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| Bad recordings and high end audio Led Zep sound about as good (bad) as their music. | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers OldhvymecDo you know any pretty decent jazz musicians at the time after their passing...? | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers BOOIIIIIINGG!This must be the most repeated topic here. No need to keep repeating, the answer is simple:If your floor is insufficiently rigid then make it rigid or change rooms, or houses.If your floor goes boiing, adding more boiing with springs... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines Massive thanks to everyone.This thread is hugely informative and I have been following it closely.Currently it appears the Degritter has the best recommendation ratio.But goodness me, aren't there a lot of variables once you start analysing additi... | |
| My stereo is haunted!! Set up a completely fresh system on the same outlets using all different equipment and cables.If you still have the pop, it's your house wiring or outside interference.If you don't still have the pop put back your components and wires ONE PIECE AT... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS " If China moves on Taiwan soon I will be concerned about owning anything from China."CCP has already 'moved on' more of its own people than the whole population of Taiwan. Plus 8m in Hong Kong, that used to be a nice place to live. | |
| Nirvana sued over "Nevermind" cover photo The kid should get control of himself and upgrade his self-esteem.Kids these days..... | |
| Does port location make a significant difference with regard to speaker placement? Ports are a poor man's way of avoiding bigger speakers.They will always dish out unwanted artifacts, it is unavoidable.They used to be just one solution, now they are almost universal in box speakers..Subwoofers invariably utilise ports.If you don... | |
| What do "audiophiles" use to judge equipment? "Search through my posts. Highly recommended, highly educational."Blowing your own trumpet again Miller.What a schmuk.By the way, I recommend my posts as more educational than Miller's.And much more varied too.And Miller, please learn to spell 'Ro... | |
| Does listening to music increase your IQ? As first coined by Alfred Binet, a Frenchman, more than 100 years ago, the concept of IQ referred to the 'intelligence' or, possibly, brainpower that is inherent in an individual ignoring education and training and, in particular, learning how to ... | |
| Audio deals you bought that seem impossible for the price? Miller - Moabs are so cheap because there was no design process. They are just a pile of planks and drivers nailed together. Nor is there any finish - they look like the homebuild project that they are.This is the kind of thing we all did when w... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS How can Miller praise Porsches to the heavens (quite reasonable - Lambos and Ferraris just fall apart and cost $$$$$$ to run) and also think Moabs are the greatest speakers? Moabs are like kit cars - way below even Lambo and Ferrari. Quite right... | |
| Class A Power in A/B amplifiers? There is no industry standard. That is why discerning people (like me) buy Class A. The standard for that is 100%. | |
| Time to upgrade my turntable? Ortofon can be expected to claim the cartridge is the most important element. But the best cartridge in the world will sound terrible if the turntable and arm are not well enough engineered to retain the stylus in precisely the correct orientatio... | |
| New Preamplifier Testing (Poor sound) "...the sound is extremely underwhelming. Biggest issues are sound distinction and clarity (sounds dull) and field depth (sounds narrow/flat) with less depth and width...". OP, these are very serious defects. Break-in time is not going to fix th... |