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1: Speaker Asylum, I'd beg, cheat or steal . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-10-09, 05:54:17 (64.12.96.9)
To get 4-5 hundred more and get a pair of Infinity Intermezzo 2.6's. Small, good looking, and a breeze to drive. The B&W 805 were pretty easy to drive as were the polk lsi9's, but the former is out of .......
2: Speaker Asylum, Re: Intermezzo 2.6 brightness problem apparently easily solved ! (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-09-22, 06:54:19 (68.107.204.206)
Dude, I heard no brightness with those and a Krell amp on top. If antything a little soft up there. True fidelity though. Have you did the RABOS thing? The volume contole seems only to hinge down the .......
3: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Ah, I love that line. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-09-21, 06:28:20 (205.188.208.9)
How the deluded defend. Or, the one; "Well if you can't hear the obvious differences, consider yourself lucky." Ooooh How about this amp etc., cleared up the congestion on the recording. Now how'd .......
4: General Asylum, Oh, wow I have no exp. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-09-18, 05:25:44 (205.188.208.9)
With this kinda stuff. And I did not realize the extent of the hijinx. Thanks for the info Rod. .......
5: General Asylum, Re: No, just a child..... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-09-17, 08:08:24 (205.188.208.9)
What can they possiably do to the individual? The only thing it seems they have done is a bad prank. Or, take away some band width. Just curious, Keith .......
6: General Asylum, Zone Alarm (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-09-07, 17:32:33 (68.107.204.206)
They have a free firewall for download that is just the best. No more sending out ip addresses too. .......
7: Tech Square, But I opened the box and the cat smiled back!nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-27, 05:31:10 (205.188.208.9)
nt .......
8: Inmate Systems, DKC's Dave's Waves (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-26, 16:33:16 (64.12.96.73)
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9: Hi-Rez Highway, Are you one of those format wars DVD-A guys?nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-24, 05:20:57 (64.12.96.10)
nt .......
10: Hi-Rez Highway, HAY dude! (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-24, 05:19:13 (64.12.96.10)
Why you trashing my recommendation?:) No really, my significant other picked it out and I could not believe how good the music was/is. Besides, some of the songs a get top marks from my silver plaited .......
11: Hi-Rez Highway, Man, that ain't nothing (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-24, 05:13:23 (64.12.96.10)
We went to a Best Buy over vacation the other week, went into the store and asked one of the sales help to point us in the direction of the SACD's. He said, "We only sell like one player now and no SA .......
12: Hi-Rez Highway, Bangles SACD (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-23, 05:29:54 (205.188.208.9)
So were on vacation and go into a Best Buy and find, glory be, a whole rack of on sale SACD's. I buy like 10 but the best one to my suprise is the Bangles SACD. Sounded like crap untill I really sat d .......
13: Speaker Asylum, What is UDM?nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-22, 06:43:44 (64.12.96.10)
nt .......
14: Speaker Asylum, Re: Really!?? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-22, 06:41:41 (64.12.96.10)
Well, that maybe one interpretation clouded by an anti-big-corporation bias that I will speak nothing about other than it is a little closed minded. I'm a historian by profession and I know that past .......
15: Speaker Asylum, Re: Future plans of the Harman group (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-22, 06:15:36 (64.12.96.10)
Looks like more than Infinity is a dumping ground for the high-end at audioadvisor. I don't know, I see Harman leveraging the Revel name for Infinity. If I had the options I'd think I'd buy this stock .......
16: Speaker Asylum, Future plans of the Harman group (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-21, 21:48:21 (205.188.208.9)
Kinda late and I can't sleep and I really don't want to upset anyone . . . but does Infinity's foray into the high end kinda seem like Harman is testing the waters about phasing out the Revel brand an .......
17: General Asylum, Re: I am an authorized Mothra dealer and technician (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-05, 05:31:43 (205.188.208.9)
I'm a spy in the house of love I know the dream, that you're dreamin' of I know the word that you long to hear I know your deepest, secret fear - Jim Morrison Erie isn't it. Morrison was the last grea .......
18: Hi-Rez Highway, Making short IC's form long ones? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-04, 05:47:27 (64.12.96.10)
I have some XLO refrence IC's sitting around that are no longer being used. Can I chop them down and re-terminate? Thanks for any considerations. .......
19: Cable Asylum, Turning long IC's into shorter ones? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-04, 05:46:14 (64.12.96.10)
I have some old XLO refrence IC's sitting around that I used with a different set-up. My quesion is if there is anything wrong with chopping them down and re-terminating them? Thanks for any reply :: .......
20: Digital Drive, Amen Bro! (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-08-04, 05:23:04 (64.12.96.10)
It is silly how much you have to spend on digital to get something tangibly better, in all respects, than a 400.00 dollar mass produced CD player or DAC. Take that discontinued Sony carousel SACD pla .......
21: General Asylum, Re: Start with those you vote for (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-07-24, 04:38:32 (64.12.96.10)
>>>I think there is little prospect of any change in this until we get nearly 95% voting rather than our present 45% national turnouts, 35% state turnouts, and 25% local turnouts. How do we do this? Q .......
22: General Asylum, HA! And this isn't eating their profits? nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-07-18, 04:29:09 (205.188.208.9)
nt .......
23: General Asylum, Hey Dude (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-07-16, 05:43:45 (64.12.96.10)
"Stereophile may or may not be in bed with MF, but the broader issue is that Stereophile is broadly collusive with, and deeply in bed with, a broader group of high priced manufacturers who, together, .......
24: General Asylum, Which tube is that? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-07-14, 21:51:21 (152.163.252.5)
In this past Stereophile there is a tucked away add with an endowed woman holding a large tube between her endowment(s). Anyone care to tell me which tube? .......
25: Speaker Asylum, Re: 2 different approaches to reproduction (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-07-08, 05:03:20 (64.12.96.10)
Moo Moo, See I knew we could figure this out without deteriorating into audiophile semantics. Best, Keith .......
26: Speaker Asylum, Re: 2 different approaches to reproduction (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-07-08, 05:00:49 (64.12.96.10)
I agree completly RGA. I just thought a different perspective added balance to the post. The best speakers I've heard balanced warmth (falling power responce curve) and neturality on a knifes edge. H .......
27: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I did not think so (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-07-07, 07:11:43 (205.188.208.9)
except with some tube designs or solid state with a low output impedence. Thanks, Keith .......
28: Speaker Asylum, 2 different approaches to reproduction (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-07-07, 07:08:37 (205.188.208.9)
Moo Moo, Obviously you have little confidence in your own listing abilities to judge correctly, but you should take the preferences of the responders to task on this question. Most of the old fogies a .......
29: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Has anyone measured the responce of a speaker . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-07-07, 06:07:08 (205.188.208.9)
Hooked-up to different amplifiers to record the frequency responce changes, if there are any?. Can you provide refrences so I can read up on the topic. BTW, I'm talking 100-10k responce not extreme lo .......
30: Tweakers' Asylum, Nobody uses a library anymore? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-06-25, 11:16:07 (152.163.252.5)
Joe, I'm sure even the smaller ones will have textbooks or old books on electronics, and it's free as long as you return the books on time. The great thing is interlibrary loan: Meaning you can get .......
31: Tweakers' Asylum, Please Help on SEAS project (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-06-06, 10:57:43 (205.188.208.9)
My plan is to build an semi-ellipse enclosure made by stacking 1/2" MDF cutouts, using the SEAS Odin mk3 kit and crossover. However, I want to add the SEAS excell 8" woofer to extend the response. I h .......
32: General Asylum, About the FTS midrange screw (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-05-28, 06:07:25 (152.163.252.5)
You really need to be careful about tightening that. From the manual it says, and I quote, "the position of the [slotted screw head] is preset at the factory and should not be altered." If you do it s .......
33: General Asylum, Very Cool! (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-05-26, 06:03:15 (64.12.96.10)
Nice to see a positive post about a good experience. I too was astounded by the choices and state of technology extant. Just wait until you hear your first Wilson Audio Sophia, B&W 800, or Revel Salon .......
34: Speaker Asylum, However (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-05-06, 07:21:05 (64.12.96.10)
>>>Plato, the philosopher, once said that music, albeit coupled with dance, is the barbarous expression of the human soul. How true. Because apart of the pure intellectual pleasure of music, emotion p .......
35: General Asylum, Re: an example (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-05-01, 07:29:24 (205.188.208.9)
>>>Anybody ever hugged you over a CD? Sure but I'd like to not kiss and tell. Guys may hug over vinyl but girls and CD's . . . And you do not have to stop every thirty . . . Just hours and hours of . .......
36: General Asylum, Re: MTV cribs (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-04-14, 05:27:14 (205.188.208.104)
God, I can't remember who it was on that show--some rapper--but he had the best I've seen: Revel Salons and Krell amplification. That's not too shabby. .......
37: Outside Asylum, Re: So true (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-04-08, 07:42:13 (205.188.208.104)
And you think our goverment tells no lies? .......
38: General Asylum, Wow (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-04-03, 06:04:41 (152.163.188.5)
Do you really think offense causing trash talk is the way to enlighten people? What ever happened to our "American" society speaking the truth with love? Sure black hats vs. white hats and adversarial .......
39: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Speaker Bracing and damping (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-02-23, 05:42:55 (64.12.96.10)
I'm using the old cabinet of some of my high school speakers, DCM 12's (144 liters) and changing that to a sealed 2nd order crossover at 200 Hz with two 8" woofers. I've saved the top, bottom and side .......
40: Tweakers' Asylum, Speaker Bracing and damping (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-02-22, 06:34:22 (64.12.96.10)
So I've been fixing my crutch by building my own speakers and as I progress I'm going to add steel sheets to damp and strengthen the 3/4 inch cabinet. My question is if it matters whether or not I bui .......
41: General Asylum, Re: I'm seeing major increases on some (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-01-21, 04:46:10 (64.12.96.10)
Why? More competition? Availability of materials? Or is there just less demand? It does not make sense for Japanese companies to raise prices and lose market share with their current situation. ::: TO .......
42: General Asylum, Will equipment prices (in general) rise or fall? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-01-20, 05:06:59 (205.188.208.104)
Just wondering what the more experienced and insiders might think about the subject. It just seems that there are many really good sounding components at lower price levels today than I can remember f .......
43: General Asylum, Re: System Analysis: On the Moon & Appointed by the Moon God (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2003-01-09, 05:28:11 (152.163.188.5)
There will be no sound on the moon, silly. .......
44: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I really do not understand (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-12-20, 18:47:54 (205.188.208.104)
I thought the Bryston circuits were pretty much the same and since the level of his speakers will rarely play any louder than the lower amp is capable of swinging I do not see the benifit. Basically, .......
45: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I hope some one corrects me, but (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-12-20, 05:21:42 (205.188.208.104)
With the 89bd sensitivity of your amp being 89db at 1 watt, the 9BST pushing 128 watts will give you 110db of sound one meter away. I hope you are not listing as loud as this since deafness is upon yo .......
46: General Asylum, Re: Does anybody know this ? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-12-08, 05:10:38 (205.188.208.104)
>>>>I am sure that the average densitiy(sic) of the interior of the listening room changes the sound of music of the home stereo. Actually the opposite is true: The pressure effect of music (sound wav .......
47: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Disturbing finding (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-12-07, 06:22:57 (64.12.96.10)
My sony DVD player (that is not SACD) will not read the hybrid layer of the Beethoven piano concerto fifth symphony disc. Go figure. .......
48: Digital Drive, Anarchism (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-12-05, 05:48:03 (64.12.96.10)
Why do people think that anarchists plot rebellion? In fact, would not a good anarchist refuse to enter into any pact or organization? Anarchists unite?!? . . . Wait a minet. . .wait . . .wait . . .by .......
49: General Asylum, Perfect Pitch . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-12-02, 14:24:19 (152.163.188.5)
Musician Myth. I would pay for a historian to tell where this comes from. Keith .......
50: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Re: Which Musical Fidelity Amp? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-28, 14:36:08 (205.188.208.104)
I'd go with your first option. This is especially so if you are incorperation tis into a HT setup or space is at a premium. That said, if you want seperates then go for #3. Good sound all around. ::: .......
51: Planar Speaker Asylum, Playing around with Maggie's (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-25, 04:26:55 (152.163.189.173)
So it's Sunday and no good games are playing on TV so I'm bored. Playing around with the speakers I learned a few neat things. First I angled the speakers away from me at the exact angle that they wer .......
52: Speaker Asylum, Re: Magnepan (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-24, 06:58:56 (205.188.208.104)
As far as I can tell, there are several reasons. These include size, small sweet spot, and in most models a lack of authoritative deep bass you can feel. However, and this surprised me, there are not .......
53: General Asylum, You have mail! nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-23, 06:38:03 (64.12.96.10)
nt .......
54: General Asylum, Re: yes, and.... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-22, 08:06:45 (152.163.188.5)
No SO. And yes she is well aware of the limits imposed by hi-fi. Imagine that. The room she is going to use is a library and office 20 x 18 x 12 room and is not that bad, but June does not want ugly s .......
55: General Asylum, Re: I like this....add a REL sub..... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-21, 21:48:40 (152.163.188.5)
I had not even considered the Ayre . . . Good looks and they have a nice appearence with sound good. Now the speakers . . . .......
56: Outside Asylum, You mean they are not?nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-21, 20:59:29 (152.163.188.5)
nt .......
57: General Asylum, System suggestions for classical fan (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-21, 07:07:02 (205.188.208.104)
I'm helping a friend out and would like some suggestions for a whole system. Her preferences are for small monitor speakers and an integrated for a medium-sized room too play mostly classical works. B .......
58: General Asylum, Re: What do the musician-audiophiles out there use? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-16, 05:30:00 (64.12.96.10)
>>>I think there is a difference between a "music lover" and a "musician." I do not think you really meant this, no? How can a musician not be a music lover? .......
59: General Asylum, "DON"T PANIC" and towel included nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-15, 06:15:09 (152.163.188.5)
nt .......
60: General Asylum, Re: A ideological bias in the media? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-14, 05:23:35 (64.12.96.10)
>>>I have avoided the liberal conservative question as my research shows that only about 40 percent of adult Americans can state with any accuracy what they mean by these terms and for those few, it m .......
61: General Asylum, Ah, the old upper midrange glare (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-11, 06:00:01 (64.12.96.10)
I used to think this is speaker related, and to a certain degree I still do, but in general and IMO, less expensive electronics and particularly amps have more to do with this than any other component .......
62: Planar Speaker Asylum, Re: Are planar type speakers harmful to the health? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-04, 04:10:59 (205.188.208.104)
So that is what happened to a few of you back in the 70's? Keith .......
63: Speaker Asylum, Image size (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-04, 03:55:19 (205.188.208.104)
So the first thing I noticed concerning the differences between my old B&W805's and Maggie’s, with the exact same set-up, is that the string sections seem to actually sound like sections and not just .......
64: Amp/Preamp Asylum, YOur are competly 'scused for think (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-01, 09:04:03 (172.141.0.81)
Thank you I had never thought of the speakers and the amp as a "system before". What other systems were considered for such? Keith .......
65: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I know thinking is dangerous for many, (technical) (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-11-01, 04:38:10 (152.163.188.5)
but I figure that since we all look at components to have what we want to hear, and that this site is one of the greatest ever (well except maybe that AR site:)) that maybe someone would know how part .......
66: Amp/Preamp Asylum, My dealer let me demo the 308 . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-25, 06:02:42 (64.12.96.10)
And I owned the A3cr for several months and they powered 805's too . . . I would not say the 308 is the same kind of animal as the A3cr. Imaging, soundstage, and bass are much better, though bass is s .......
67: Cable Asylum, Motivation (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-23, 04:35:21 (152.163.188.5)
Many times "rationality" is just another form of justification. Of course you’re approaching this from a particular standpoint that "science" is the way to go. However, what about a popular idea aroun .......
68: Amp/Preamp Asylum, One other thing . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-19, 06:36:05 (205.188.208.104)
If you need much power you almost have to go separates. Unless Krell decides the market can handle a 600 watt monster. Keith .......
69: Digital Drive, Children, please. nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-18, 05:38:31 (64.12.96.10)
nt .......
70: Digital Drive, Used Audio Research for (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-18, 05:36:22 (64.12.96.10)
The very best classical playback. At least it beat out the sony SACD player, Musical Fidelity nuvistor 3-d, Mark Levinson 390s, and the Arcams when I was auditioning. You can find the CD-2 for not a l .......
71: Digital Drive, Go with the 390s (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-15, 05:06:07 (152.163.188.5)
Less hassel. Less boxes. Better sound. .......
72: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Evidence of absence . . .nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-11, 06:35:17 (152.163.188.5)
nt .......
73: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Re: PS AUDIO HCA-2 (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-09, 07:51:08 (205.188.208.104)
PS Audio has tried a new marketing approach to doing business in consumer electronics. I'm not to hip on all the history of this fair hobby, but how many other companies did such "beta" testing and th .......
74: Planar Speaker Asylum, Why so insensitive? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-07, 07:52:03 (64.12.96.74)
I'm thinking last night that planar speakers need sensitivity training:) Sorry. But for real, what is the mechanism that makes them so difficult to drive. I personally do not know anything except that .......
75: Video Asylum, Re: First DVD to sell system to wife! (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-05, 05:45:23 (64.12.96.77)
Depends on how old she is, but if in her twenties or thirties I'd go with Pretty in Pink, or the Breakfast Club. Neither has great special effects but are good stories and women love them. Well that i .......
76: Music Lane, YOu meAn the Hi-rEz asylUm?nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-04, 08:11:39 (152.163.188.5)
nt .......
77: Music Lane, Re: Diana Krall: Run Away and hide. nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-04, 08:08:14 (152.163.188.5)
nt .......
78: Amp/Preamp Asylum, combining HT and stereo (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-04, 08:05:16 (152.163.188.5)
Sorry if this has been presented before. I'm wondering if using an amplifier with both balanced and line level in's is a solution for this particular problem. For instance, can you run single ended fo .......
79: Planar Speaker Asylum, Re: Do you recommend any? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-04, 05:04:35 (152.163.188.5)
Not much bigger than the MMG's. Keith .......
80: General Asylum, BTW (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-03, 11:26:29 (205.188.208.104)
I continued to think about this for awile after posting and went a litened to Wynton Marsalis' "The London Concert" with Raymod Leppard and the English Chamber Orch. on SACD. This has to be one of the .......
81: Planar Speaker Asylum, Do you recommend any? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-03, 10:47:11 (205.188.208.104)
With the dealer I have within driving distance the choice would be Musical Fidelity, Bryston, Linn, Mark Levinson (too expensive), Audio Research, and the venerable Arcam. The 1.6's are going to be wa .......
82: General Asylum, I've played trumpet for 12 years now. . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-03, 06:38:12 (172.168.182.151)
Never once have I heard even very expensive systems calibrated to the nth degree ever reproduce the correct attack and tone of the instrument. Sure some of the elements are there like the buzz of the .......
83: General Asylum, Me too. nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-03, 06:20:40 (172.168.182.151)
nt .......
84: Planar Speaker Asylum, Are they really this good? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-02, 07:20:53 (152.163.189.173)
I decided I needed a break from audiophiledom for a while and so sold my B&W n805's and musical fidelity pre and amp, thinking I would start over. Well, two weeks go by and I've looked at a lot of spe .......
85: Pro Audio Asylum, How do the ATC Active 10's sound? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-10-02, 07:04:23 (152.163.188.5)
Just looking for general impressions. Thanks, Keith .......
86: Video Asylum, Thanks for the information (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-29, 04:38:29 (64.12.96.77)
Any specifics of type or rating for the AC isolator? .......
87: Speaker Asylum, Re: Paradigm Reference Studio 100 V.2 and Musical Fidelity A3cr amp (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-26, 06:53:15 (205.188.208.104)
While the A3cr does not reproduce bass with the depth of some of the better amps with larger power supplies, there might be a synergistic trade off between the 100.v2's and the A3cr. This might be esp .......
88: General Asylum, Re: Sensitive hearing (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-26, 03:33:07 (152.163.188.5)
I'm not over thirty and I've noticed a peculiar sensitivity to an upper mid range/lower treble glare or perkiness. It only occurs above a certain level and only with certain equipment. Go figure but I .......
89: Speaker Asylum, Re: Source? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-26, 03:22:33 (152.163.188.5)
Sony 555es, Cardas cross interconnects and transparent plus speaker cable. Keith .......
90: Speaker Asylum, Floor standers for Sim Audio 4070se (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-25, 09:55:32 (205.188.208.104)
I like classical and jazz. Budget is around 1500.00 new/used. Just looking for suggestion to go out and hear. Thanks kindly, Keith Chahoc .......
91: General Asylum, (singing) Treat me like a woman . . .nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-25, 06:56:47 (152.163.188.5)
nt .......
92: General Asylum, Re: I don't get it (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-24, 06:01:36 (64.12.96.10)
But words come out how you think, yes? And science is really nothing more than an attitude, no? An attitude with which to describe in ever exacting terms the nature of what ever you are attempting to .......
93: General Asylum, Re: Really.... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-24, 05:39:02 (64.12.96.10)
Oh I am not "gender blind". Definatly not. Just that, well, do we not most of the time place some reguard on gender? This helps in so many ways. Don't get me wrong I think a woman is equal to a man, b .......
94: General Asylum, Re: High-End Audio's Powerful Women???????????? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-23, 20:04:44 (152.163.188.5)
Interesting: Gender blindness? .......
95: General Asylum, more like sitting etc. on block of ice . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-23, 20:01:51 (152.163.188.5)
I do not think, from a pure physical point of view, that cold moves from where it is to where it is not like heat. Instead, and I might be wrong, but the ice melts because there is not a cooling of th .......
96: General Asylum, Question 3 (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-23, 19:54:15 (152.163.188.5)
Language either written or spoken is both art and science depending on what you are using them or how you are approaching them. To explain further, if I am speaking to convey an emotion or impression, .......
97: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Why different amps for different music . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-23, 13:57:04 (152.163.188.5)
I see this booted about: why? What characteristics fit which style and what are some examples? Thanks, Keith .......
98: Video Asylum, Which? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-23, 13:50:05 (152.163.188.194)
Please give some suggestions about speakers that are better for the money. No offence, but I see this many times but no one ever tells which. Thanks, Keith .......
99: Outside Asylum, Oh I see you are one of those . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-21, 09:10:13 (64.12.96.10)
Didn't get enough playtime as a kid? .......
100: Tweakers' Asylum, Build your own amp?!? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-21, 07:00:44 (64.12.96.10)
I want to build someting along the lines of the Bryston power paks. I do not want to build them specifically but something like them. Can I do this? Anyone have any suggestions? Do not need anymore th .......
101: Outside Asylum, Re: What do 11 September or Arabs have to do with it? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-21, 05:19:28 (64.12.96.10)
2nd grad play gound? Ha, if you only knew . . . You were one of my students "C-" at best. .......
102: Outside Asylum, Re: Why people around the world love America? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-21, 05:07:40 (64.12.96.10)
Land of opertunity. .......
103: Outside Asylum, and oh yeah (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-21, 05:01:59 (64.12.96.10)
Down near Arlington VA is the statue of the Vietnam vets hoisting the flag. Go visit it and you will see the places where marines were involved in combat. I dare you to name five (besides WWI and WWII .......
104: Outside Asylum, Hey I'm no coward (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-21, 04:54:27 (64.12.96.10)
I just could not remember the pass word I have written down at home. Besides, think of it this way: We did not start the war, individuals have every right to defend themselves, and yes I'm thinking ab .......
105: Speaker Asylum, Well (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-21, 04:16:14 (64.12.96.10)
My first name is David and I was playing around the other day with Chile peppers and hotandnarrows(sic) and other select stuff and this was the result. Now, you really did not want that answer did you .......
106: Cable Asylum, THis is kinda like . .. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-21, 04:03:22 (64.12.96.10)
Trying to touch your toes while standing on your head, but the below link provides the ability to convert regular old composite video from you VCR into svideo. I do not know how well it works and you .......
107: Outside Asylum, yeah . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-20, 10:39:14 (64.12.96.10)
How about that just about every western power after 1928 went to some form of Keynesian economic system. You know big spending on government to pull the people up by their boot straps. Oh my god, a bu .......
108: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Re: Bi-Amping questions with B&W speakers (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-19, 19:58:53 (205.188.208.104)
Never tried it with the 804's, but if my experience will serve you to it might be better just to use the amp for the 804's and use the suppled jumpers, or buy a three channel amp and use the pre-outs .......
109: General Asylum, Peace and light to you also (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-19, 13:24:17 (64.12.96.10)
I am sorry if I am understood as saying that the only amazing thing is the 0.0003% distortion. This is not what I meant to say, but only a small part of the amazing measured performance of this, I th .......
110: General Asylum, Personally I like the mag . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-19, 13:11:41 (64.12.96.10)
and did not intend to whine like a pig only to start a discussion about how science and listing are two different things in our hobby. Science, at least since the beginning of the last century became .......
111: Speaker Asylum, Re: I caught my cat chewing on my JM Lab .... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-19, 06:08:55 (64.12.96.10)
You need to apply some of the Dave's kickasshotmakeyouscreamwhilegoingtothebathroom sauce. .......
112: General Asylum, October Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-19, 05:59:38 (64.12.96.10)
Man I love this hobby. This edition has some of the best reviews and measurements of any I have seen and some perplexities to boot. First, the Halcro amp; I mean, what is the sound of 0.0003% distorti .......
113: Outside Asylum, Re: Sherman's March: estimated civilian deaths. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-17, 07:09:48 (64.12.96.10)
Not all slave owners treated their slaves harshly. Some blacks fought against the Northern armies of their own volition. The south would have changed in time since it was accepted fact that the econom .......
114: Amp/Preamp Asylum, This past saturday (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-17, 06:55:47 (64.12.96.10)
I hear the NC School of the Arts string quartet play Mendelson. .......
115: Video Asylum, Speakers? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-16, 15:22:23 (64.12.96.77)
"Hold on now you’re telling me WE NEED SPEAKERS FOR THE HOME THEATER?" This is what I came home to today. . . Any way the budget is around $1000.00 for the three front speakers. I'd like something ea .......
116: General Asylum, THanks all for the conversation (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-16, 15:02:41 (64.12.96.10)
First, just how can we justify the purchase of some of this equipment? Considering that one of the only rational arguments leveled against us by the rest of the world is our material gluttony. Cons .......
117: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Ha ha (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-16, 10:31:22 (205.188.208.104)
Good joke, and I get it. You are better at electronics than a room full of PHD's? It's like my professor keeps telling me, the more educated you get the more you know about less and less until you kno .......
118: General Asylum, What is the Point? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-16, 07:34:52 (64.12.96.10)
I've recently sought out very expensive and well thought of gear, and for the life of me can not justify the search anymore. To me the magazines put good reviews to bad products for advertising suppor .......
119: General Asylum, Worry not the defence for libel is truth nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-14, 04:49:43 (64.12.96.10)
nt .......
120: General Asylum, Surely, Mr. Atkinson (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-14, 04:47:15 (64.12.96.10)
You can not place this amp in "Class A" with only the ears of Sam as the judge? What about the measurments? .......
121: Cable Asylum, Cable like Harmonic Technology Rainbow (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-12, 05:47:15 (205.188.208.104)
Any other cable people make a compounded six channel interconnect like this? .......
122: Video Asylum, Re: No luck with the chokes (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-11, 04:45:27 (205.188.209.46)
When I get back I'll borrow one from my dealer and see if that helps. Thanks, Keith .......
123: Video Asylum, Please do.nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-08, 13:25:30 (205.188.209.46)
nt .......
124: General Asylum, Re: 50 Million Smash Mouth Fans can be wrong... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-07, 06:40:03 (152.163.188.5)
I've never heard of this band until now . . . go to CDNOW . . . man they suck. 50 million fans?!? And yes I did post in haste, but my composition teacher at School of the Arts told me this. I never di .......
125: Video Asylum, My Sony TV (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-07, 06:11:47 (152.163.188.194)
I've never really been into home theater but at the behest of my girlfrind who proably wants to watch Pretty in Pink ect. I've hooked up the TV to the system . . .Anyway I've noticed while playing aro .......
126: Video Asylum, But a processor with 5.1 input will be OK?nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-07, 06:07:10 (152.163.188.194)
nt .......
127: General Asylum, Music is all about connection and . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-06, 16:57:10 (205.188.208.104)
nothing to do with technical ability. Sorry to burst your bubble. .......
128: Video Asylum, Thanks nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-06, 16:49:50 (205.188.209.46)
n .......
129: Video Asylum, PRE/pro or 5.1 pre (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-06, 06:19:08 (152.163.188.194)
I'm wondering if it would be better to buy a pre/pro and run the dvd digital or get a 5.1 pre and a dvd with 5.1 preouts? Any one know of any advantages for running one or the other? .......
130: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Re: Help! Musical Fidelity A3Cr amp owners! (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-06, 04:44:11 (205.188.208.104)
I felt real silly like doing this but I removed one RCA jack and there is no noise in the other side. .......
131: General Asylum, Salutations (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-03, 11:38:04 (172.169.94.115)
I meant specifically artistic design styles with Europe in general having a more, shall I say, embellished style compared to our modern post-industrial art. I think this translates into every style th .......
132: General Asylum, Re: The nazis once said... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-09-03, 05:18:43 (64.12.96.10)
I really think it has more to do with our culture of pragmatism and simplicity than one of flamboyancy and extravagance as is the case with Europe. .......
133: Speaker Asylum, Speaker rolloff and SACD (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-29, 05:30:03 (152.163.188.5)
I will admit that I have zip, zero, absolutely no real knowledge about speakers (so don’t flame me for stupidity) but I'm wondering about the high frequency effects of DSD's noise shaping on speakers, .......
134: General Asylum, Yes make some CS agents day!!!!!!n (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-27, 07:41:47 (64.12.96.10)
nt .......
135: General Asylum, Re: Dusting under components? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-26, 05:20:13 (205.188.208.104)
You know those Pledge grab-it's, take one and secure it to a coat hanger that you have straightened, then dust under your stuff. .......
136: General Asylum, $3500.00 us dollars nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-26, 05:17:27 (205.188.208.104)
t .......
137: General Asylum, It is posts like these that cause all of our problems . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-25, 05:43:34 (64.12.96.10)
You know this outright stomped on this products like Barry Willis singin the blues in Latin or something. .......
138: Cable Asylum, Your serious aren't you? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-22, 05:58:39 (205.188.200.24)
I listened to the new Watt puppy 7 on Mark levinson 38, 36 reference DAC, 434? mono, hooked up with all Trans. Opus cables, and I am personally offended that the speaker cables cost more than the wond .......
139: Cable Asylum, AudioQuest Anaconda Cable (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-22, 05:50:06 (205.188.200.24)
Wow, I have never seen such genius prose. Very informative, and your stylistic choice to leave out capitalization and punctuation is brilliant. Spot on if I do say. Keep up the good work. A+ ::: TOPIC .......
140: General Asylum, I'm a closet audiophile (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-22, 05:31:15 (205.188.200.24)
Very few people I'm close to, actually know the retail price of all the equipment and music in my house. I feel better that way. .......
141: Speaker Asylum, Re: what's the best amplifier you've heard under USd$1500 ? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-21, 11:23:12 (172.165.82.156)
With B&W loudspeakers. 1. Musical Fidelity A3cr 2. Marsh 200 3. LLano mini monos 4. Bryston 2blp 5. Arcam 10 .......
142: Hi-Rez Highway, Hold on somebody actually lives there!!!!!!!! (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-15, 13:04:15 (64.12.107.171)
I thought, well ever since I saw a very good argument on the bathroom door at Tulane, that ND is a goverment invention to keep taxes high:) I once saw aman driving around with ND tags but I just figur .......
143: Speaker Asylum, B&W 805 sigs (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-15, 05:45:25 (172.132.166.85)
So I'm still trying to understand something. . . B&W says that they have improved midrange clarity but with the same driver, but the only difference I can see is that they have increased the crossover .......
144: General Asylum, no such thing as a free lunch nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-15, 05:32:27 (152.163.207.69)
t .......
145: General Asylum, Re: I guess I am lucky. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-14, 17:44:54 (205.188.196.59)
My girl friend bought my speakers. B&W's said she liked them, who am I to cry wolf? .......
146: General Asylum, you are welcome nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-13, 06:11:36 (152.163.205.71)
t .......
147: General Asylum, Rod M (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-12, 06:08:58 (64.12.103.34)
Why not have a contest and give away some interconnects, or something more imaginative, for the best written review? Why not try and make people think about using words when they think about and try .......
148: General Asylum, I would have to agree (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-12, 05:57:20 (64.12.103.34)
Mainly, people today, the young mostly, have no ear for elegant and provocative speech. Like, how words are sacred pass codes gifted by countless generations before. Ancients did not have the vast int .......
149: General Asylum, Re: Just another example (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-11, 06:58:21 (64.12.107.167)
The English language, far from being wounded, hangs on the tongues of children who know not of Shakespeare, but instead take initiative from the new and profound insights of modern life, demanding nov .......
150: Hi-Rez Highway, I had the best times playing PDQ Bach . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-10, 05:41:15 (152.163.213.56)
in high school, and with the local county wind ensamble! I can still remember Swan Lake and having to remove the trumpet mouth piece and just blow thru it to make duck sounds:) .......
151: General Asylum, I think that we have in a round about way . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-05, 07:57:57 (152.163.188.5)
But never actually do it. Instead, how about why we choose the components we do like the poster below states. Keith .......
152: Digital Drive, Re: Not impressed with SACD so far. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-04, 07:10:22 (64.12.96.10)
I was impressed until I brought home a way upscale "Redbook" player and compared the two. Alas, it was too expensive for this budget. The only difference is that sacd is cheaper for the money for what .......
153: General Asylum, Why do we not do "system" reviews? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-04, 06:55:49 (64.12.96.10)
Seems to me this might actually bring some sort of relevance to our discussion. You know, about how this piece and this other one just seemed to go together. I was speaking to a new 'phile the other d .......
154: General Asylum, Re: Very difficult once bitten because .... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-08-04, 06:38:35 (64.12.96.10)
Come on John you can't be that bad. It's like Jesus said, "don't mix old tubes with new guitars." Or something like that:) .......
155: Hi-Rez Highway, What I don't get about watermarking (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-29, 03:51:13 (205.188.208.104)
Is that mainstream downloaders and zippers don't really care about audio quality in general. If someone really wants to make the copy they can do it, so why are the major copmanies setting themselves .......
156: Music Lane, Re: Ok, men, what is the best recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture?... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-27, 07:37:59 (64.12.96.10)
I thought the London Recording "The Solti Collection" Is pretty good. Soundstage depth is a little truncated on that piece but the Chicago Symphony is good. The bonus is Prokofiev's Symphony No.1 whic .......
157: Hi-Rez Highway, Prices are always high with new technology (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-25, 05:57:01 (152.163.213.48)
They must recollect there investment. .......
158: General Asylum, 64 (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-24, 09:42:55 (64.12.96.10)
I was nine when I first got a Commodore 64 and later a external 5 1/4 disk drive, can you guess my age? I think I still have it. Man, that brings back a lot of good memories. Thanks. .......
159: General Asylum, click the "top contributors" link.nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-24, 09:37:21 (64.12.96.10)
nt .......
160: General Asylum, Re: (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-24, 09:29:48 (64.12.96.10)
You do not say if you tried a different input on the reciever; Or, if sound came when/if you used a digital cable. That might shed some light, no? .......
161: Speaker Asylum, Maybe because . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-24, 05:23:33 (64.12.96.10)
Like me it takes auditioning eight different amps amd pre's, ten different cd players, and six cable brands to find a combo that works. Not to mention I've speant the last two years moving the speaker .......
162: General Asylum, Heat rises (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-23, 08:05:34 (152.163.188.5)
Somebody ought to tell heat that it should just go up. I thought Newton proved that heat moves from where it is hot to where it is not. .......
163: General Asylum, Walt Whitman 'Leaves of Grass and Democratic vistas'nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-21, 11:50:01 (152.163.201.188)
t .......
164: Hi-Rez Highway, I'm not sure . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-21, 07:34:29 (152.163.188.5)
All my muscian friends are impressed with SACD while people who could care less seem to care less. .......
165: General Asylum, I'm not mensa or messa and I still have velcro shoes. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-19, 05:06:39 (64.12.96.10)
What do you think I listen to:) Well actually I have a lot of slip-on's. .......
166: General Asylum, Was is the large marble looking thing? nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-16, 05:36:57 (172.146.24.110)
nt .......
167: Cable Asylum, I know everybody is upset . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-12, 04:56:15 (152.163.188.5)
at Monster's litigiousness, especially picking on Disney and some cartoon movie, but there are two things. First, no one has challenged the merits of Monster's case. Second, this community is not Mons .......
168: Tweakers' Asylum, advice sought on acoustic panel (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-02, 04:29:19 (152.163.213.57)
I have just remodeled the house and now where I have the system is in one long room that is really a triangle. The room is divided by the ceiling peak and a hall way with my stereo on one side of the .......
169: General Asylum, Re: Can I Sue Fox news ?????? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-07-01, 06:35:46 (152.163.207.52)
Well I keep getting this anglophile, right-wing jingoism called Fox News on my TV and last time they invaded my air space it was some stupid rant about how 34.7 percent of American males between 18 an .......
170: Music Lane, Re: Bartok (long) (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-26, 04:38:45 (205.188.208.104)
Exactly, as a student of music composition myself, I found that the one similarity between most 20th century composers is the turning to "folk music" for thematic exploration. Copland, and as you writ .......
171: Music Lane, Re: Wagner: do his political philosophies turn you off his music? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-25, 05:16:19 (205.188.208.104)
I was thinking a little more and wanted to add that I do not think that we should judge his music from his personal political choices. I wonder how many of us would turn to facists if we were to live .......
172: Music Lane, I'm not so sure about this . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-25, 05:12:55 (205.188.208.104)
After all understanding the composers thoughts and actions can lead to a greater understanding of his compositions, on a certian level. Would Beethovens later music hold as much if it were not seen fr .......
173: Music Lane, Bartok (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-25, 04:23:05 (205.188.208.104)
So I'll have to be a little honest Bartok is the only composer whose full symphony music I can not stand. His piano work is another thing though. Anyone care to have a discussion?David .......
174: Cable Asylum, Audioquest (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-21, 06:04:49 (152.163.213.57)
I once tried the Gibraltar model to good effect. I commented here that the treble seemed shelved down and the reply was that since the mid and lower bass were louder (maybe not the right word) that it .......
175: General Asylum, Hey I had a dream about Britney . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-21, 05:54:25 (152.163.213.57)
We walked down the strip in Miami, She had a cute little pink dress on. I was so disappointed when I woke up, neither of us were naked. What are dreams for . . . .......
176: General Asylum, Re: Forgiving vs. Revealing (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-19, 04:51:00 (152.163.213.76)
I think your last statment: "Sometimes the ideal system is revealing enough to bring out sufficient information from the recordings, but not too revealing where the bad stuff gets through as well." Ha .......
177: Music Lane, American Symphony (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-14, 06:30:53 (152.163.201.206)
I don't know the history of others here, but when I was at school of the arts we generally reguarded "symphony" as an outdated european concept of musical composition. In general, we tried to find new .......
178: Hi-Rez Highway, Re: Now we get to see the person who laid the groundwork for DSD (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-14, 06:08:29 (152.163.201.206)
Einstein = 26: Newton + 28: Edison + old fogey: Bell was pretty old also, at least to these young ears:) .......
179: General Asylum, This is what I was going to say (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-14, 05:42:02 (152.163.201.206)
Lord knows how many times I've heard whoever not play the correct markings. Some of this has to do with interpertation . . . Hey where do you conduct? Keith .......
180: General Asylum, And I've got to wonder . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-09, 05:45:02 (172.172.96.62)
Why so many, spending so much, can appear so unhappy with their current system? This is Free America .......
181: General Asylum, Laura Croft . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-09, 05:37:05 (172.149.70.136)
Has one hell of a turntable in "Tomb Raider", did't get to see what tubes she had . . . This is Free America .......
182: General Asylum, Dub ya (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-08, 05:21:52 (205.188.193.22)
I too found DSD to be a revelation in sound and musical play back. But also wandering into a hifi store for the first time opened uo all kinds of new areas. This is Free America .......
183: General Asylum, Try Carreras Domingo Pavarotti . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-06, 06:57:56 (64.12.104.167)
Three Tenors in Concert, MEHTA, A London recording, can't much remember the exact track This is Free America .......
184: General Asylum, Former repblics of the Soviet Union (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-06-06, 06:45:51 (64.12.104.167)
$75000 US dollars, cash. This is Free America .......
185: General Asylum, Resurgence in audio? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-05-31, 06:57:54 (64.12.103.166)
A few experiences lately have reinforced the belief that we truly are entering as new and exciting time for audio reproduction. For example, the superior sonics of DSD which for me has culminated in .......
186: Hi-Rez Highway, That's all right I cant play them on my sony DVD player! nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-05-27, 09:22:26 (205.188.199.174)
nt This is Free America .......
187: Speaker Asylum, Re: Your opinions about B&W Signature 800? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-05-26, 07:13:40 (64.12.106.51)
I thought they sounded every bit worth the twenty thousand they cost. However, I also think that if I were to spend 20k I might go with the Wilson Sophia's. This is personal choice here and I do not t .......
188: Speaker Asylum, I've never heard a problem (nt) (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-05-17, 07:12:08 (152.163.213.56)
NT This is Free America .......
189: Cable Asylum, Re: What is this "thing" that you noticed ? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-05-16, 07:20:05 (152.163.201.177)
I was thinking more along the lines of a coluration. Kinda makes me feel like I'm listing through a cardboard tube:) But I do not me tube like. This is Free America .......
190: General Asylum, Re: If a musician, what instrument do you play & why, if not, which one would you choose? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-05-16, 07:14:01 (152.163.201.177)
Trumpet, French Horn, Euphonium, Piano, pots and pans with my niece! This is Free America .......
191: Cable Asylum, Transparent sound? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-05-14, 06:46:09 (152.163.205.74)
Anyone else ever notice the house sound of Transparent cable: good sound stage but there is something to it that every single cable shares? I say this because the shop I go to uses only transparent an .......
192: General Asylum, Yoiu guys have filled my heart with joy . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-05-14, 06:17:49 (152.163.205.74)
Very nice to see the asylum come together and offer some helpful advice to a new inmate. I have found few threads as nice as this. Thank You. This is Free America .......
193: Speaker Asylum, Not exactly the most pretty things . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-05-03, 05:08:50 (152.163.213.56)
But they do provide excellent support for my B&W 805's! Cheaper than the original stands B&W sells with the speakers. The local shop here in town uses the sound anchor strands with the 802's to good e .......
194: General Asylum, Your wa off on this one John. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-04-27, 07:40:52 (64.12.107.182)
I guess Parasound (and others) don't play the same game with the parts that go into the equipment then? Ba, I wish cpcat would publish the name of the dealer so anyone here can decide not to visit the .......
195: General Asylum, Re: Here's Poll...What do your read? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-04-26, 05:18:55 (64.12.106.53)
Let's see. . . just looking at my desk, Keegan's, "History of War". Very good book. He is arguing that the benifits of war today outweigh the risks. Richard Noll, "The Aryan Christ", a strange book ab .......
196: General Asylum, That one is easy . . . the wheels! nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-03-31, 06:38:09 (64.12.106.52)
nt This is Free America .......
197: General Asylum, The survey saying live-in couples don't get married . . . (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-03-15, 06:30:59 (64.12.102.21)
taken by a christian org. I've lived with my g/f for three years and we are getting married in 1/2 year. I have two other friends who did mostly the same. My sister and her husband lived together befo .......
198: General Asylum, Different speakers and amps for surround sound? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-03-01, 04:40:01 (64.12.106.27)
In Setember 2001 of Stereophile, Dr. Greenhill uses three different types of speakers for front, center, and surround, and two different amplifiers when reviewing the merits of both the Sony SACD play .......
199: General Asylum, It's been said before, "the Rodney Dangerfield of audio" nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-25, 04:57:11 (205.188.195.23)
nt This is Free America .......
200: General Asylum, I'll agree (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-25, 04:53:00 (205.188.195.23)
Most asylums have been created to deliver ourselves from responsiblity. This is Free America .......
201: General Asylum, Re: charging sales tax across state lines? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-25, 04:47:46 (205.188.195.23)
The only govermental body that can charge tax from products shipped across interstate lines is the federal goverment, U>S Constitution Section 8. However, if the business has a retail distribution cen .......
202: General Asylum, Thanks people (nt) (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-24, 06:30:59 (64.12.102.21)
nt This is Free America .......
203: General Asylum, Sounds like bryston (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-23, 05:49:26 (205.188.197.54)
THe only amp my girlfriend and I could agree on is the Bryston 4b-st. I think we liked the large dynamic swind and the transparency of the amp. My question: Are there any reccomendations out there for .......
204: General Asylum, Re: B&W N805's with SimAudio Moon I5 (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-21, 04:59:36 (152.163.201.53)
I have heard the Magnum Dynalab 208 reciever, with 805's thought it was great. Sim makes the pre/amp section of that piece. I do not know if that is represenative of Sim sound though. This is Free Ame .......
205: General Asylum, I'm a square. What does "dubya" mean? nt (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-19, 11:31:04 (205.188.197.169)
nt This is Free America .......
206: General Asylum, Re: XLO/Sheffield Labs Test and Burn-in CD (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-19, 11:22:18 (205.188.197.169)
Where might one obtaine this so called XLO/Shefield Labs "test CD"? The Always Inquisitive Me This is Free America .......
207: General Asylum, Re: And it might only be the start (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-19, 05:01:24 (205.188.195.26)
World economy is not dependent upon Japanese economy. Favoritism in capatilist system? NA, just human dependent! Germany doing just fine, as is much of europe. US, slow steady growth. They only thing .......
208: Speaker Asylum, cableless speakers? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-17, 10:46:25 (205.244.117.37)
Anyone ever tried DIY wireless speakers? This is Free America .......
209: General Asylum, Re: HELP pick song for my film! $100 bucks up for grabs (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-15, 04:39:11 (205.188.193.184)
"Sweet Melissa", by the Almond(:)) Brothers. Keith Chahoc This is Free America .......
210: General Asylum, Solar power (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-14, 05:14:53 (152.163.204.62)
Any ever use the solar cells to power their audio equipment? No dirty AC, just none at all at night. Batteries anyone? Keith This is Free America .......
211: General Asylum, Re: People and car (teens) are as crazy as we are (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-08, 04:30:45 (205.188.197.156)
Besides just waking up and misspelling a few words, did I mention my toes are curling. Any one else? This is Free America .......
212: General Asylum, People and car (teens) are as crazy as we are (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-08, 04:27:33 (205.188.197.156)
I have a Honda 2000 si that I got a really good deal on. After I bought the car I've had hundreds of teenagers come up to me and ask me why I've not "tricked" it out. In other words, droped a butt loa .......
213: General Asylum, WOW (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2002-02-03, 08:05:08 (205.244.117.37)
I just wanted to say that, as a historian, the population is finally coming around from the dark ages of thought, when we always look backward and never toward the future. E.H. Carr in "What is Histor .......
214: Cable Asylum, Re: Falls-off as the square of the distance. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-12-02, 12:03:25 (152.163.213.52)
I hear ya. This is Free America .......
215: General Asylum, Re: University is for dumb people to prove they're smart... (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-12-02, 03:42:55 (152.163.204.62)
I go to grad school to keep those poor professors fed and clothed. Lord knows what they would do if not occupied with teaching self-doubting, dumb lttle old me. Something might really get done. Oh no, .......
216: Cable Asylum, Re: I'm familiar (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-12-02, 03:27:37 (152.163.204.62)
What about all the raiation floating aroud from cell phones, microwaves, radio, cordless phones, computers, electricity, sunlight, light bukbs, IR heat radiation, cosmic backgrond from big bang? Sorry .......
217: Cable Asylum, I See (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-12-02, 03:23:13 (152.163.204.62)
Subjective brightness realitive to the percieved loudness as reguards rest of the spectrum. Others, not so full in the bass, trebel tipped-up, perception says bright. Cool. This is Free America ::: T .......
218: General Asylum, Any one know anything about Schrodenger's Cat? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-12-01, 08:48:48 (152.163.204.49)
Only when the box opened did the cat die. E.H. Carr wrote, "It is not possiable to step into the same river twice" (see "What is History?"). Or what about the Uncertinity principal? Does interacting w .......
219: General Asylum, Why? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-12-01, 08:28:13 (152.163.204.49)
After making all the tough decisions about amp, preamp, cables, etc., pondering long and hard over synergy and matching, I do not think I will buy anymore speakers that are not active. Better yet, w .......
220: Cable Asylum, Audioquest Gibralter (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-12-01, 06:44:01 (205.188.193.153)
Recieved a new pair of these. Stiff stuff and I can't tell what these things are doing when attached to a rotel amp and Proceed pre and the Sony 333ES with B&W 805's. Other than a little laid back on .......
221: Speaker Asylum, Re: Didn't like 'em. For 16 large, I'll take something else. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-12-01, 06:37:47 (205.188.193.153)
I was referring to a specif instance of lateral imaging of B&W speakers. B&W does prefer to create a nice tight stage between the speakers. Up and down is a different matter, I agree they have an amaz .......
222: Speaker Asylum, Re: Didn't like 'em. For 16 large, I'll take something else. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-30, 13:31:23 (64.12.106.21)
Sure, when you listen to some speakers the sound can either come from the speakers, beyond the sides of the speakers, or placed firmly betweem the speakers (lets not talk about depth). For B&W they .......
223: Speaker Asylum, Re (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-28, 21:30:10 (205.188.197.173)
I do remember imaging which is amazing front to back. Much better than B&W;s previous tries Personally, I am not sure if they are worth the money. The same goes for the whole system which toped out a .......
224: Speaker Asylum, Re: Didn't like 'em. For 16 large, I'll take something else. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-26, 09:59:29 (64.12.103.37)
The room is not that big maybe, 20 X 16 or closes to it. THe speakers did not sound very big at all: I mean they did the usual B&W thing of placing the sound field between the two speakers. The B&W's .......
225: Speaker Asylum, Listened to the B&W 800's yesterday (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-25, 10:24:42 (205.188.200.26)
The shop hooked them up with Bryston 7st's and a AR line stage. The source came from a Linn CD, all hooked up with Transparent refrence cabling. The room is treated on all walls with tube traps in two .......
226: Speaker Asylum, B&W 805 screws a little loose around the woofer (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-25, 10:11:13 (205.188.200.26)
They are about one and a half years old and I remembered a post about tighting down the drivers. I am wondering if they are needing screwed down untill tight or what. Thanks This is Free America ::: T .......
227: General Asylum, Ask O. North (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-20, 13:50:16 (152.163.204.62)
I should not be saying this but who ever listens to you guy's anyway? Paramilitary CIA forces started as a group to secretly co-opt forces in nations that had likely communist tendencies in goverment .......
228: Speaker Asylum, Re: Center Speaker (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-18, 06:31:50 (205.244.117.37)
Also, make sure that none of the speaker connectors are touching. I had a Yamaha reciever that was very fickel aabout wires being close to one another. Keith C. .......
229: Vinyl Asylum, OLD Vinyl (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-17, 12:17:43 (205.188.200.39)
Ok, so I'm up in DC, visting my girlfriends parents, and after being forced by my live-in girlfrends General of a dad to tell him how much I paid for my equipment (girlfriend had brought pictures of o .......
230: Cable Asylum, Re: Audioquest experience (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-17, 07:44:44 (152.163.213.202)
Yeah, I agree. The one thing that ticks me off so much is the difference in sound between most cables. I was hopeing this was not so! Transparent sounded very nice, but artificial, Analysis plus added .......
231: General Asylum, Thanks for all the chuckles (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-15, 05:58:43 (152.163.207.62)
Thanks Guys and Gals, I needed this. Cats and audio . . .I have been holed up for the past two weeks trying to come to terms with my thesis and I really needed the distraction. Thanks .......
232: Cable Asylum, Souldering bare wire to Speaker Inputs (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-11-14, 15:01:54 (205.188.201.192)
I was just wondering if soldering bare wire to the output of my amp, and to the inputs of my speakers, would have any significant sonic improvements over traditional terminations and connections? Th .......
233: Cable Asylum, What is the process? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-10-27, 06:11:45 (152.163.201.203)
Hello all, This site does make one feel like a nut, yes? Anyways, I'm sitting here listing to Copland conducts Copeland SACD and am wondering how others approached building a system. For me it starte .......
234: Cable Asylum, Transparent Super Vs. Analysis Plus 9's and Kimber silver streak (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-10-18, 05:55:12 (152.163.201.188)
Hello Good Friends, I thought I would share my recent experience with you. My local dealer is kind enough to have let me borrow a Magnum Dynalab 308 integrated amplifier and a Bryston 4bst with BP-20 .......
235: Speaker Asylum, Re: None Needed (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-10-15, 06:21:11 (152.163.213.78)
I'll have to agree, in my smallish 12*10*8 room the bass is plenty. The only thing missing is the very low notes, and maybe a little volume compared to the larger models. But if you really want a sub, .......
236: Tubes Asylum, Thanks (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-10-07, 10:56:17 (205.188.201.204)
Hey thanks, You see my reeducation is beginning already. There is something about tubes that intrigue me. Maybe it is the way all the tube lovers wax over the sound . . . I told my dad the other day .......
237: Tubes Asylum, Will this work out? (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-10-07, 07:25:55 (205.244.117.34)
Hey People, I want to know if this is worth my trouble . . . I have a small bedroom that doubles as an office and listing room. It is 12 X 10.5 X 8ft tall, with bookshelves and plants all over the pl .......
238: Cable Asylum, Help with Cable (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-09-21, 04:53:24 (152.163.213.214)
Hey People and Fellow Audio Nuts, This is only for some recommendations. I have a Bryston 4b to a Bryston 20, sourced by Sony 555es SACD, and fed to B&W n-805’s. The other day the salesman at my loca .......
239: General Asylum, Re: You wish. (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-09-12, 09:52:34 (64.12.105.28)
"I must study politics and war that my sons have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navig .......
240: General Asylum, To those who did this (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-09-12, 06:52:59 (64.12.102.49)
Thanks for knocking down our buildings; we needed to build bigger ones tomorrow. Thanks for making us aware that people are capable of doing this. Thanks for doing this because now we can break our .......
241: General Asylum, Soundstage (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-09-03, 05:05:08 (205.188.201.213)
Question: What is the soundstage of an outdoor concert? As a composer, classicaly trained at a school, with several pieces played and published, I would have to say that the only reasons I write are a .......
242: General Asylum, Lighten up! (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-09-01, 14:36:37 (152.163.213.201)
Sorry, your right. I do need to lighten up. I'm angry for the -6 I received on the IQ test. Keith .......
243: General Asylum, Re: Having just been accepted by Mensa (0.00)
Posted by DKC on 2001-09-01, 11:37:28 (205.188.196.32)
Just a thought . . . but why would someone so smart need the validation of an organization unless intelligence has nothing to do with self-realization? Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe MENSA has .......
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