shadorne
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| Loss of Dynamic range in modern CD masterings... Chaoticmass,I have much the same experience as you.Examples: Play Blondie's "Rapture" and then try Green Day "Amercian Idiot"....or try George Benson "On Broadway Live from Weekend in LA and then Ricky Martin "Livin La vida Loca"...the difference ... | |
| Joshua Tree Sometimes you just have to meet the music halfway as it is not recorded perfectly. KiD,I agree. However, it can be helpful to pay attention to the guys behind the console in the studio. For example, Doug Sax made some remasters of Aersomith's fir... | |
| Bose 901...really Yikes. A highly reverberant room can be very tiresome and fatiguing. I can't even read comfortably while teh kids are playing in most pool environments ( the noise is just too much ) The problem with traditional sound absorption (lots of wooden su... | |
| Tube amps & warm speakers? I second Pauly's comment - nothing really to add to this good advice. | |
| Joshua Tree U2 sound quality has always been a little deficient. A deliberate "edge" sound to their music and poorly defined bass makes a great sound in a pub or in the car but less so on an audiophile system. Most of it has a real "garage" rough sound to it ... | |
| The Importance of Audio Furniture Kenscollick, All speakers need room to breathe. must be that WAF thing. I agree about the WAF being a major determinant in most systems, after all we share our lives and abode with our better half. Your highly respected and excellent speakers defi... | |
| Connecting Airport Express to 802.11g LAN The express is a bass station - you need to set it up that way. | |
| The Room 50% of the sound you hear in a well designed listening room is indirect--bouncing off other surfaces. It certainly is.This is why it is so important to select speakers with an even power response and good horizontal dispersion (with similar off a... | |
| Getting off the merry-go-round – AFRAID TO??? Jaybo, except for abbey road(b&w) i have yet to visit a name facility that uses anything but jbl 4400 or 4600 pro monitors to mix major artist releases. i would not however recommend them for anything but the studio. I agree about JBL (not rec... | |
| Getting off the merry-go-round – AFRAID TO??? Ghostrider, All those big names...do they listen to the same stuff? Yes, in fact all of them are customers of a certain speaker company. For sure, musicians with such good success often own much more than one set of gear, as some have several home... | |
| Does a good sounding surge protector exist? My friend was using a Mac 2102 amp so I don't think there's any problem with its power supply or its design. This is an all tube design resurrected from the 60's.Sam Tellig in a 2001 Stereophile review says, I hinted to Larry Fish that I'd heard ... | |
| Does a good sounding surge protector exist? Mike, No you misread what I said about the HydraActually, I was replying to the comment by John Barlow on this thread. He stated that he found the Hyrda 8 restricted dynamics in his particular system.I do understand you are looking for surge prote... | |
| Does a good sounding surge protector exist? John,I read this somewhere... not sure if it accurate as I am not familiar with Shunyata. Hydra Power conditioners do NOT come with power cords. This is because Shunyata believes that power cords are a component not a throw-away. Is it possible th... | |
| Does a good sounding surge protector exist? I own a APC S20 with battery back up. I don't notice any limiting of dynamics. I actually love the unit. I think it smokes the Hydra 8 that did indeed limit dynamics in my system. I own the APC H15. No problems. I find it usually delivers around ... | |
| Surround speaker placement height I prefer surrounds higher (6 feet up) but it is largely preference - it makes concerts sound very real as that is usually where rear sounds come from (above you, from the side and behind in the stadium or hall). Ideally they should all be at equal... |