eldartford
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| SACD 2 channel vs Redbook 2 Channel little milton...FWIW, there is considerable audiophile interest in DVD-A if you look outside the USA. The DVD-A protocol permits great flexibility in how the data space on the disc is allocated. So, for example, we have the MMG label using what th... | |
| Help with Denon 2900/5900 or MarantzDV8400 or ? It's said that the Denon 2900 (which I own) is as good as any except for the analog output circuitry and the clock. There is a modified version of the 2900 that corrects these deficiencies with top notch circuitry and components, and ends up sound... | |
| Low-Fi Experience I have been astonished at the sound from "non-Fi" speakers, the ones that come almost free with a computer.The "Lo-FI" systems described above are OK, but what I notice is that "Mid-FI" is also getting better. Indeed, it sometimes challenges "High... | |
| SACD Source recording Guss2...The DVD-A which have particularly impressed me are Tacet discs of classical chamber music. These are from a german audiophile outfit, and will set you back almost $30 a copy, but are well worth it IMHO. I think that these exploit the full ... | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Ritteri...Your credentials are overwhelming. Why don't you run for president. | |
| SACD Source recording Guss2...Boy! It doesn't take much to set the SACDS crowd off! All I said is that a SACD which is made from a 24-Bit 96KHz master cannot be superior to a DVD-A except with respect to differences in the way a particular disk is mastered and the qual... | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Ritteri...How do you know what experience I have? Again you quote your conjectures as if they were facts.I play the violin. My wife plays our Steinway grand. I have screwed around with audio equipment since about 1953. My job involves the design a... | |
| SACD 2 channel vs Redbook 2 Channel Ritteri...The dreaded science card! You may be right about SACD resolution not being all it's cracked up to be. I read an analysis on another site that claimed that above 8000 Hz, SACD is inferior, and any improved sonics must be the result of the... | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Ritteri...Of course you are entitled to your opinions (all of them). Just don't confuse them with fact. | |
| SACD Source recording "SACD croud"...I really didn't want to get another SACD vs DVD-A contest going. If you think SACD sounds better that's your opinion. In my opinion the differences are mainly due to how the particular discs were made, and your discs may very well f... | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Muralman1...Ok. I guess that's right. It just seemed to me that everyone was getting a bit carried away about how great their speakers are, and I though that a dose of humility was needed. We still have a way to go IMHO. | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Ritteri...Of course "close" is subjective. We disagree:) | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Sorry to rain on the parade, but I sometimes listen to a real piano played automatically by a floppy disc program. The sad truth is that no loudspeaker comes close to the sound of the real thing (yet), and the modern computer-controlled player pia... | |
| Piano that sounds like a piano Sugarbrie...Exactly the point. Piano is an excellent test, but you must have a superb recording to start with. | |
| Question regarding metal-bias cassette tapes. No magnetic tape can be completely erased, even in a bulk erasing machine that you put the cassette into. (This is why data tapes that contain classified information cannot be declassified except by physically grinding them up). However, the resid... |