stevecham
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| The invention of measurements and perception @clearthink: Your pathetic comments intended to besmirch my intellience and character belies the irony of your handle. | |
| Suggestions for Class D amplifiers with Marantz AV7704 and B&W cdm9nt combo for HT. @erik:"Class D amps are binary, but not digital. Weird, right? They are not "digital" because they lack an Analog to Digital conversion stage, however, the output stage switches between on and off. The rate at which that switching happens is contr... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hunky Dory - David BowieTommy - The WhoThe Photographer - Philip GlassThe Great Destroyer - Low | |
| I Would LOVE to see. In addition to the abovementioned:Jeff BuckleyElliott SmithDuane AllmanGeorge HarrisonNick DrakeDuncan BrowneAllan HoldsworthDavid Bowie | |
| The invention of measurements and perception @teo: "I like to remind people that math is an excellent tool, but to remember that math exists no where in the known universe except as that - in a human’s head." If it weren't for math, you wouldn't have a head. | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed In my experience, what DOES make a difference is the balance of the disc. I had several discs modified by the Audio Desk Systeme device and listened before and after. In each case, much to my skepticism and surprise, the sound was smoother with mo... | |
| Skeptic or just plain hard headed Obviously, it’s the quality of those zeros and ones that makes all the difference. | |
| How did a bands' name originate? Death Cab For Cutie got their name from the song performed by The Bonzo Dog Band in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour movie scene in which John and George go to see the gig. | |
| How did a bands' name originate? Pink Floyd got their name from two jazz musicians Roger (Syd) Barrett admired named Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. | |
| How did a bands' name originate? Duran Duran got their name from the character from the movie Barbarella, named Durand Durand, that the main character played by Jane Fonda was assigned to find. | |
| The invention of measurements and perception A good example of this is the redbook standard set in the late 70s early 80s for the then emerging CD format. The standard was fine, but it took until the late 90s to figure out that distortion in the time domain (jitter) was a major factor that p... | |
| Well... guess I have to jump in the rabbit hole of speaker cables... lol Cables are not your problem. Sounds like problem(s) with upstream components to me. That Mac was likely the culprit. | |
| Cartridge new or used ? You need an inverted microscope with at least a 40X or higher power objective in order to see the stylus shape and wear. The diamond should never be "sharp;" that would permanently damage a record. The profile needs to be smooth and polished, othe... | |
| Bright or Dim? @clearthink: one of the cheapest tweaks around. | |
| Sound and vibration control That's why survey courses are often repeated in both Fall and Spring semesters. |