mrtennis
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| Is there any bad sounding high-end gear--? human beings are not perfect. they make errors of all kinds. in a variety of endeavors both good and bad things are the result.thus , it should not be surprising that an inferior product be produced,of course it is useful to provide a definition o... | |
| Should I Try a Tube Preamp? all tube preamps are not created equal. some of the newer designs sound like solid state. for example, i reviewed a recent mcintosh tube preamp and called the company to suggest that i could not identify and tube-like charcter and a technician sia... | |
| "Whatever Happened To The Audiophile?" what difference does it make ? enjoying music is a higher priority than being an audiophile. the medium is less important than the message. in this case the medium is the equipment and the message is the music.you can be an audiophile or a non-aud... | |
| Is there any bad sounding high-end gear--? the abvious answer is that there are always bad products at any price. | |
| High-end amplifier clarification? i suspect that high end is a qualitative concept based upon a price threshold. that is at some price point a component is considered high-end. i'm not sure what that is.on another note, the poster who listed the brand names of some high-end tube m... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 if you want an orange, why eat an apple ?the stock sony soes not have the facility to alter its sound, so there is no value in listening to the 5400. | |
| Can you hear matched power cables? hi cm jones:your question is a vriant of:should a stereo system feature one brand of cable or is mix and match a viable alternative ?this subject has appeared on other threads.i think the simple answer is your ears.own any cable that produces a so... | |
| Has your HiFi changed your musical tastes music and sound are different phenomena. what determines preference for specific music is independent for what type of "sound" one likes.thus , my musical tastes have changed very little since i was in high school. I have always liked jazz and cla... | |
| Is there any bad sounding high-end gear--? let me add that what is bad and what is good is difficult to define objectively. aesthetics is essentially a philosophical endeavor. | |
| Is there any bad sounding high-end gear--? chadnliz is astute in his observation about opinions.the subject of the the thread is philosophical and has no definitive answer.remember an opinion is partially true and partially false. | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 ss and the classic tube sound do not sound the same. if i prefer a certain coloration, i am confident that the sony doesn't have it.i would be willing to do a test comparing the stock sony 5400 with the modded sony and bet that i would prefer the ... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 hi jylee:i was only talking about sauteed garlic. no where did i say that i liked garlic on everything.my point was to answer kal's suggestion to listen to a component first, before modifying it and i suggested that if i wanted a tube sound, via a... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 hi kal:if i want sauteed garlic on my broccoli there is no need to taste the broccoli if it has not been sauteed in garlic.with respect to the cd player, if i want a tube flavor, and i realize that a cd player has no tubes, there is no reason to l... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 hi kal:consider the food analogy.if you prefer a dish with a certain flavor, you don't tate it without that flavor. rather, you ask for the flavor.in audio, if you prefer the flavor of tubes, there is no need to listen to the stock player before s... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 hi prsnccarty:are you objecting to thinness in the redbook mode or the sacd mode ?or are you suggesting that in both modes the player sounds thin ?you may be saving me a purchase by voicing your comments.then again, a modwright mod might solve you... |