That guy is simply an MP3 kind of guy.
https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/01/breaking-vinyl-going-back-cds/
In every endeavor in life there are people who take things seriously and those who dabble in it.
We, in these forums, take audio reproduction quite seriously, that fellow with a website just dabbles in it.
The problem is that he has a website and he thinks he's knows something... when in reality he's just clueless about audio.
If you want digital and care about audio, you go for High Rez streaming. And get a good DAC.
Pfffttt.... just noise in the Internet.
In any event, gimme a Dead Concert Recording, or any Zappa tune and I pretty much don't care if the System is High End. I can enjoy Dark Star and Camarillo Brillo on the cheapest Telefunken with a half broken tube.
It's shaped like a Telefunken UB47!
Speaking of audio reproduction..... I once had a dream... it was in our local concert hall... I heard most of Beethoven's 2nd. It was in surround, amazing. Seriously, it was the best audio reproduction that I've ever heard. Even today I recall the red velvet ropes....
https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/01/breaking-vinyl-going-back-cds/
In every endeavor in life there are people who take things seriously and those who dabble in it.
We, in these forums, take audio reproduction quite seriously, that fellow with a website just dabbles in it.
The problem is that he has a website and he thinks he's knows something... when in reality he's just clueless about audio.
If you want digital and care about audio, you go for High Rez streaming. And get a good DAC.
Pfffttt.... just noise in the Internet.
In any event, gimme a Dead Concert Recording, or any Zappa tune and I pretty much don't care if the System is High End. I can enjoy Dark Star and Camarillo Brillo on the cheapest Telefunken with a half broken tube.
It's shaped like a Telefunken UB47!
Speaking of audio reproduction..... I once had a dream... it was in our local concert hall... I heard most of Beethoven's 2nd. It was in surround, amazing. Seriously, it was the best audio reproduction that I've ever heard. Even today I recall the red velvet ropes....
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I always wonder... why micro Farads... why deci bells?
Couldn't they make the Farads and the bells smaller to begin with?
I'm still on the fence with kilo grams.
I guess I put with this because it keeps the riff raff from bugging us in the lab and we can take a nap in the middle of the day. They think we're imagining things (*).
I mean, if you're gonna come up with a new unit of measurement, why not scale it to our needs?
Like, no one says, "My airplane can do one femto light years per hour".... "or my car can do one million cubits per metric fortnight"
(*) If you catch that, bravo. We'll get you a comfy chair in the physics lounge.
Couldn't they make the Farads and the bells smaller to begin with?
I'm still on the fence with kilo grams.
I guess I put with this because it keeps the riff raff from bugging us in the lab and we can take a nap in the middle of the day. They think we're imagining things (*).
I mean, if you're gonna come up with a new unit of measurement, why not scale it to our needs?
Like, no one says, "My airplane can do one femto light years per hour".... "or my car can do one million cubits per metric fortnight"
(*) If you catch that, bravo. We'll get you a comfy chair in the physics lounge.
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Looks like im still the only diyer to have built a audio system better than live music.gee i must be tallented.
Bose and Annie Green Springs.
After a couple of bottles of that, an Acoustimass system sounds live... mostly because you're so drunk that your head is buried into the couch pillows.
After a couple of bottles of that, an Acoustimass system sounds live... mostly because you're so drunk that your head is buried into the couch pillows.
The point is to distribute the sound as evenly as possible to all of the crowd, which modern line arrays do better than anything else. When it's even, it doesn't have to be loud. Unfortunately, there are a lot of mix engineers out there who mix too loud.
Lovely. That's the best way.
The problem with just a stack of Marshalls is that the sound won't be distributed well. The people in front of them will get pummeled. The mix will change drastically in the venue. So what we're seeing more and more is bands that don't have any speakers on stage so everything goes through the PA and is distributed evenly. Plus, a stack of Marshalls inevitably blares through all of the vocal mic's and sounds awful. I see many situations where the guitar amps and the drums are louder than the singer in the vocal mic and it makes mixing a difficult endeavor.
Loud can be good if it is big rather than bright.
Ha! The wall of sound was cool, but modern line arrays are infinitely past it. But like with anything, they can sound terrible, especially in some of these arenas and stadiums.
I first set up a 5.1 system in 1990, or so. So, I was able to decode the two rear channels with 2 channel stereo in the HT. Also, in the late 80s I hooked up a four channel receiver with four speakers in my old, smaller office. That one has the Variomatrix with the wired remote... WoooHoooo. It was fun.
I've picked up a few things since. I figure I could still use the old Sony EP90ES, a rather good sounding unit still, or the newer Schiit Syn to decode the two rears, then the Outlaw OAW4 wireless bridge, a Parasound Scamp for remote power -sensing the audio feed- and then either a pair of small passives (with a small amp) or a pair of actives
Done this way, I could hook it up pretty much to any 2ch system in the house.
There will be some limits in the living room due to WAF... but pretty much the sky is the limit in my office.
Also, the wireless bridge is slated for the subwoofers... but it's cheap enough that I could swing a second one. They claim is has zero delay.
I've picked up a few things since. I figure I could still use the old Sony EP90ES, a rather good sounding unit still, or the newer Schiit Syn to decode the two rears, then the Outlaw OAW4 wireless bridge, a Parasound Scamp for remote power -sensing the audio feed- and then either a pair of small passives (with a small amp) or a pair of actives
Done this way, I could hook it up pretty much to any 2ch system in the house.
There will be some limits in the living room due to WAF... but pretty much the sky is the limit in my office.
Also, the wireless bridge is slated for the subwoofers... but it's cheap enough that I could swing a second one. They claim is has zero delay.