[quote user="jason str"] I would like to hear something better than CD quality sound available for downloading, not to say there is not already and i just dont know about it. Is it me or does anybody else prefer the sound of clean vinyl over CD's, maybe just my Sony ES just getting worn out. Music with good sound seems harder and harder to find like they forgot or just don't care anymore about quality. Still sticking with 8-track CD's until something else blows me away. [/quote

[quote user="time spell"] Hello Everyone, I'm new to this forum. It's packed with great info. pmsummer -- I have these same loudspeakers -- No. 9413 -- and had no idea the were called "La Fiesta." They are cool-looking. I also have a set of Capsuls -- No. 022443 -- with a horn and 10-inchers. I purchased them in about 1971 from a small shop in Orange, Tx. [/quote] Hey...welcome! Where are you? I am Seabrook and have a houseful of Frazier, including Elevens. Dave

Next time you are getting away to SL, let me know and we can get in a bit of listening.. I am a rifle shot off Repsdorph@146. Dave

Heck, Max, I venerate Wild Turkey 101 and Superman comic books... As I am not familiar with the Haydn you reference, I can't comment. Bear in mind my position is that what matters to the ear is engineering, not medium or format. When I "hear" anything that can be traced to medium or format I considerate it inadequate to the task. That includes dithering and transcode artifacts on CD's and dynamic range compression and groove noise on vinyl, et al. If it doesn't sound right and

John Albright makes a good point: >On my system, 24/192 DVD Audio sounds as good as vinyl , but has much greater, more natural dynamic range. The underline is the key. When a medium is used correctly, and the engineering is on target, and the delivery medium is used as intended, any full range medium will sound IDENTICAL to any other. Basic science. To the extent they can be shown to differ, one is not up to par. In the case of the Franck "Organ" Symphony, it cannot sound as good on

That's the spirit, Max... Dave

Outstanding, Marshall! Many moons ago I made some recordings on a B77 with DBX (Allan Parsons "Tales of Mystery" fresh out of the wrapper was one). It was, in a way, my first preview of the digital future in that DBX doubled the dynamic range and made metering childs play. I transferred those to 1 bit, 2.8mhz a while back and they sounded like the day I made them, certainly equal to or superior to any digital I have today. The Parsons was a superbly engineered recording and I had (still

>...nominal loss of sonic quality is a winning situation for him... As I tried to make clear in my reply, it is not a matter of criticism. The loss is hardly nominal. If one is a lover of chamber music or violin concertos, every fiddle from a green shellaced cajun Orange Blossom Special to a Stradivarious sounds pretty much the same with any amount of compression. Punk Rock (which I relish, BTW) won't change a whole lot. The problem is the inverse of the disease that can get one by listening

OK, RIck, where the heck was I? I don't remember any of this. Maybe it was the beer... Dave

[quote user="Dennie"] See......Here you go! A great read and it sounded like you had a great time! I hate threads like this, as I have never heard tubes with my La Scala's (that is not an invitation for anyone who lives near me to bring tubes over!). I'd bet my reaction would be similar to yours and look at you, you're sold! Three watts? Are you kidding ME? And you liked it? LOL Yeah, I better stop now, before I get like you, and find myself in the Garage Sale section. Thanks