amcluesent;255419 Wrote:
why do you want 176.4kHz playback?
I'd tried to hint at my views with the initial 'Doh!' :)
Then again, with a wide-band amp and super-tweeters who knows...
I've got supertweeters and they won't go that high!
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opaqueice;255188 Wrote:
The White Stripes: ElephantWhite Stripes/Elephant is generally regarded as a
well produced album.
IIRC it was produced using analogue recording and mastering equipment
and much song and dance was made about that on its release (in the UK
at least). It sounds pretty
The Stone Roses eponymous debut is rather excellent music that was badly
recorded. It sounds amazing on a large boomy PA, but over a revealing
hi-fi it is barely listenable.
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ar-t;255410 Wrote:
You must be joking. RG-6(A) has a copperweld centre conductor.
Translation: copper plated steel.
Wouldn't even use it for digital cables.
ar-t, can you elaborate? I've found it works darn well for s/pdif...
(with BNCs).
What would be better?
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Patrick Dixon;24 Wrote:
White Stripes/Elephant is generally regarded as a well produced album.
IIRC it was produced using analogue recording and mastering equipment
and much song and dance was made about that on its release (in the UK
at least). It sounds pretty good on my system -
DynamicalSystem wrote:
The Stone Roses eponymous debut is rather excellent music that was badly
recorded. It sounds amazing on a large boomy PA, but over a revealing
hi-fi it is barely listenable.
You really think so? Perhaps you've not got it turned up loud enough!
Don't waste your words, I
alekz;255217 Wrote:
If we are talking Symphonic Dances, I would say:
1. Rachmaninoff himself (You can find his recordings)
2. Martha Argerich with her husband Alexandre Rabinovitch (Teldec,
Elatus)
3. Kirill Kondrashin and Moscow Philarmonic Symphony Orchestra
(Melodiya) - Many
opaqueice;255584 Wrote:
Interesting. It's one of the few albums I have in 128 MP3, so I'll buy
the CD and see if that helps.
Do you listen to any noisy rock - say heavy metal or grunge?
I think the CD's worth having.
Some - although I tend to prefer the gentler tracks! I've liked
opaqueice;255584 Wrote:
Interesting. It's one of the few albums I have in 128 MP3, so I'll buy
the CD and see if that helps.
Do you listen to any noisy rock - say heavy metal or grunge?
This is rather interesting...oddly enough this is the sort of album I
would expect to sound rough as a
Hmmm...nice!
I Just Don't know what to do with Myself - loving the reverb bloom,
valve vocals mics and what sound like very expensive 60's valve
compressors/limiters.
Ball Biscuit - great timing/rhythm - real dirty foot tapping
stuff...and that lovely reverb again
Thanks for provoking me to
Do you listen to any noisy rock
I had a go with Therion's Lepaca Kliffoth at the weekend...never
again :)
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ar-t;255410 Wrote:
You must be joking. RG-6(A) has a copperweld centre conductor.
Translation: copper plated steel.
Wouldn't even use it for digital cables.
And BTW.there is no such thing as a 75 ohm RCA. No matter how
much marketing hype from Canare that you read.
As for Type
jhm731;254729 Wrote:
As soon as you have the skills to perform the upgrades that Alex
does to the Transporter, please let us know.
Oh, you're another believer, aren't you?
I've seen a good book of audiophile spells and other magic triks that
will most certainly improve sound of your
325xi;255705 Wrote:
Oh, you're another believer, aren't you?
I've seen a good book of audiophile spells and other magic triks that
will most certainly improve sound of your system... in your head.
Yes, I believe that all audio equipment can be improved if you know
what you're doing.
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gharris999;255596 Wrote:
Rachmaninoff: I don't think he ever recorded the Symphonic Dances,
either as a conductor, or in the duo piano version. He was dead within
two years of the work's premier.
I will check just in case. I may be wrong, indeed.
gharris999;255596 Wrote:
I've got
jhm731;255731 Wrote:
Yes, I believe that all audio equipment can be improved if you know what
you're doing.
Certain kinds of modifications that involve reducing noise are not
physically possible without a board respin. Also, no amount of skill
could convert Transporter's digital audio path to
seanadams;255739 Wrote:
knob
heh heh...he said knob.
Snort.
Does that change anybody's subjective opinion of Sean?
Of course not, unless you rewire his noun.
.
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haunyack;255749 Wrote:
heh heh...he said knob.
Snort.
Does that change anybody's opinion of Sean?
Of course not, unless you rewire his noun.
.
I also said cockamamie. A highly underrated word IMHO.
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seanadams
seanadams;255752 Wrote:
I also said cockamamie. A highly underrated word IMHO.
...and my mother called me hunyak, although she was Norwegian.
Love the TP.
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Will the SB be able to do 24/88.2 or 24/96?
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The analog ouput redesign that Dan Wright does, certianly has me
intrigued.
I read an article on Stereophile the other day from ___ Johnson the
leader of Audio Research and his point was that tubes are inherently
more linear than their solid state ouput counterparts.
As Dan puts the tube output
mr_bill;255785 Wrote:
The analog ouput redesign that Dan Wright performs, certainly has me
intrigued.
I read an article on Stereophile the other day from ___ Johnson the
leader of Audio Research and his point was that tubes are inherently
more linear than their solid state ouput
seanadams wrote:
mr_bill;255785 Wrote:
Little do I know if the improvements are imaginary or real - I would
like to find out.
There will absolutely be a real and audible difference in sound.
However, this is clearly meant to be a fun and visually appealing
vintage mod for someone who
alekz;255733 Wrote:
Only Russians or Jewish can play Russian music.You sound authoritative on
this point. Are you Russian? Jewish? Both?
What about Finns? I quite like the Järvi recordings I've got of
Tchaikovsky, Taneyev, Prokofiev Shostakovich, though I'm not always
sure why: the
seanadams;255739 Wrote:
Certain kinds of modifications that involve reducing noise are not
physically possible without a board respin. Also, no amount of skill
could convert Transporter's digital audio path to 32-bit, unless you
redesigned nearly the entire product from scratch. I.e., it is
If tubes are just a way of changing the tone and adding distortion ,
would rolling capacitors just be performing the same function? Now on
one hand tube detractors say that tubes just introduce some pleasant
form of distortion but present a sound which is not as close to reality
as pure solid
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