bishopwill
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| Regrets A pair of Stromberg Carlson folded horns in immaculate condition with SOLID (not veneer) rosewood cabinets. Sounded like crap but antique furniture to die for!will | |
| Bose makes more than speakers... Bose makes quite nice noise cancelling headsets for use by pilots or anyone else needing reliable voice communications in noisy environments. Their big competitor is David Clark. Both are horribly overpriced, as are most aviation manufacturers. | |
| CD-R's suddenly "unreadable". I suspect it is the laser transport rather than the laser diode that "wears out." | |
| Do power cords really matter? I ordinarily defer to Sean in matters technical, finding him a knowledgable and reliable guide. But here he is wrong. The power cord is not an extension of the equipment power supply, it is the termination at the equipment of a long transmission l... | |
| Amp for Paradgim Studio 100 Thanks for the clarification, Celery. I certainly do not see the 100s as the be all and end all of reproducers, though I'm very happy with them in my HT setup. I find that many folks who accuse them of having a hot top end really are hearing a rat... | |
| Some thoughts about value in high-end audio Agreed, Bomarc. I read his first two editions (the freebies) and they were better than his polemics. I'd love to hear him debate John Meyer (the Newform guy) on speaker placement. Two such colossal egos with such different viewpoints would make an... | |
| Condition this baby I do not believe that insufficient line power will cause your amp to clip. Beyond that, I defer to the EEs among us.As regular readers know, I'm fairly skeptical about add-ons and tweaks. One I do agree with, however, is the importance of clean an... | |
| Unbelievable Indeed I have found that the sound is further improved by (1) Painting the inside of the brass fixture a dark Chinese red (Sherwin Williams #3604). Adding a bit of titanium white, readily available at art supply stores, can help to tame overly aggressive... | |
| Amp for Paradgim Studio 100 I'm running Paradigm 100v2s with a Parasound 1500A in my HT setup and getting very satisfactory results. I'm not sure just what "faults" in the 100s that Celery is talking about. The most common problems I've heard with them have been caused by dy... | |
| Some thoughts about value in high-end audio Well, I just burned an hour or so on Hardesty's site. His writing had just the same effect on me as listening to a speaker system with a bright upper midrange and a boost in the midbass: Wow, this is impressive. Followed by: Wait, this isn't accur... | |
| Some thoughts about value in high-end audio With regard to the comments from Jayarr regarding R&D costs, it is borne in upon me that the manufacturers who support the really big, well equipped R&D facilities are among those who offer the most reasonable prices. Paradigm speakers are... | |
| Oh where or where have all the buyers gone? They are indeed fine speakers at an excellent price. Good luck with them.will | |
| I'm still working to love digital, are you? You don't sound at all like you've gotten religion, lugnut. You sound just as you should sound: Someone happy with his equipment and enjoying his music. Long may you wave. | |
| Some thoughts about value in high-end audio Perfectimage: There's a name for your philosophy. It is called materialism. And, no, not all of us share your devotion to it.will | |
| Music to die to The last four minutes of Gotterdammerung.Ernest Bullock: Give Us the Wings of FaithArvo Part: De ProfundisPiaf: La Vie en RoseWilliam Harris: Most Glorious Lord of LifeWillie Nelson: You Were Always On My MindAnd, of course, at the moment of death... |