onhwy61
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| More convinced of analog than ever By audiophile standards, very high quality analog to digital converters are fairly cheap, under $3k. Depending upon the quality of the vinyl and the care taken, home vinyl to digital conversions can meet or exceed many commercial CD offerings. Thi... | |
| Stevie Wonder-As At some point in the last presidential campaign someone asked Obama about his favorite music. He mentioned a handful of artists, but he absolutely effused about Stevie Wonder and specifically mentioned the string of albums from "Music Of My Mind" ... | |
| The Room, not us, determines our speaker choices The speaker/room interaction is the most critical element in obtaining high quality sound reproduction. You don't have to absolutely nail it as in a professionally designed dedicated room, but any compromises will limit, possibly severely, the qua... | |
| Starting an Analog front end - Rowland? A Manley Steelhead would be a better choice than what you're considering. It would eliminate your need for a separate preamp, would provide the tube sound you seek and it's arguably better sounding and certainly far more flexible than the Cadence.... | |
| how big a speaker can you put in an 11 x 11 room? Search the forums for threads on speakers that work well when placed directly against the wall. | |
| Different grades of Optical cables? There's plastic and there's glass Toslink cables. Glass is generally considered better. | |
| First Steps into Computer Audio With so many different versions of the Windows operating system it's cumbersome for small manufacturers to implement the software drivers needed for firewire. I'm not saying one is better or worse than the other, but simply that USB is the dominan... | |
| how big a speaker can you put in an 11 x 11 room? Will you be able to place the speakers properly away from the walls and still sit far enough away from them for the separate drivers to cohere? You can't sit but so close to physically large multi-driver systems and not hear the individual drivers... | |
| First Steps into Computer Audio Historically, Firewire was the dominant format in pro audio equipment. When pro audio went personal computer based the Apple Macintosh/Digidesign ProTools was the dominate platform, and Firewire became the interface of choice. Since pro audio appl... | |
| Why the Blues Really Hit The Spot Chashmal, your point is somewhat true, but it's of limited value and you overstate it's importance. Furthermore, you offer no explanation for why the blues has stopped evolving. The way I see it Blues morphed into R&B which later became Rock '... | |
| Mahavishnu Orchestra fans...? Going a little beyond Mahavishnu I would recommend the Tony Williams Lifetime's "Emergency", Miles Davis' "Jack Johnson", Larry Coryell's "Spaces", Miroslav Vitous' "Mountain In the Clouds" and McLaughlin's solo album "Devotion". All heavily featu... | |
| Last song on most LP's pressed with compression As others have pointed out, compression is the wrong term. Vinyl mastering is far more difficult than its digital counterpart. One of the secrets to effective vinyl mastering is getting the proper song sequencing. With digital there are no physica... | |
| Emerald Physics: Same as the Quads in the fifties? I accept the fact that you're honest, but I honestly don't take your statements that seriously. Along with the original AR turntable, the Altec VOTT and one or two others, the Quad 57 is a true landmark product. I don't see anything remotely sugge... | |
| Emerald Physics: Same as the Quads in the fifties? You've never heard the product, yet you claim it's revolutionary and remarkable. Are you really to be taken seriously? | |
| Why the Blues Really Hit The Spot The blues ain't about being down, but more about getting back up. In everybody's life there comes those moments when it hurts and singing (and listening to) the blues is a way of getting past the hurt. At least that's what my momma done told me! |