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Is this the ultimate 2-way speaker design?
The best two way speakers I've heard (under show conditions) are Karl Schuemann's (AudioMachina) Ultimate Monitor MTM design. $15,800.There is a lot of interesting information on loudspeaker architecture in David Robinson's interview with Karl at ... 
Alternatives to Stoplight Pen RIP
The green Uni Posca water-based poster-paint marker is equivalent.Regards, 
HYBRID SACD stereo or multichannel.
Eldartford, I don't have a multichannel system. I have a stereo system and want the hi-rez format I choose to honour my commitment. SACD does this. I want the mastering engineer to mix the stereo track, and I want them to do the best damn job they... 
Ported, Sealed or Transmission Line
Tobias writes:Sealed box designs need more amplifier power, on the whole, because the cones have to work against the very stiff spring of the air trapped inside the box.Although stiffness is provided by the air in the sealed box, the spider on a d... 
HYBRID SACD stereo or multichannel.
In this case the player does the mixdown as the disc is played instead of the recording engineer doing it when the disc is produced.That possibility made up my mind to give DVD-Audio the big miss. Not all DVD-As work like this though - many have ... 
Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have
That's a rare one, juice. Very tasty - congratulations.Regards, 
CD player - new generation?
How would it work? It's like a digital zoom on a cheap digital camera. The CD word length is 16 bits. If you put that into a 32 bit word, you have to guess what goes in the less significant bits.Regards, 
what if you put too much lead shot in your speaker
You can never have too much lead in your pencil.Regards, 
Any B.A.T. amp owners-love or not
I've had a BAT VK50SE for three years. Totally reliable. I've spoken to Viktor and Geoff at shows, and you could not ask to meet nicer fellows. BAT are one of the stars of US audio, in my opinion. If they make a Super Audio CD player, I'd seriousl... 
Power Cord
There was virtually no activity in this area about 6-7 years ago, and when I first heard of it 4 years ago, it sounded most unlikely. I ended up borrowing one (a Cardas Reference) from my dealer and could not believe the difference it made on my C... 
I've finally lost it
Wise words Plato.Regards, 
Can you name this speaker? Thoughts?
"Convergent Source Mid/High Frequency Module" gives it away.What's your point, Porschecab?Regards, 
Please help me with a Cary Audio tube question
Dida,I was looking for a tube amp that had any kind of reasonable specs (low distortion) and found the popular brands did not even come close.That's fine, but that's not the way everyone buys amplifiers.Regards, 
How does Sony XA9000ES compare to ext dacs on cd?
Nick,Off-topic a little, but do you have the Extender Feet and Large Brass Spikes for your Coincidents? You can see them on the Coincident web site. I fitted these the other day to my Super Eclipse Series II and they give a very nice improvement t... 
CD software
I have a low-tech approach and use Excel. At the same time I put a title into Excel, I add it to a HTML file which I upload to my Geocities web site. I can write HTML, so I'd rather do it by hand than have Excel export a table in HTML format. The ...