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| Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all? @mrskeptic: Paul McGowan is the founder of PS Audio. Is he a "scientist"? Certainly not. Is he a blow-hard? Yes. His "books" are full of dubious and self-serving claims, as are many of his too many Youtube videos. I also know people in the busines... | |
| Absorption, Diffusion or a combination of it all? For what it’s worth, Paul McGowan prefers diffusers to absorbers; the former mix reflections of all frequencies equally, while the latter absorb different frequencies to different degrees. McGowan also explains that the reason “first reflections” ... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile This question has been raised so many times here, but this thread is, IMO, the richest discussion of it yet. All the key issues are here: that musicians often don't give a damn about audio equipment; that our systems inspire delight even when they... | |
| How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system? What a long, strange thread this has been! So many of you don't seem to spend much time at all listening to music. But, as several have said, it's all a matter of priorities. Speaking for myself, I spend several hours almost every day parked in ... | |
| New Outlets Lead to Better Sounding and Tasting Coffee Here's a Coffee-and-Beethoven story for you. He was, of course, a notoriously irascible grump. As evidence of this, I read in a biography once that he demanded of his landlady that the coffee she made him be brewed with 60 beans. This did seem lik... | |
| Is Imaging Worth Chasing? Timbral accuracy for acoustic instruments and voices may be more important, but imaging is right up there as one of the best magic tricks a fine home audio system can beguile us with. In fact, "realism" may not be the point, as bkeske seems to say... | |
| Incredible improvement in sound quality Great post. When I was in college in the '70s, and had a convenient, and free, health center, I went every semester to get my ears rinsed clean (my audiophilia started in high school, actually). The days afterward were always wonderful; everything... | |
| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? I’m still using my 1989 vintage NAD 7600 in my reference system. This was NAD’s best integrated amp and tuner put on the same chassis: 150 wpc into 8 ohms, 500 watts of dynamic power into 4 ohms for 200 milliseconds (ten times the typical duration... | |
| A perfect song? What are your choices? Thank you, serjio! Seriously. Here's another from the Slavic world (sort of!): | |
| Who Would You Spend A Day With - Pick Two millercarbon (Chuck Miller), even though his politics would make me crazy. That, no doubt, is why he was banned from the site some time ago. And mahgister. A weird approach to SQ (tin foil hats, anyone?), but passionate about thinking through ... | |
| How long do speakers last? Another vote for Bill Legall at Millersound. A wonderful man with a lifetime's experience repairing speakers. Not just surrounds, either, but spiders, voice coils, everything. Very reasonable prices, too. | |
| Experience with Townshend Seismic Podiums on Concrete Floor (they're great) hilde45: congratulations! I’ve been curious about Townshend podiums for a couple of years now, but remain unwilling to shell out for them. Your testimonial, and ozzy’s too, bring me that much closer. But let me share my own experience with acoust... | |
| The Forgotten Scientific Fidelity "Tesla" speakers. I've auditioned about a dozen fine speakers in my large listening room, including Martin Logan, B&W and Revel, and I also own Von Schweikert VR4s and PSB Synchrony Ones. The Teslas are more natural soundi... | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? As far as I can tell, most of this advice is correct: if you have concrete floors with carpet, as you do, use spikes. Ideally, the cabinet should be completely rigid; all the movement should be in the speaker cones and domes, not reactive movement... | |
| What am I missing? Point well made, and taken, ghdprentice. But it only makes me wonder why people under 40 embrace vinyl, of all things. Bear with me a moment. My son-in-law is a Brooklyn hipster and guitarist; he and my daughter have decent day jobs, but share a t... |