shadorne
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| Best mastered recordings I really like Bernie Grundman's work. I also like Stan Ricker. Indeed how could I have missed Bernie/Stan off from my list of good audio engineers.... | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi Yes Active Speakers can indeed surprise you that much!! No passive crossovers and dramatically reduced IMD distortion and huge dynamics is like having a veil removed from the sound compared to passive speakers.Of course it is not for everyone. Man... | |
| Presenting some Harbeth SHL5 in room measurements It all depends on what SPL levels you desire. Remember that at 20 Hz a signal at 75 db SPL is just at the threshold of audibility...you need copious energy to even hear clean ultra LF sound.I doubt that the small DD12 will get you much above 100 d... | |
| Apple Lossless Encoder - Audiophile Quality? I use Applelossless - it works as far as I can tell. | |
| Your First Concert was..... Average White Band in '79 | |
| Best mastered recordings Craig,I spend a lot of time researching the label/audio engineer/mastering. It makes an enormous difference. Budget and target audience also plays a big role - often movies soundtracks get more money and you get a much higher quality production ai... | |
| Signal Power Cord with digitial components I recently purchased a Signal Power Cord for my Audio Refinement amp and was instantly blown away by the improvement in the soundstage it gave over my stock cord. "instantly blown away" is significant - so you may indeed have problems with dirty ... | |
| Best Speaker for Wall Placement? Have you considered in-walls? | |
| Who is your favorite blues guitarist Keb 'Mo | |
| I am interested in upgrading my late 80's system? B&W DM110 were less than $200 new in the early 80's - so I dont think you can get much for them. You can certainly do much better than the warm sound of these speakers but you will need to start in the $500+ price range (new) to get equivalenc... | |
| Duran Duran plumb new lows in Volume Wars Interesting, in their heyday Duran Duran had some of the best pop sound around. Rio was so slickly produced they were regarded as a 'teen commercial' band rather than artists. When they lost drummer Roger Taylor and bass John Taylor they hired Ste... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? Some components will knock you out on the first listen but that is not nearly as good as the component that keeps knocking you out time after time after time... | |
| Vandersteen 5a vs. B&W 802D vs. Maggie 3.6 vs.? I'm with Jaybo, stick to Vandy - to me you appear to have already become atuned to them given that Thiel's sound like sandpaper... | |
| Can someone help me choose speakers Veritas 2.4i would also fit with what you are looking for... good bang for the buck. | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Oxia,I agree. I do not like omnidirectional or dipoles or forward and rear radiating panels or ribbon speakers for the very reasons you give about the reverberation they create. It creates ambience at the expense of imaging and soudstage and clari... |