learsfool
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| Is music quality moving away from the "audiophile" Recording quality has been in a very steady decline for a very long time now. But speaking as a performing classical musician, most of us absolutely detest compression and over-amplification and fake digital reverb and all the other favorite trick... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help I agree that we are not very far apart at all, that's what I was trying to say in the first place. I also agree that everyone needs to decide for themselves what is the most important to them in their own systems. For me, I go back and forth betwe... | |
| Please recommend hearing protection I am a professional orchestral musician, and I can tell you that it has been proven that orchestral musicians will lose at least 20% of their hearing over the course of their careers on average. It is a very unfortunate side effect of the job, and... | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective Didn't read through this whole thread, but my least favorite term in the audiophile world is "neutral." Speaking as a professional musician, I certainly wouldn't ever want that term applied to a performance, either of live or recorded music. Yes, ... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help Douglas_schroeder - what I mean is that there are good and bad cables at all price points, and that I do not believe that wire will make any more difference in a $2000 system than it does in a $100,000 system, or vice versa. You seem to be saying ... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help I thought I had made it clear that I was not saying that wire was unimportant. I certainly agree that some designs sound better than others, and I did indeed audition some different cables and interconnects, both at my dealer's and again at home. ... | |
| A Perennial Debate For Which I Seek Help In general, I would agree with Baroque Lover and Markphd on this one. I think the price of most wire out there is ridiculous, compared to the effect on the system. I would also say that in many cases, an "improvement" heard when switching out wire... | |
| Highly efficient speakers to pair with my SET amp The best match with an SET amp will be horn speakers. I second the Klipsch Cornwall recommendation - I bought mine here on audiogon for only $600. If those are too large for you, you could try the Heresey's. You can still find things in the Klipsc... | |
| rega p3/24 vs. music hall mm5.1 Another vote for the Rega, and also for the TTPSU. | |
| A good fit for my PrimaLuna Prologue Two? I would disagree some with the previous post - I think the Rogue's are much brighter sounding amps than the PrimaLuna's, and I definitely prefer the latter. I would say, if you are looking for dynamic speakers, that the ProAc Studio 140's are a go... | |
| Tube Amp Recommendations Hi - I would highly recommend the PrimaLuna line. I have the Dialogue 2 integrated myself, but their separates are nice as well. | |
| Power cords and soundstage Cable can make a little bit of difference, however many people will tell you that initially this is only because there is a cleaner electrical connection, and that this seeming difference then disappears after a time. Alot of people waste alot of ... | |
| Could someone recommend a good tube pre/main amp? Electrostats are generally very power hungry speakers, so most tube amps would not necessarily be a good match, unless you buy one of the newer models that put out more wattage then the average tube amp. The more tubes in the amp, though, the cost... | |
| Holographic imaging Just found this thread today. My first thoughts on reading through it are that this thread hilariously proves just how many different definitions there are out there for these terms that audiophiles like to use. The only way to be absolutely sure ... | |
| The focus and air lie Mr. Tennis and Jaybo - both Nilthepill and myself posted descriptions of what is referred to as "air" in descriptions of sound by audiophiles earlier in the thread. And yes, you do hear it - only in an airless vacuum does no sound exist. |