Good morning audiophiles of the world. You have been demonized at the 1000 demons blog.

Enjoy!

In reference to John Atkinsons reply to letters about the loudness wars, where JA stated he first mentioned the issue in 1999.

This problem has been going on since the mid 80's. If you compare the 1983 CP35 japanase jazz releases with the 1986 CP32 releases, the later are louder, compressed and have been eq'd to bring out the upper mid range.

Same thing with all remasters, which started in the mid 80's. This is the old frog in warming water phenominon - people are complaining today, because weve reached near boiling point.

Dave

have a technics sl-d202 running through a yamaha htr-5660 with very low & poor quality audio at my jamo speakers. have not used the turntable in many years but all seems to be fine except for poor audio. all other audio options (dvd,cd) work great with my receiver. am no expert & may have not provided enough info., but any help would be greatly appreciated

Hi

Id like to bring up something for mine and im sure a few other peoples education and stimulation.

What exactly do the power ratings mean ?

You have a 100 watt rated amplifier and a 2000 watt rated amp, its obvious that there is more energy available in the 2000 watt amp but lets talk about a few points.

1 - How does the 2000 watts actually increase the power, is there more current available ? are the voltage rails larger ? will it drive a lower impedance ?

TAS, has 2 reviews of stuff and unlike Sterophile that do not want to have ads for the stuff under review. TAS reviews some goofy looking scaena speakers at a mere $83K, look like a bunch of stacked painted mortars. But they also have teh right philosophy lotsa drivers move air with less distortion, more drivers done right are unbeatable, ya can't be live with mini speakers and certainly not one driver doing it all, impossible And they review the VTL monster 205 pound SIZED tube amp, but it's just 800W mono, 12 6550 tubes heats teh home?

My system sounds great when the volume knob reaches the 9 o clock & beyond, but before then it sounds a little masked. Is this because my large 3 way speakers need enough power to really start working or because the amp only starts working then.
speakers: Jamo C 809 200W long 400W short 89dB 6ohm
amp: Rotel RA 1062 only rated to 60W but reviews say it has great current delivery so can drive difficult speakers.
CDP: Marantz 6002
Cables: cheap (still researching)
One possible souoution could be sound attenuators

Lately I have been pulling my ears away from my head to increase midrange and treble acuity. Perhaps I am suffering from "ear sag" due to the natural process of aging. I have only recently noticed the improvement gained from doing this during home stereo listening sessions.

Does anybody know a plastic surgeon in my area that can permanently upgrade my head for better sonic performance? Or does anybody make a semi-permanent speculum for spreading open tight ear holes?

A new line 145/155 loudspeakers by Audes.

If you don't hear these you cannot understand what I'm saying.

The quality of loudspeakers costing three times or more.

Look at the quality of woofer for example.

But more important is the sound quality you get with no high cost amplifiers.

92 db/w easy to manage to get transparency and dynamic at true hi-end level and with a fine soundstage.