bryoncunningham
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| How to remove harshness from my digital gear I agree with Al and Steve, though both have far more experience than I do. I can say that my efforts to improve digital SQ were most fruitful when I focused on reducing jitter, which included...1. Using a 1.5 meter S/PDIF cable.2. Experimenting wi... | |
| My JL Audio sub is dead. What exactly happened? New amp. | |
| My JL Audio sub is dead. What exactly happened? Sorry to hear about your experience, Rob. Like you, I now have a new JL Audio sub. I replaced my F113 with a F110. Hopefully this one won't blow up.I've been given a quote to repair my F113 by JL's factory approved Los Angeles technicians... $1000... | |
| Why does most new music suck? 06-05-13: SimaoI'm not sure what the deal with "civility" is. I mean, are we to handle every utterance and statement with kid gloves? ... I don't think audiogon is the domain of sycophants.This is a false contrast. There is a whole continuum of be... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Thank you, Onhwy61, for your thoughtful response. It is not easy to be thoughtful during a disagreement, and I genuinely appreciate it. I have a reaction to your post, and I hope you will find it similarly reasonable...What I've done is quote some... | |
| Why does most new music suck? 06-05-13: Onhwy61To paraphrase Edgar Quintet -- civility and good manners are ordinarily the last refuge of a degenerate nobility.I have read a great number of your posts, Onhwy61, and found them generally entertaining, intelligent, and friendly. ... | |
| Why does most new music suck? 06-05-13: CsontosFrederich Nietzsche... "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music".Small correction... There is no evidence that this quote is from Nietzsche, in spite of its popular attributi... | |
| Why does most new music suck? 06-05-13: CsontosI really don't see a lack of civility here.Then you missed it. Here's a sample, each from a different contributor...You must be old....you might as well go on Eagles tour or cough up $500 for a Stones ticket. It sounds as if your ... | |
| Kevin gets the I've bought 2 Prima Luna amps and a JL Audio sub from Kevin. I live in Southern California, so I've been to his showroom 3 times. I've spent about 2 hours total in his presence and talked with him on the phone maybe 7 times about a variety of thin... | |
| Why does most new music suck? A lot of hostility on this thread. Some notable exceptions, like Mapman. Whether or not there has been a decline in popular music, there seems to be a decline in popular civility.I expect the responses to this post will prove my point.Bryon | |
| Why does most new music suck? This has been an interesting thread, though IMO some of the responses have been a bit unkind.As I mentioned in my post on 5/28, Im one of the folks who believe that popular music is getting worse. I think theres been a bit of confusion on the th... | |
| Shunyata Hydra 06-02-13: JfrechBryon, I'd add a #5 to your list... noise the components generate and send back into the line...sometimes this can be substantial...especially with some digital gear or switch mode power supplies...I completely agree, and I should ... | |
| Shunyata Hydra I also have a Hydra 8. I've used it with 3 Shunyata Pythons, which I no longer own. I also used to own the same speakers, Focal 1027be's.While I cannot agree with you that the effects of Shunyata products are "nil," I will say that, in my particul... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Popular music keeps getting worse and worse, IMO. And for the record, I'm not one of those who prefers the popular music of his own generation (the 80's). I prefer the popular music of generations before mine. Virtually any of them.Some hypotheses... | |
| Neutral or warm? Which do you prefer? Hi Liquid-smooth -- I've been interested in the question of "neutrality" vs. "warmth" for several years. Two threads that may interest you are How do you judge your system's neutrality? and What is "warmth" and how do you get it?. Judging from the... |