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Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System?
 
Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System?
Did you try the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in SACD?  
Did anyone else disconnect thier equipment due to the geomagnetic storms?
My DVR lost it's ability to record causing me to miss Saturday Night Live.  It now works fine again after a reboot.  
Solar flares are here, everyone unplug your dryer!
Figures!  Tonight my DVR won't record, but probably will after a reboot, which will cause me to miss Saturday Night Live.  
Solid state amp vs tube amps
... And yet I went out and bought a Melton, P/P, KT-88 tube amp and much prefer my 20+ year old Yamaha RX-Z9 in "Pure Direct" mode. The Yamaha is a very high current amp and really bring out the high end of the Heils with so much more detail and t... 
How you know your system is improving?
Looking forward to a Friday demo!  
How you know your system is improving?
Will the Wave Touch system be demoed at T.H.E. Show in Costa Mesa in June?  
Any audio clubs near Orange County, CA?
There is a small group in the OC area on AudioKarma that get together on rare occasion.  I was trying to host the last one last Nov. (North Tustin area), but we got rained out and nobody could get it together for a second date in Jan.  
Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers
If someone wanted a nice "wooden" finish, I have seen custom automobile painters that can do truely unbelievable "wood" finishes.  
Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System?
I use no eq or room correction.  Great tracks sound great, good tracks sound good, and lousy tracks sound lousy.  But you know why they sound lousy.  
Soundstage and image height, does it exist?
I certainly do get height from my system, but then my front wall is ~16 feet high and the back wall is ~7-1/2 feet high, so there could be some reflection adding to it. If you want to hear height, the best thing I find is to listen to "sharp" per... 
How can I establish a reference level?
The EPDR does drop to 2.4 ohms between 885 and 950 Hz and 2.5 ohms between 70 and 80 Hz, so... https://www.stereophile.com/content/jbl-4367-studio-monitor-loudspeaker-measurements  
Looking for the next level in imaging...
Will anybody be exhibiting the BAACH at The Show in Costa Mesa? https://www.theshownow.com    
How you know your system is improving?
Things can sound "changed" without sounding either better or worse and sometimes it just comes down to preference. And preference can change. The caveat is that sometimes you just prefer something a bit different because it’s different. Regardles... 
Moody Blues founder Mike Pinder passed away today at 82
A tribute to another gone great. https://youtu.be/IXXx8twaDv0