tomcy6
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| Comparing SACD sound to High Res Gammajo, The problem with SACDS is the low number of them available. Before investing in an SACD player I'd check out Acoustic Sounds, Music Direct and ebay to see if there are enough that you want available to make the cost of an SACD player wort... | |
| Comparing SACD sound to High Res Jon2020, I believe that's what Gammajo said here:...SACD can hold its own with all the new high res download formats, making the performance and recording quality more of a factor in hearing stellar, engaging sound than what high res format it is in. | |
| Tubes, old and new You're welcome Bdp24. You are most likely to see Phillips tubes with the "New Code" etched into the side of the glass near the bottom (top drawing at the bottom of page 3), using the top two "Examples of "correct code" format." So you can skip all... | |
| Tubes, old and new Yes, back in the heyday of tubes manufacturers put their labels on tubes made by someone else, but it wasn't with bad intent. Tubes cost a couple of bucks back then and most people didn't care if they had an RCA or a Mullard in their tv or radio.I... | |
| Comparing SACD sound to High Res You got it Gammajo! | |
| Audiogon etiquette question Good manners are not the rule on Audiogon as many of the replies to your post demonstrate. It does seem odd that someone would list an item and then disappear for a few days. Odd behavior before the sale often means odd behavior after the sale.Che... | |
| Van Morrison "Duets" Well I guess I'm the odd man out, but I recently saw Willie inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame (Do we really need another HoF?). Willie sang with Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett and it made me cringe. I have been a fan of all these a... | |
| Van Morrison "Duets" I think that most artists from the 60s need to hang it up. There are exceptions but many of these artists are embarrassing themselves. I guess they're well insulated from anyone who would tell them that it's over.An interesting observation about V... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Hi Broadstone, There's a thread on the Marin Logan Owners website that has the title," i tried 34 amps in 12 months with the Montis, My review is here."In this thread the OP makes the following statement:"This brings me to the mark levinsons h ser... | |
| Does HiRez really sound better? Geoffkait, Dynamic range is only one factor in sound quality and not all cds are overly dynamically compressed, nor will all cds be overly compressed in the future.If you listen to grammy type pop music, compression is a problem. However, there ar... | |
| Does HiRez really sound better? Geoffkait, That's interesting because even back in the 70s cassette was known as a lofi medium, only 8 tracks were considered worse. You had to use dolby processing to decrease tape hiss, which also removed a lot of the high frequencies, or one co... | |
| Hearing, digital sampling, etc The link above should look like this:the Hans Beekhuyzen channelTom | |
| Why are records still warped? Re: Fremer and perfect LpsI'd bet that certain reviewers get individually selected copies. You'd be crazy not to make sure MF gets a good one. | |
| Recommend Class a Amp Georgelofi, The JC1s have gotten good reviews and I've read posts praising them on this forum, but for whatever reason, they just don't generate a lot of buzz here.Stereophile has them ranked in Class A with amps that cost many tens of thousands o... | |
| 3/3/2015 Another San Francisco Smash and grab The problem in our society is not too many guns. There are numerous other problems causing the breakdown in order. For example: The free flow of heroin, meth and cocaine across our southern border. The break-up of the traditional family and the re... |