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| Adieu to the true audiophile?; High-end audio dying because of MP3s | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 23 2008, 01:28 PM (791 Views) | |
| John D'Oh | May 24 2008, 01:54 PM Post #26 |
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As a former jazz snob, I find this a little ironic, since it is almost certainly true that the really best jazz was created before recording techniques were fully able to capture the sound. I'd rather listen to Charlie Parker in mono or Miles Davis from the 50's and 60's than almost any of todays musicians, however well they are recorded. |
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| Daniel | May 24 2008, 03:19 PM Post #27 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I love high end audio equipment. Lots of different approaches you can take. None of them inexpensive, unfortunately. |
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| DivaDeb | May 24 2008, 03:44 PM Post #28 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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hey...I don't mind 'faking it' for this, since I don't have to elsewise :lol: |
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| DivaDeb | May 24 2008, 03:46 PM Post #29 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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this is CERTAINLY the case with classical/opera singers as well. Slim pickin's in recent years, no matter how hard they try to sex them up. |
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| OperaTenor | May 24 2008, 04:17 PM Post #30 |
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Hey, my wife would've said that, too. |
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| kluurs | May 24 2008, 04:39 PM Post #31 |
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Some of the really old recordings are much more faithful to their original release. The good news is that one can listen to a reasonably high level of quality with more convenience than a CD - which in turn is a higher level of convenience than the 78 or LP. I say this as someone with a decent sized LP collection - a fair number of 78s. |
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| George K | May 24 2008, 04:46 PM Post #32 |
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:lol: ![]() :lol: Oh.... My.... Sides... |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| OperaTenor | May 24 2008, 04:51 PM Post #33 |
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Welllll...... Kluurs isn't the only one...... |
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| Red Rice | May 24 2008, 07:07 PM Post #34 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I would have thought these companies would be trying to move into the (high-end) home theater market. |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| JoeB | May 24 2008, 08:26 PM Post #35 |
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I was very happy to buy a pair of 30 year old Acoustic Research AR-3a acoustic suspension speakers last year. I used to own AR-3a speakers and haven't ever found anything that pleased me as much. Of course I had to have the foam surrounds redone, replaced the pots with stepped attenuators and replaced 1 tweeter but now I have the sound I like. However, I took a look at the McIntosh website and saw a speaker that just might be better. With 6 long throw 12" aluminum cone woofers, Sixty-four 2” inverted titanium dome mids, and forty 3/4” titanium dome tweeters the XRT2K Reference Loudspeaker may be the new winner. At 452 pounds (590 shipping including skid) the shipping might be pricey but not really noticeable when the speakers cost $80,000 each. Audio Review did note the XRT2K is "Probably not for small rooms without some bass tuning." So I'll take a pass on them since the room I listen in is probably too small. |
| "There are many ingredients in the stew of annoyance." - Bucky Katt | |
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| OperaTenor | May 24 2008, 09:13 PM Post #36 |
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Joe, I've never found a speaker I liked better than my AR-94's, and I bought those in 1982. I had them re-ringed about six years ago. |
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| kenny | May 24 2008, 09:43 PM Post #37 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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AR-94s http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/ar94rebuild_e.html |
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| OperaTenor | May 24 2008, 10:03 PM Post #38 |
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Guess I'm not alone in my admiration......
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| kluurs | May 25 2008, 08:43 AM Post #39 |
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If you love the equipment you have, never , ever go to a high end audio store...they will make you suffer... |
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