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| Advice from apartment dwellers Definitely your buildings construction will dictate. Im in a co-op built in 1960 and the sound isolation is terrible (as is every other NYC post war building Ive been in). They were throwing these buildings up as fast as possible and after a co... | |
| Is $3000 pushing the limits for a geat monitor?? IÂm a monitor fan - IMO many listeners move from monitors to floor standers Âprematurely". In other words, the allure of losing stands and getting more bass replaces a better, more balanced sound of a monitor, for the same price...ThatÂs my opi... | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed 'When doing A/B comparisons, its not necessary to do it blinded. What's important is to make the switches rapidly, because audible memory fades quickly.Thats really the heart of the matter. Listeners would be surprised at how short our sensory m... | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed Ok, as I mentioned - there are two important considerations. Level matched components - quick A/B with no time gaps. It can even be sighted, but those two things MUST happen in order to exclude variables that will cloud our judgement.During the ti... | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed Its simple - listen with your ears not with your eyes.I understand the long term exposure to really get to know the sound of something. Ive heard NS-10s thousands of times - when I hear a pair of those things, its a very familiar sound. But - i... | |
| Parasound A21 vs Bryston 4bsst 2 Hey congrats on the Peachtree! Let us know how it works out.BTW, For the test, I had no idea what or if there was a difference between the amplifiers. Listen to A, listen to B, if you hear a difference, which one do you like better... I only knew ... | |
| Parasound A21 vs Bryston 4bsst 2 Yeah Dave - I was the subject of a test recently, with two amps playing, one a .5 dB louder than the other. Needless to say that almost everyone liked the louder one (including me - I had all kinds of great things to say about it). It was pretty e... | |
| Parasound A21 vs Bryston 4bsst 2 "Let me see if I got this right; the Parasound is flat out better than the Bryston, and the Bryston is only good for the warranty but not sound quality?"The point I was trying to make was that people (professional or otherwise) make amplifier co... | |
| easier to drive specifically Harbeth v Vandersteen I'm a big Vandy fan too... But I chose Harbeths a few years ago (NYC apt) because they sound excellent at low volumes - which helps with neighbors... | |
| Parasound A21 vs Bryston 4bsst 2 Congrats on the Parasound - they make great sounding gear. I love Bryston, but for the money (unless you really want that warranty) they're going to sound exactly the same. Level match them within half a dB and they'll be indistinguishable.I also ... | |
| NY Audio Show September 26th to September 28th Glad to hear the MBL room sounded good. They I missed them when were down due to speaker damage on Friday - but I've head them before and agree with Mapman!!I also liked the Vandersteen room - they always sound good to me... | |
| That "tube sound" and power ratings Good question, Hazyj... | |
| That "tube sound" and power ratings "That's not the same thing. In the studio, what you're talking about above is signal processing. Its part of the creative process. Playback gear's job is completely different. The idea behind that is to reproduce the original event as accurately a... | |
| That "tube sound" and power ratings From my experience I've seen a lot of tube amp owners who like distortion. Not SET guys with highly sensitive speakers, but the 10-20 Watt tube amp owners who mate their amp with a speaker rated much below 90dB. A good friend of mine is a recordin... | |
| That "tube sound" and power ratings Cool to hear that you're checking out different gear - have fun listening. Some lower powered amps can bring some magic- but one limiting factor could be with music that is more dynamic. Sometimes too much compression can set in and instead of enh... |