kr4
Responses from kr4
| Who turns center off when listening to music It depends on whether the music source has a center channel in it or not. If there is center channel info, I prefer to play it rather than delete it or split it to the L/R speakers. If there isn't, the decision is moot. | |
| Revel F228be The room is 50% of the sound, make sure part of your budget goes into treating your room. Agreed. Finally if you have a local dealer try comparing an electrostaic like the Martin Logan Classic ESP 9, a classic like the Klipsch Cornwall, and t... | |
| Does anyone know where this J. Gordon Holt comes from? Tomcy6 wrote: While seeking to reproduce the sound of real instruments in a real space is an admirable goal, I don’t think it’s practical for most people. If you have a large room, it might be possible to achieve with chamber music (string quarte... | |
| How to pack floor standing speakers for shipping dill wrote: Never had a problem selling locally or shipping in the original boxes strapped to a pallet, shipped freight. Agreed. However, many of us city dwellers do not have the space for storing the original boxes and must resort to more cre... | |
| Breathtaking SACD of popular classical music "Just listening to a spectacular CD from Analogue Productions of Rachmaninoff “Symphonic Dances” with the Dallas Symphony. Good as, if not better, than any SACD." OK. It was greatly feted in its time but I've always found it coarse and brash, b... | |
| Breathtaking SACD of popular classical music @kr4 Wow, I appreciate the details in your response. I need to start somewhere (with my first classical SACD). So if you have to pick (with emphasis on recording qualityh and use of SACD technicology), which would you order? I have no idea. I... | |
| Breathtaking SACD of popular classical music I took a shot at it emphasizing recording/sound quality. For the smaller works and some others, there are too many options and I would not recommend buying a whole disc for one small work. Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in C minor Honeck/Pittsburgh (R... | |
| Breathtaking SACD of popular classical music Such as? Name the piece you want and we can respond. | |
| Best digital format (non streaming) Likely, there are some (crazy expansive) specialty outlets that let you buy and download high res files? Yes, there are but prices and repertoire vary. I am generally familiar with classical offerings. And only storage media will be compute... | |
| Don’t buy used McCormack DNA 1990s amps Because their input board is at the end of its useful life, and when it fails your amp is dead and not repairable by anyone — not even SMcAudio. Can you tell us, in specific, what particular part or component is the source of this? | |
| Best digital format (non streaming) Sure there are higher resolution formats available but most recordings come only in 1 or 2. If you want that music, the format is not in question. Besides, you have to convince yourself that you can hear any difference with the higher resolution... | |
| I've been selling heavier gear for lighter gear Earlier this year sold 110lb speakers and bought kef blade 2 (80 lbs & easy to maneuver). ........................................................................... Anyhoots, who else factors in the tonnage of the gear they buy? Any other... | |
| For Room Correction DSP/Software- How often do you use it? I use it all the time. OTOH, I recalibrate it only when something in the system or room is changed or replaced. | |
| Snake oil of the year? Eh. I was unimpressed with it. (Scroll down a bit to AQVox.) | |
| Install A Dedicated AC Line at home I hired my regular local licensed electrician. I showed him the JPS outlets and cable and he smirked but did the work anyway. At the end, he told me that the JPS cable was the easiest cable he has ever worked with and asked me what it cost. When I... |