whart
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| Is It Possible? @prof-- your comments are pretty on the money. Listening to the original Quad is in some ways like sitting in the balcony. I never had double or triple panel set ups, and was never happy with woofer integration on the old Quad; I didn’t even try o... | |
| Is It Possible? I owned a pair of Crosby-modified ’63s which I enjoyed several decades ago, after an even longer love affair with the original, a/k/a the ’57, which I’ve owned since 1973. I had those restored somewhat recently, after languishing in packing crates... | |
| Ed King Don't forget Strawberry Alarm Clock! | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. I guess I walked into a debate between David and Bill (the ’other Bill) unwittingly. My concerns with whole system DSP (and I’ve never heard the Lyngdorf ) if that’s what’s being discussed are:settings and adjustments- is this done entirely throug... | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. @david_ten - I’m sure someone could speak with more knowledge, but the ones i’ve used have a mic that comes with the unit, you put it into test mode and it sends a sweep frequency through the system, starting at very low frequencies, runs the rang... | |
| Room correction, DSP for dummies. I used to be a "purist" but....I got religion with a modest home theatre system that was in my front parlor-- nothing especially WOW, an older Meridian pre-pro that was a cast-off from the bigger projection system, a McI multichannel amp and a sma... | |
| My 6922 Tubes Are Too Bright! My comment about the Mullards, earlier in this thread, concerned an older tube. I have no experience with the current tube offered under the brand, and only suggested the Mullard because it sounded very warm-- too warm to my ears- in a Manley Stee... | |
| Listening Height Adjustment -- Is This Why Two People Don't Hear the Same? I have suffered the limitations of a very narrow sweet spot using old Quad (57) for many years-- to the point where many people consider the speaker impractical. (I still love them and consider their midrange peerless). My horns have limited off-a... | |
| Aretha Franklin RIP Amen. And I'm not a religious person. She had it-- the real deal gospel thing. Hell of a performer. | |
| Soundproof a party wall I’ve done a little soundproofing, and can tell you it is somewhat involved, not only because of the materials but because any opening, including a heating duct, door seam, or the like, can allow sound to escape. This may not be an issue with a par... | |
| How to tell if a CD is Encoded? @geoffkait - even the vinyl LP versions of those Stones records are pretty well regarded. DSD vinyl. Dude.@folkfreak - as an afterthought, this goes to your point about the mastering v the final medium. | |
| The Best Piano Works of the 20th Century I'm partial to early 20th century 'modern' piano-e.g., Scriabin. Spare, angular, but not atonal. But the one of the best artists who 'covered' him was his son-in-law and the recordings--from Russia- are not great. | |
| Best PC to use as a Server @mahler123-- You said you had issues with Audirvana, but attributed that to the maxed out hard drive in your computer. Apparently, Audirvana now has a Windows-based program. I’m using the Audirvana for Mac-- it sounds good, but I haven’t really co... | |
| Eric Clapton on J.J. Cale @bdp24 - preach it, brother. Yes. | |
| Eric Clapton on J.J. Cale @bdp24 - you are speaking from deep knowledge of the art of drumming. I think, for the era, given what Cream were doing, GB was actually ahead of a lot of "rock" drummers- he hung with the jazz players, dug the African polyrhythms and together and... |