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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: What about music? by tuga on 2018-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About audio hoarding in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Let's make it more challenging: how many recordings of Beethoven's/Brahm's/Bruckner's/.../Schumann's/etc. 3rd, how many interpretations of that piano/violin/cello concerto does one really need?Or do you draw the line at audio gear?For the past 3 deca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Lisa Batiashvili plays Sibelius and Tchaikovsky with Staatskapelle Ber... by tuga on 2017-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Violin Concertos in Musical Discussions  10 Replies 
Lisa Batiashvili plays Sibelius and Tchaikovsky with Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim:http://tempuri.org/tempuri.htmlI am going to give this a try; sounds promising.http://tempuri.org/tempuri.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: CEC has closed it's doors by tuga on 2017-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"] xandcg wrote:For the record, and wide talking, the LampizatOr sound is on the same boat of Audio Note (UK).Ear dac4 is not so transparent and it's volume control should be removed in my idea.I guess Audionote is good but it's soun...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #443: "Fencing"? by tuga on 2015-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Have you considered "fencing" your equipment bay?Such a baby-proof fence might actually be made to look nice (more so in a large room such as yours) and you wouldn't have to reposition all your equipment and cables...again.Ric...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Micro vs. Macro linearity: definition? by tuga on 2014-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio vs. Musical pitch in Playback Listening  17 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"]i do not claim and i just think the right way in audio design is making components more linear in micro then trying to speed up their response and the last parameter to upgrading should be macro linearity.[/quote]Hello Amir,Could y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: What could cause "ripped" CDs to sound bad? by tuga on 2014-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The souse was Meridian DAW, the ripped CDs. Sound. That was interesting. Something was very severally compromised in there across the board and it was clearly at the very beginning. I do not Meridian sound but I did have ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: The virus is spreading fast... by tuga on 2014-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Prices in High-End Audio. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
It's Art Dudley's turn, now: http://www.stereophile.com/content/skin-deep "I went to an audio show at which the average product price was astonishing—not just high, in the sense that a BMW is priced higher than a Subaru, but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The AR live vs. reproduced sound demos by tuga on 2014-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Playback and chamber music. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] steverino wrote:If you went to a concert with chamber music and closed your eyes how would it be different? Steverino, I think that the main difference between listening quartet recording and blind listening of live quarte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The unsuccessful "quest for a better monitor" by tuga on 2014-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First order filtration and design methods. in Audio For Dummies ™  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] It was a conversation a few days back at one of UK forum:  http://www.audio-talk.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=113989#113989 The unfortunates from the forum did not get the message. They with their Chines...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Would you care for some entertainment? by tuga on 2013-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More or less pleasure: wider implication in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Many people I know don't really have an active, critical approach, they are just looking for entertainment when they read a book or watch a film, attend a music concert or a ballet. I think that it all depends on what you are loo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Not horns, but attractive nonetheless... by tuga on 2013-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Outdoor horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
Not horns, but attractive nonetheless...the promotional video is beautiful and healthily devoid of any audio crap-talk: http://vimeo.com/57380335 http://www.architetturasonora.com/AS/ ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Look into his other articles by tuga on 2013-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Archimago's Musings talks about digital. in Didital Things  2 Replies 
Romy,His website has a lot more information than that:Do lossless compressed audio formats all sound the same?http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013/05/measurements-do-lossless-compressed.htmlDigital Filters and Impulse Response...http://archimago.blogspo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Archimago's Musings talks about digital. by tuga on 2013-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Archimago's Musings talks about digital. in Didital Things  2 Replies 
If you are interested in the technical aspect of the effects that different D/AC (no-oversampling, no reconstruction filter) and cable (USB, S/PDIF, Toslink) topologies have on signals I recommend you have a look here: http://archimago.blogspot.com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Cessaro in 2012...same camera? by tuga on 2013-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
This is what the Cessaro sounded like last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvA43ym5cYo&feature=youtu.beI don't think he's "upgraded" his camera in the meantime.There's this other "local guy" doing video reports with reasonably good sound bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: János Starker passed away by tuga on 2013-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Great Cello Concertos in Musical Discussions  21 Replies 
http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/world-renowned-cellist-janos-starker-dies-88-48050/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9d1dwc9CrYCheers,Ric...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Eliptical profile. by tuga on 2013-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another horn manufacturer in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
I would definitely produce either Le Cleac'h or Tractrix eliptical profiles as these are far more domestic friendly, especially in Europe were rooms are rather small and ceilings low.And perhaps a half-circular (80/150Hz) for the same as well as cost...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: "Range of problems" in digital sound? by tuga on 2013-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Telus, I did not complain of "16/44" or of "hardness" but of a range of problems with digital sound I've experienced.  I have also whined loudly about SACD in other threads.  My present digital system is my best attempt to get as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: My experience. by tuga on 2012-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 47 Lab Digital in Didital Things  9 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]My EMM labs CDSA-SE is very unreliable and I think, I will do a last repair or maybe I will throw it directly into the junk box. Depends on my mood...but I found some interesting Design  from 47 Labs. But never listened to one.An...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Romy cares, and makes a difference by tuga on 2012-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to make money in Audio in Playback Listening  19 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The reality is that most of audio people have extremely poor listening intelligence when they deal with audio. Listening intelligence, something that I been stressing for years, is not considered...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Custimized sound by tuga on 2012-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to make money in Audio in Playback Listening  19 Replies 
I guess the tricky bit would be to customize sound to someone else's "objectives", "taste", whatever.As an architect I deal with a similar problem every day: trying to idealize what the customer wishes (from a messy mishmash of the input and preconce...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: I hear "room" sound and tonal changes by tuga on 2012-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The irony of playback photographs and videos. in Playback Listening  11 Replies 
Could it be that the sound is somehow equalised and compressed by Youtube?There's an obvious sound change at min. 3:30 but it should be more pronounced.I think it would make more sense if we were to upload a 16/44 of our system playing the same recor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Linear Bs? by tuga on 2012-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are Any Powerful Amps Worth Using? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]This question is posted as I ponder an audio future without ML2s.  It looks like my speakers will be around 92/93 dB, with plenty of large motors to drive.  Yes, it will be multi-channel (5); but still each channel needs more pow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Brilliant...but nauseating. by tuga on 2011-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A primer on high-end marketing: Wilson XLF in Audio News  8 Replies 
I agree with both of you: in my opinion this kind of presentation is really very effective on it's target public, but I have a hard time keeping my lunch in even before DW begins his visionary "insights". Here's another example -> http://www.yout...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A primer on high-end marketing: Wilson XLF by tuga on 2011-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A primer on high-end marketing: Wilson XLF in Audio News  8 Replies 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBwSA0lcM-U&hd=1 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: High end = "perfection"? by tuga on 2011-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
High-end is supposed to be an adjective describing luxury or upmarket commodities.But if it meant high-performance, in this particular case the "perfect" reproduction of recorded music in a domestic environment then I find it mandatory to include...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Who wouldn't dream of possessing such power? by tuga on 2011-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Used car salesman as a dream job? Those people are hallucina... in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
It's funny you mention The Godfather; the methods are enourmously similar:http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/critics/messages/30344.htmlCheers,Ric...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: All-CAPS by tuga on 2011-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]I SEE IT NOW,,,I DONT UNDER STAND HOW MUCH AUDIO ENERGY COMES FROM THAT COIL CORNER (Thats what I call it) BUT I GUESS EVERY BIT HELPS...[/quote]Hi Zako,I'm sure you are not doing this intentionally but your all-CAPS writing style ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: AudioTekne's English pages by tuga on 2011-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Here's AudioTekne's English versionhttp://www.audiotekne.com/en/products_sp-system.htmlhttp://www.audiotekne.com/en/sitemap.htmlnot much better but...Cheers,Ric...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Gergiev??? by tuga on 2011-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pikovaya Dama / Queen of Spades in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
Thanks.Since there's hardly any chance I'll get to listen to it live or again on the radio I'm getting a recorded version anyway...Gergiev?Cheers,Ric...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Pikovaya Dama / Queen of Spades by tuga on 2011-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pikovaya Dama / Queen of Spades in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I listened to a fragment of a Queen of Spades aria while driving home this evening and it never ceases to amaze me how Tchaikovsky's music can touch me so deeply as I was able to identify the music's author after just a few chords considering that I ...
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