Life, Love, and The Big Ahh

I'm posting this here for two reasons: the July issue category hasn't yet been set up and, it is a bona fide rave.

In the past I have taken exception to some of Mr. Serinus' writings and expressed my reactions in this forum. Today I'm here to say, Good Show JVS! Thanks for a fine piece of writing that gets some important things said.

To the rest of you, some of whom may not be fortunate enough to have recieved your July issue, I say don't miss the As We See It opener. It's a dandy.

Monitor Audio: RS6 vs. BR5 vs. BR6

Hi. I'm looking at upgrading my speakers. Currently using the old Monitor Audio - Monitor 14 floor standing speakers.

From the reviews that I've been reading, it seems like the Monitor Audio BR5 is getting a lot of good recommendations. On the other hand, the RS6 also gets its fair share of recommendations but nothing close to the amount that the BR5's are getting. I know that they both come from a different line of Monitor Audio speakers, in that the RS6's are priced a little bit more, about USD200-300 more.

Happy Birthday JA

Happy Birthday JA

It's Johnny's birthday
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It's Johnny's birthday
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And we would like to wish him all the very best
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It's Johnny's birthday
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It's Johnny's birthday
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And it's so nice to have you back to be our guest.

Bi Amp

Folks, I have a H/K 3480 powering my system that works very well, and is dead quiet. However; I am interested in increasing the dynamics by adding a NAD 272 to drive my Usher 580's and the H/K drive my PSB 25's.
I am very happy with the Ushers and the PSB 25's but I have listened to them when driven by a more powerful system than I have and they sounded unbelievable. They had more punch. Yes, the system consisted of components of a higher level than what I have, Battery cable for speakers wires...

Happiness is a warm...MP3

Happiness is a warm...MP3

You gotta hand it to <I>The New York Times<I>; they do try and cover the audio industry. And when it comes to dumbing it down, they truly aren't fucking around. Rather than have to read an article from last week's <B>Circuits</B> section on how MP3's <I>might</I> someday sound better, <B>A Quest for That Warm Sound of Old</B> (June 5, 2007), which was printed just above a piece entitled <B>Making Tunes a Fixture on the Patio</B> (snaring more Jersey readers is obviously an NYT priority) here are the some beauties, salient or otherwise.

"The more you turn it up, the punchier it sounds…"

"…tries to sweeten digital sound by putting back what compression has taken out."

"…what are people really going for, accurate reproduction or pleasing reproduction?"

"Our technology tricks your brain into hearing something that isn’t there."

"When you can't hear the difference anymore, it's overkill."

"The process is never perfect."

"With a good recording, the quality may be improved by tweaking the playback."

"Don’t throw away your records yet."

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