sean
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| 3 amps bridged to 180wpc or a 5 channel amp,sound? On most mass produced amps, bridging typically sounds worse than an unbridged unit. Most of this has to do with parts tolerances, mass production and a lack of properly matching output devices. The end result sonically is typically harder sounding... | |
| Best $200 speaker cables for overall performance? After I performed thousands of dollars worth of upgrades to my Father's system, I changed his speaker cabling. We went from some Audioquest stuff ( can't remember the model ) to Goertz MI-2 Veracity. Upon doing so, my Father exclaimed "that speake... | |
| CD sound quality Most Philips products have a rolled off top end. Combining this with lower grade cabling AND "softer" sounding electronics ( like most NAD stuff ) could definitely tilt the scales towards TOO soft and round sounding. You could try to band-aid the ... | |
| BMI power cord with Musical Fidelity KW 500amp Frank: Do NOT use "normal" silicone for what you want to do. Silicone is acedic and can cause the plasticizers in cabling to break down and migrate. This migration can contaminate other dielectrics and / or corrosion of the actual conductors. If y... | |
| Any active/passive preamps with penny & giles pot? If i can remember correctly, i think that the Dennesen JC-80's used these. This was a three chassis ( left channel, right channel, power supply ) dual mono SS preamp designed by John Curl in 1980, hence the model name. Prior to the CTC Blowtorch, ... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue The point that i was trying to make was not that digital sucks ( it definitely can ) or that analogue is better ( it definitely can be ), but that i ( and several others ) could hear MASSIVE differences between the two. As i also mentioned, this w... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue Onhwy: The digital recorder that i was using was a stand alone TDK CD-R Audio burner. I purchased this unit based on the reputation that the TDK computer based burners had at the time i.e. as being the best and most reliable at the time for pennie... | |
| Any thoughts on the CD "trimmer" sirspeedy: If you want, you can send me a disc or two and i can trim them for you. That is all that i will do though, as i do NOT believe that markering them up is beneficial. In fact, in my experience, it has been a drawback. Anything that you wa... | |
| Any thoughts on the CD "trimmer" Mlsstl: I purchased one of these units from a local audio store with full return privileges. After making direct comparisons with identical discs i.e. one "cut" and the other "uncut", the audible difference made me decide to keep the unit.As a poi... | |
| PS Audio Noise Harvester Here's another current thread over at AA.http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/general/messages/449302.htmlSean> | |
| Any thoughts on the CD "trimmer" Mlsstl: Everything is "impossible" until someone tries to do it and find out that it is "possible". Have you ever actually tried using the Audio Desk Systeme? Sean> | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue I'm comparing apples to apples here. In the tests that i performed, i used live analogue recordings that i had made. These recordings had no form of compression, equalization, etc.. performed on them. I then converted them over to CD via an audio ... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue Here's a simple task that most everyone with a stand alone CD burner or computer based burner can do. That is, if they have the desire and means to do so.Take an analogue source, record it onto a CD and then compare the original analogue source to... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue Bob Reynolds: I adamantly believe that transports have a sound of their own. Whether or not they are discernable has to do with how different they sound and / or the resolution of the rest of the system and / or one's hearing acuity. My Brother an... | |
| Is Bi - amping worth the trouble? With 84 - 88 dB speakers, you could never have enough power. This is why you've heard very noticeable improvements when providing them with drastically increased amounts of reserve. Other than that, i would consider 84 - 88 dB speakers to be low e... |