tonywinsc
Responses from tonywinsc
| Cable Costs Relative to System Well, what are the $100 cables? | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Bryoncunningham, to expand further on your discussion about accuracy and neutrality: The perception of coloration is going to occur mainly in the midrange. This is due to our sensitivity to voices and instruments in the voice range, ie. 200-1000 H... | |
| What floats your boat, sound wise that it? What Farmdoc says: I don't think I have ever done that with vocals but that's what I do with Jazz. I focus in on one instrument and kind of hear how the rest fits in with that instrument and the rhythm. That's what helps me forget about work, stre... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? I saw that in the posts- as independent researchers many of us come to similar conclusions. Perhaps we are on to something. | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Hey what happened? I hope I didn't say something to spoil the party. When I got into this hobby I had a modest system that I thought sounded pretty good until I befriended some audiophiles. That lead me to purchase an ARC SP-6b pre-amp in the late... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Music is coloration- ie. a blend of sounds and overtones and the nuances of tonal responses. Every instrument, violin, piano, ect. has its own unique coloration as it were. If your system can resolve the differences of one violin to another, for e... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? If you really are looking for neutrality then get a Frequency Spectrum Analyzer and a pink noise generator. Set up the calibrated microphone, or even better get a binaural head and set it up in your listening position. Then you can adjust your sys... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? You all realize, just changing the volume knob up or down a notch changes everything. True neutrality means you have to play it back at the same volume, or loudness as it was recorded. That information is missing from the album so it is anybody's ... | |
| "Bedini Ultra Clarifier", does it really work?? Going back to the mid-90's, I tried balance rings and slip on edge rings that made no discernible difference to me. But then I heard about using a bulk tape eraser. I decided to try it- $20 at Radio Shack, why not? The results blew me away! I like... | |
| Class-D or switching amps, any opinions on?? Pure digital might not be bad? It's not that good- yet. As for HDTV- I saw a demonstration of Sony's analog HDTV at the Chicago CES in 1989. It was amazing. Today's digital HDTV has a ways to go yet. Just look at the lack of low level detail in da... | |
| Leviton Hospital Grade AC Outlet - Which One? What about going through a power conditioner? Does the wall plug still matter? | |
| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? These two Heart albums have to be some of the best mid-70's records made- both for the music and quality of recording. I remember Stereo stores back then liked to use those albums to demo equipment. | |
| Speaker Cables & IC for ARC REF. 6 & CD8 I also have an ARC Preamp with the Pass Labs X350 and Thiel CS6. I use all MIT cables. They sound great. Previous cables used were Nordost, Clear Audio and way back, KimberKable. I prefer the MIT cables. The speaker cables look as cool as they sou... | |
| Turntable/Subwoofer Ground loop That's correct. just a quick way to see if the feedback is mechanical. most subs have a phase switch. | |
| Turntable/Subwoofer Ground loop Is the hum the typical 60Hz hum? If it is 60 Hz then it is a ground loop issue. Otherwise, you might try improving the mechanical isolation of your turntable. Low frequency feedback from the sub could be exciting your turntable. Another quick chec... |