eldartford
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| Any New Magnepans In The Future?? Whatjd...If the 20.1 is an improvement over the prior model it is not obvious that the push-pull magnet structure is the reason. After all, the 1.6 was greatly improved over its prior model without use of a push-pull magnet structure. The theoreti... | |
| Ikea batteries went sour Chemistry works the same in China as Germany. Bad workmanship (and it is unwise to assume this about China)would lead to defects like leakage, but I don't think it would affect life. | |
| The black hole of component repair? My Panasonic Plasma display got fixed in a week. They replaced a board. It seems that people who work on audio equipment could do better.In the good old days I was able to troubleshoot and repair all my own audio equipment. Now it's a lot harder, ... | |
| Bi-amping overkill? Kal...Good job on the PARC review. Stuff I have read about the PARC led me to become interested in active room equalization (passive treatments being impossible for reasons mentioned in the review). I agree that 24% of audiophiles should plunk dow... | |
| Bi-amping overkill? Check the specs on the PARC. I think that it only functions from 350 Hz down. | |
| Any New Magnepans In The Future?? A push-pull magnet structure is theoretically a good idea. However, I wonder how much the field strength of the single-ended structure really varies over the very small distance that the membrane moves, and having magnets "in the way" must have so... | |
| Home theater center channel decision to make. Mattkimb96...Your suggestion for a listening test is certainly appropriate, but I think it needs to be a bit more extensive, using a range of program material. Depending on how the program was mixed the role of the center channel varies significan... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? I think that DBT is a way of validating (or invalidating) "decidedly subjective" opinions about sonic quality. If you can't reliably tell which is which, your opinion about which is better must be taken with a big grain of salt. | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Lousyreeds1...Vocal cords are sometimes called "reeds", particularly in a derogatory sense. So I guess it must be the clarinet. | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Lousyreeds1...On a different subject..I am curious, about your user name. Does it mean you can't sing, or do you have problems with your clarinet? | |
| buyer beware of late "unbelievable" low price can simply be the result of ignorance on the part of the seller. When a nearby high end store went under the bank held an auction. After selling off all the speakers and amps, and after the auction was officially over the ... | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Marakanetz... I like "Peter and the Wolf". Maybe that's a start :-) But that piece has lots of melodies that I can hum.Your comparison of music to language does not advance your point of view. Languages are very structured, with a few irregular ve... | |
| Another sign SACD is dying Tvad...Good idea, but why not cut out the middle man, and have orchestras or individuals put up their own stuff, as is happening in the pop music field. For example: the Boston Symphony Orchestra could offer downloads of its live performances for ... | |
| New Digital Switching Amplifiers Unsound...The answer to your rhetorical question is that any digital-to-digital conversion can be done EXACTLY within the resolution of the digital data. Even Fractional bits, resulting from the conversion, can be represented by oversampling. | |
| New Digital Switching Amplifiers Unsound...Not all digital amps accept digital input...yet. |