In Reply to: RE: Is it live, or is it hi fi? posted by Jim McShane on January 16, 2017 at 14:29:10:
He was brilliant.I wanted to comment on the speaker cable comment because McIntosh also said the same thing in that esoteric cable performs no better than standard wire of the same thickness.This was done thru blind testing so it has relevance.
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- RE: Is it live, or is it hi fi? - Michael Samra 16:42:15 01/16/17 (30)
- RE: Is it live, or is it hi fi? - E-Stat 18:17:37 01/16/17 (19)
- But we're better off today... - Steve O 18:36:34 01/16/17 (18)
- Hmmm - E-Stat 05:32:31 01/17/17 (17)
- RE: Hmmm...indeed!.... - Steve O 06:21:24 01/17/17 (16)
- RE: Hmmm...indeed!.... - Crazy Dave 06:39:29 01/17/17 (3)
- We have a lot of acoustic music concerts down here. - Timbo in Oz 12:54:10 01/17/17 (1)
- RE: We have a lot of acoustic music concerts down here. - Crazy Dave 14:54:42 01/18/17 (0)
- Isn't - E-Stat 09:23:15 01/17/17 (0)
- "Unheard of today" - E-Stat 06:28:07 01/17/17 (11)
- IME in a suitable venue even a string quartet can be a lot louder than most here would expect! - Timbo in Oz 13:05:03 01/17/17 (0)
- RE: folks want something more convincing than a replicating a string quartet or "girl playing guitar" - bean 07:09:32 01/17/17 (9)
- might I ask when was the last time you heard a string quartet live? - Timbo in Oz 02:00:01 01/20/17 (7)
- RE: might I ask when was the last time you heard a string quartet live? - used-hifi 18:14:53 02/10/17 (6)
- Small venues and large homes. Canberra has lots of both; - eg. Embassy residences. - Timbo in Oz 20:29:51 02/10/17 (5)
- RE: Small venues and large homes. Canberra has lots of both; - eg. Embassy residences. - used-hifi 10:30:58 02/11/17 (4)
- "Jackie"? Longish & discursive reply ;-)! - Timbo in Oz 19:28:11 02/11/17 (3)
- RE: "Jackie"? Longish & discursive reply ;-)! - used-hifi 09:34:01 02/12/17 (2)
- I'll be using a 1st order high-pass at 150Hz on the 63s. - Timbo in Oz 11:56:43 02/12/17 (1)
- RE: I'll be using a 1st order high-pass at 150Hz on the 63s. - used-hifi 14:13:54 02/12/17 (0)
- Shows have to deal with many limitations - E-Stat 07:19:12 01/17/17 (0)
- RE: Is it live, or is it hi fi? - airtime 18:01:59 01/16/17 (9)
- Go post that over at the cable forum. Flames shall taste your flesh! - Michael Samra 22:18:52 01/16/17 (8)
- It's like a religion - airtime 07:09:04 01/17/17 (6)
- RE: It's like a religion - DannyR 21:09:34 01/17/17 (5)
- I may be wrong but - airtime 07:24:35 01/18/17 (4)
- RE: I may be wrong but - DannyR 16:38:26 01/18/17 (2)
- RE: I may be wrong but - airtime 16:59:04 01/18/17 (1)
- RE: I may be wrong but - DannyR 14:42:49 01/19/17 (0)
- RE: I may be wrong but - sony6060 10:00:03 01/18/17 (0)
- RE: Go post that over at the cable forum. Flames shall taste your flesh! - DannyR 22:29:43 01/16/17 (0)