zaikesman
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| Review: Technics SL-1200Mk2 Turntable I think the power supply will be worth it to you, judging from the other tweaking you've been undertaking. However, your description of a "trembling" symptom on some notes sounds like a much grosser effect than what the PS addresses in my experien... | |
| Not wasting my time on new Digital Viridian: I am loathe to insert myself into the middle of this one, but I can't make sense of your statements"...analog, both tape and LP, has greater dynamic range than redbook CD. Sounds can be heard between ten and twenty db beneath the noise f... | |
| New Tubes- Need Burn-In? I have a similar take to yours on the EH vs. SED versions of the KT88 as for how they sound, but a diametrically opposed opinion on which I prefer. I enjoy the clarity and speed of the EH, and didn't really care for the warmer SED (I prefer their ... | |
| No chance for good power cord for dCS P8i??? One cord that's optimized for digital and sports a connector small enough to use here is the van den Hul Mainsserver, which is also a thin cord overall. I personally didn't prefer its sound overall with my digital gear to vdH's bigger and more cos... | |
| Not wasting my time on new Digital D_edwards, what your argument boils down to is that, absent analog -- specifically vinyl -- distortions or limitations, stereo material should be played back in multichannel. Whether that's true or not, the alleged perfection of digital is beside ... | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective Thanks Joe, but "Pipe-and-Slippers"? What, did you grow up learning about hi-fi from Playboy? Hmmm -- guess if one does the supertweeter-addition thing with Quads, then you've got Pipe-Slippers-and-a-Golden-Retriever speakers ;^) | |
| Not wasting my time on new Digital Muralman1, you wrote:"Get a non oversampler player...any make will do...I am using the cheap Consonance 120...it played the most realistic piano in the room on my Scinnies so far...I have listened to a wide sample of oversampling CDPs and DACs...n... | |
| Point of diminishing returns Mt10425: I so couldn't understand how it was that you couldn't understand Drubin's post, my head twisted off my shoulders and landed across the room. I went over, picked it up, put it back where it once was and came back to re-read your post slowe... | |
| 33 vs 45 speed quality Since we're already this far off topic...Until I bought my Alesis MasterLink, which performs both compression and peak-limiting, I probably would've described peak-limiting the same way you have. Apparently, I hadn't thought about it a lot in rela... | |
| Review: Morrow Audio 300B1 SET Monoblock Tube amp Apologies, Mr. Cheung from Honk Kong, for my "cranking 'em out in China" line... ;^) | |
| Need help on which cables where?? That's what's known as a roasted chestnut :-) | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective PRaT (First of all, forget "acceleration" -- that was only thrown in there after the fact to try and save a shred of dignity. OK: pace, rhythm and timing are all separate qualities applying to *music*, not reproduced sound. Each means something di... | |
| RCA Out To AES/EBU In To DAC Get yourself a Monarchy Audio DIP (believe it stands for "Digital Interface Processor", there have been a few versions, they aren't very expensive new or used). This small, well-made box will take your S/PDIF and convert it to AES/EBU, while also ... | |
| Need help on which cables where?? Hi Harnellt, this one has been asked many times and answered many ways, so check the archives if you dare.The simplest, most relevant answer to your particular conundrum is (drum roll, the envelope please...): Just do the auditioning both ways and... | |
| 33 vs 45 speed quality Eldee, I think we might be blurring a few different topics: Compression (or gain-riding) applied during the recording, mixing, or mastering processes for artistic purposes (to enhance the desired sonic effect); compression (or gain-riding) applied... |