work with Johnny Cash on the American label, which is recorded very well. I'm surprised that he doesn't do a good job on other albums he's produced.He likes clipping nearly everything. Producing Metallica wi... | |
| What does Jitter sound like? Liudas,True. Physically Jitter can ONLY exist once there is some form of clock or timing device...so a CD cannot have any jitter, however, if there is difficulty for a CD player to read a disc then perhaps oscillations in the drive motor power or ... | |
| Size matters...need smaller speakers I rarely listen above 75db so a speaker's ability to sound its best at low volume is critical for me The world is your oyster.75 db is moderate (only about twice as loud as conversation). I think your current Ushers are way overkill if you listen... | |
| What does Jitter sound like? Needless to say, I take much of the claimed auditory observations with a grain of salt. Many theoretical differences that justify large expenditures do not conform with auditory reality. Agree 100%! Large expenditures do NOT conform with auditor... | |
| Advice on first HT equipment and setup. This DVD will keep you up to date with the latest and greatest in Hollywood Production.Toshiba HD-A20 1080p HD DVD player - like new ($200-$250) I would not recommend going HD-DVD - at this time it looks like HD-DVD is a dead duck.Go Blu-Ray if y... | |
| Anthem D2--Audiophile Opinions I use an old Anthem DSP for both 2 and 5.1 - it seems to be a good solid product and great value. Remember the purists will always shun 5.1 systems! As long as you can accept to have criticism from two channel purists and ignore the doubt that it ... | |
| Advice on first HT equipment and setup. If you get a DSP you can phatom the center channel and save yourself trouble trying to find a center to match the timbre of your excellent speakers. (Centers are over-rated IMHO unless you have large audiences watching movies all the time. Plus ce... | |
| What does Jitter sound like? No real answers so far....hmmm... I agree...it is all pretty vague. However in fairness there are infinite possibilities and (for those who bother to study this) that "masking" is a huge factor in our hearing ablity...and sounds in proximity to o... | |
| Size matters...need smaller speakers I agree with Launche NXT's look awesome...plenty of good suggestions so far. | |
| Size matters...need smaller speakers Notwithstanding the great suggestions above - perhpas you should add ATC active 20's or 50's to your audition list - you will be surprised - lots of big loud transparent clean sound in a small (but heavy/boxy) package. Neither will win any beauty ... | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi Here is some more info on what you heard at your friends house. Bob Stuart on DSP SpeakersI am surprised that you heard a system designed by Bob Stuart (at your friends) and loved the sound and were awed to the extent you want to throw away your o... | |
| Is this a reasonable Audiophile Mac-based Server? Looks good to me. This is nearly identical to my setup. However I use software on a Mac Mini to control multiple CD players as the source rather than iTunes/hard drive source...of course my setup is 7 years old and, at the design time, ripping a t... | |
| The most important link in the chain... I agree with those who say the room.The two biggest factors (by very very far) are Room and Speakers.Digital Sound and transistor electronics have made the differences between other components to be several orders of magnitude less important. (The... | |
| audiophiles get mention in today's WSJournal No surprises here. It is indeed extremely difficult to hear such small differences (for most mere mortals)I did extensive test with Sony's Atrac compression and concluded I could hear a difference but it was not at all easy. The same result for iT... | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi Active speakers are NOT 1000 times better, IMHO. They're not even two-times better than a well matched conventional system. I agree - Twice as good for Active vs non-Active Speakers is closer to the difference and I agree that room acoustics/spea... |