shadorne
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| How to tame the midrange??? Jafox,All depends on your perspective.Jafox states An equalizer? That's a drastic solution. I would only consider this if you're willing to kiss off resolution and collapse the soundstage.Actually an EQ might be the cheapest and most flexible sol... | |
| How to tame the midrange??? Bafffled,Ok I guess I may have been attributing a past problem that I had with your issues. Sorry if this was not really much help. Certainly if your car stereo has the same issue then it may be more to do with the way you perceive the music...aga... | |
| How to tame the midrange??? I am almost there with my system, except that the midrange sounds harsh, grainy, and exceptionally digital. Female vocals in particular. It actually sounds like clipping, but I can hear it at any volume level. However, the problem is more noticab... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Well put Guidocorona! | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Baddabob,You make a good point and are quite correct about my pretty ordinary source components...I stand corrected. I have not made direct comparisons with anything approaching the $2000+ range (a high quality source). So in all fairness, my rema... | |
| Do Audiophiles blow speakers? Bassman99It sounds like you are a demanding user. Consumer audiophile gear is designed to sound good at reasonable sound levels and not specifically designed to be played at extremely high levels for long periods (coils heat up and fail). Also an ... | |
| Do Audiophiles blow speakers? I have blown countless speakers over the years and proud of it too!It seems to be a regular hazard for someone who spends countless hours listening to music and has multi-room setup. I admit that a couple of times it was not me - once the kids and... | |
| What is Oversampling and why/why not its good? This paper has a good overview of the basics behind the CD Digital audio and various forms of DAC conversion and filtering/over sampling and quantization/dither techniques used. http://www.tc.umn.edu/~erick205/Papers/paper.html#strengths Needless ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Baddabob states; Once you get into the higher leagues, redbook gets much better. If you have a $2500 set of speakers and a $800 CD player, then you really have $800 speakers. It costs more to buy a top notch CD player than a vinyl rig of equivale... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "Let yourself go, Mmakshak," says Shadorne. "Your ears can deceive you. Don't trust them." "Let go your conscious self and act on instinct." "Stretch out with your feelings.""The Soul is what gives an Audiogoner his power. It's an energy field cre... | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Albertporter,Nice story connecting Dr Thomas Kite, PHD of Audio Precision Inc. with the victorian circus poster "Kite" that inspired Lennon! I enjoyed this and had a good laugh.All, More seriously, Audio Precision Inc is a company soley dedicated ... | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD 16-bit 44.1 KHz digital is like low-resolution video. Comparing Digital audio with low resolution Digital video is another audio myth. Let me clarify why this statement can be misleading:Our eyes can clearly detect much greater pixel video resolu... | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Interesting thread. I respect that some people may prefer how Analog recordings or vinyl sounds, however, I maintain my view that Digital is an undeniable improvement over Analog (for many reasons).Since the evidence is overwhelming and widely ava... | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Dopogue,I respect that your $3000 turntable may sound nicer to your ears than a $150 CD player on a particular recording...I see this as a question of taste and not a measure of performance. I respect that some people love vintage cars too...and t... | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Digital is far superior to Analog. This is a well known fact. Why else has digital become a standard for playback and recording? Perhaps those who prefer analog are either nostalgic or have made such a significant investment in vinyl that they are... |