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| Pink Floyd best CDs soundwise Guthrie remixed DSOTM in his Tahoe studio - he uses EMM Labs Switchman III preamp & ATC. If you google you can find an interview with Guthrie....some of the vocals are deliberately blurry as that is what the band wanted - they definitely made ... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. Today's audiophile world is a lush and sugar-coated sound? What components/speakers precisely are you referring to? I have been to three major high-end audio shows in the past two years, and nowhere was a lush and sugar-coated sound to be heard.T... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. Brianmgrarcom, Why don't you start with sharing what the speakers are? According to the grapevine, Gordon Holt is happier than the proverbial pig with his ATC SCM 50ASL's. I also read somewhere that he had Sound Lab electrostatics in the past (may... | |
| acoustic system resonators I came across what may be a reasonable explanation for the possible effect of Acoustic System Resonators - it seems that this kind of devive may produce multiple harmonic overtones at the same time. Similar to what happens if a tube amp is overdri... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. I am curious does anyone know what gear Gordon Holt owns and currently uses at home? I know what speakers he uses already but I lost track of the other pieces after he left Stereophile. Given his strong opinions and vast experience and the fact th... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. Lush,They don't make 'em like Gordon anymore. In some way he reminds me of Canadian Hockey icon/legend "Don Cherry" - also a straight shooter - take or leave it - he says what he has to say and you get the message loud and clear (even between the ... | |
| Manufacturers don't get it. make tubes visible. Tubes are generally more prone to microphonics when they are exposed. For this reason alone, they should be inside the chassis. Raquel your comment makes the mistake of assuming that audiophiles care primarily about the sound quality. Remember th... | |
| What beats the Evolution Acoustics MM3 ?? This leads me back to the opening comment about the MM3s and their ability to let you just enjoy the music. Congrats. I know exactly how you feel. The speakers you mentioned having owned in the past do look like a solid progression from "hi-fi" e... | |
| Room tuning Pepp111,Size matters.Unless you are an acoustic engineer and have performed some precision measurements and know precisely which frequencies you want to absorb then you probably want a broadband absorber. I would not be too concerned. Both your ch... | |
| Smoother bass by running woofer out of phase? We cannot hear less than 1 cycle at very low frequencies, and by the time 1 cycle has reached us enough time has elaped that we're past the direct sound and into the reverberant sound I agree fully with that.I guess what sounds best to your own e... | |
| James Randi vs. Anjou Pear - once and for all Do you plan to conduct a blind test like Mike Lavigne?It would be interesting to get your impression.Or do you accept the cable manufacturers logic that 300 hours of cable break in (synergy with the other equipment etc.) is required to hear differ... | |
| Smoother bass by running woofer out of phase? The other issue I did not mention will be cancellation or a dip in the crossover region on the one speaker that is wired out of phase. | |
| Diffuse Front Wall? Absorb rear wall? FWIW, you will almost certainly benefit from moving your listening position another 2 two or three feet from the rear wall. (towards the speakers) Also if you place more broadband absorbers behind you (closer to the listening position) then it wil... | |
| Smoother bass by running woofer out of phase? What nags me is whether or not this is the way to solve the problem. I got this idea from owning a Rel sub where they suggest in hooking up the sub out of phase which may reduce bass boom. Of course it is not correct - you are changing the impuls... | |
| In-ceiling Speakers whole house system going in Your choices look good - the larger Paradigm in walls can rock. The standard in walls are necessarily very shallow speakers and not that good (I have B&W's everywhere and they are kinda ok for what they do). If you want to buy some used some b... |