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In Reply to: Re: Tubeguy, thanks for.. posted by geoffkait on March 30, 2007 at 08:56:30:
...you not being a con artist. I have no intention of trying your products but that speaks more to my own state of mind than to your stuff. I've just never had much success with "tweaks" for the most part. When I first started listening to CD's, I think I tried just about everything available to make them sound like actual music and nothing worked... that is, nothing worked until I just got used to them, I suppose. These days I've heard enough good sounding CD's to believe that the problem was more with the R/E's unfamiliarity with the media and how best to present it.Or it could just be that I'd be dreading the day when people ask me why I have little jars of pebbles in my room and I have to stutter and stammer and finally say "uh... for better sound?" :)
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Suggest reentering the fray and trying a few of the array of advanced tweakery available out there. I imiagine you might find CDs that you used to think quite average, even crappy, actually sound surprisingly good, even excellent. In which case, you might even be inclined to agree with me: the R/Es knew what they were doing after all, and that the real problems surrounding digital playback lie elsewhere.
...aren't you one of those freaks that say 78s sound really great? LOL! No wonder you don't know anything about audio, you'd rather listen to noise! Ha ha!
You're back! :)> aren't you one of those freaks that say 78s sound really great? <
Yes, one of the few remaining freaks. What I like about 78's is that beneath the noise and low bandwidth, I get the sense that a real live orchestra is somewhere close by. Whoa! :)
But I'm not so freaky that I believe 78's are audiophile quality. I just think they did a few things better back then than we apparently can do them today. And they're a lot of fun to boot! It's the only way to listen to old swing bands... along with a hip flask and raccoon coat! :)
Interesting comments. I have a pianist friend who is not into hifi but somehow she heard music played back on a grammophone (yep all mechanical) and told me she was shocked at how live it sounded in some ways. Within the bandwidth there may simply be less information lost.
but the raccoon coat has started to smell bad.Right you are about that remarkable sense of immediacy those old 78s possess.....
Well, Father Knows Best! :) Sorry, I've just been dying to say that. :)Most of my 78's were acquired in one fell swoop. I was in the right place at the right time (such a rare event!) and got right of first refusal to a large estate sale of old jazz LP's and 78's. It cost me a small fortune but I've never regretted it. The value of these things cannot be measured in dollars and cents.
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