zaikesman
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| Records of the Year 2003 Steve, I give you 'mad props' just for having the guts to post that :-)Gotta run now, Britney's on the tube... | |
| Small Monitor for Berning Micro Zotl? Klipschorn corner horns. You can work in the hall. ;-) | |
| Power cord length and monoblocks They don't call me Carnac The Magnificent for nothing... ;-) | |
| Cobalt cable theory on bi-wiring. Fact or fiction? Swampwalker: The wording of the website excerpt was a bit ambiguous, but they don't mean to suggest a scenario where someone would attempt biwiring with the jumpers still in place (not that, to them, it would make any difference if you did, unless... | |
| Power cord length and monoblocks Sean, I believe I've read that the ground loop potential can increase when using different power cord lengths, which I guess would imply that the greater the difference, the greater the potential for an audible problem. Do you agree with this posi... | |
| Frequency Response of L.P's JB: The problem seems to have more to do with the CD standard's implementation of the steep ultrasonic filter so close to the audioband, rather than the loss of the ultrasonic frequencies per se. However, the solution takes care of both problems: ... | |
| McCormack or Pass Labs I only have experience with the DNA-125, but in my system, used as a spare to back up my VTL mono's, I thought soundstaging was a major strong point, although image height could have been better. I also did not find the tonal balance to be at all ... | |
| Another 6550 vs. KT88, 90, et. al.? I'm guessing the tubes ought to be good for up to 3,000 hours or so, but it depends on the circuit they're used in, and ultimately it's a matter of degree anyway, since tubes technically begin wearing out as soon as they're finished breaking in. A... | |
| Frequency Response of L.P's Fine as the console may have been, that doesn't answer the monitor question. Again, I don't doubt that there may be a germ of basis in fact for this story, but no matter what Mr. Neve theorizes, I don't believe it's because Mr. Emerick can hear mi... | |
| VTL Tetrode/Triode VTL doesn't specify if or how NFB is effectively changed between the two modes, though from what I've gathered about the method in which the switch is implemented vis-a-vis the output transformer and the tubes it does seem plausible that this para... | |
| What makes a sytem "Fast?" Mitch: I'm hardly any kind of expert (Fiddler aside :-), but since you asked, I'll give it a go.For dynamic/box speakers, some elements that could be expected to contribute to 'speedy' sound might include making use of high-tech materials science ... | |
| VTL Tetrode/Triode Cedhz: RE your experience with your audiophile friends - In this hobby I have found that the stongest opinions often seemed to be formed in the absence of listening... ;^) | |
| Frequency Response of L.P's Stefanl: I'm sorry, but to me that story is likely mostly apocryphal. There were no monitors Emerick could have been using that would reproduce 54KHz flat even if he could hear that high (which I don't believe), and I doubt the response of his boa... | |
| I have a confession to make Recognize it for what it is: Status climbing and rank materialism. Even if no other audiophiles see your system, and none of your family and friends understands it, you are succumbing to peer pressure and media manipulation. We all do to some degr... | |
| Frequency Response of L.P's JB: The presumed advantage of that diamond tweeter would have to include its performance in the audible range, not just its allegedly greater extension. The exact Hz figures I'm guessing are mostly 'specsmanship'. One of the real benefits of desig... |