jaybe
Responses from jaybe
| Remasters - are they better? What exactly is it? Compression is just a small part of the process and is more a sign of the times in general than just of remastering. The rise of compression since the mid 90s can effect all releases whether remasters or new issues. | |
| Remasters - are they better? What exactly is it? @dtximages "un-dynamic" recordings aren't typically thought of as soiunding "thin". If anything because all vocals and instrumentation is more level-equalized it can have a "thicker" sound. As far as telling the decade of a recording by the qualit... | |
| Remasters - are they better? What exactly is it? There are plenty of examples of remasters that better earlier or original masterings. That includes remasters with DRs as good as or sometimes better than earlier versions. Remasters by engineers Hoffman and Gastwirt are the first that come to min... | |
| New SR Orange fuse ... I find SR fuses to blow much more easily than a normal fuse with the same rating. After this happening a few times with the Blues I took the advise of Alfred at High End Electronics and bought a slightly higher rating fuse but it too eventually bl... | |
| Chinese Power conditioners Why take a chance. For not much more money you could get a Furman PST-8 that's highly regarded and guaranteed to work. | |
| High end car system Dome of silence, Max | |
| And yet another of our heroes passes into the night, RIP Ginger Baker! He claimed all his work including Cream was jazz no matter what anybody else called it. | |
| usb cable quality and sound I am using the Triode to good effect. The Curious also sounds good but is a very different presentation. | |
| Abbey Road 50th Anniversary I hear it even in the areas of my room with minimal bass modes, not calling it bloat but just a higher level. It is definitely the recording, my other versions don't have it. | |
| Other Good High End Audio Forums Can NOT recommend Computer Audiophile forums, now self-styled as Audiostyle or some such blather. In theory it should be a good forum, in actuality it's something else. Some of the most toxic posts and posters I've seen. They have been beating ... | |
| Just how big is our foot print? @erik_squires so said tongue in cheek, but I actually have no problem with your posts | |
| Just how big is our foot print? You're just not that important. lol. | |
| Audio Truisms or Plinthy statements A bit too much pith for my taste | |
| Abbey Road 50th Anniversary I also think the bass is too prominent in the mix. For my taste anyway. | |
| PS Audio DirectStream DAC measurements by ASR Julian Hirsch lives |