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  1. Greetings DPonder, Try listening to another orchestra, such as the New York Philharmonic, or the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Watch out particularly for works that demand 100+ players. If that is not practical, try going to your local records store and get a copy of Bernstein's Digital remake Mahler Symphony no.5 published by Deutsche Grammophon. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001G9F/qid=985355283/sr=1-4/ref=sc_m_5/102-3710691-3212943 Listen to the opening of the 1st track. when the brass starts playing, up volume until you're reasonably satisfied that the brass player is right in front of you..... and wait..... hehehe.
  2. Hi Bob, I do not live in the States and I need some replacement parts urgently but the Klipsch sales dept email doesn't seem to respond. Well I hear that you're the one, so can you please provide me your email address via Private Message? I'll let you know more details about my order from there. Thnx.
  3. But of course, if your system doesn't need one then it is better removing the whole eq unit from your hifi as more equipment in your signal chain will probably add noise and distortion to da signal. I agree, eq or not, just sit back and enjoy the music to your taste. "So much nonsense is written about 'manipulation' of the music .... the composer manipulates from picking up the pen .... the Concert hall manipulates because each seat is different .... And my manipulation as a conductor is that I try to bring out the sound that I want. That is my handwriting." -Herbert von Karajan
  4. And if you can, try to attend a classical concert. Many pop and jazz concerts are still miked and go through a chain of audio equipment..... Meaning, it's not truely real or live as many may say, as you're still listening to the hifi of the concert hall! Having said that, Klipsch spiks IMHO, are among the best deals you can get in audio today. I've never come across a spik that doesn't blow a big hole in your wallet, and at the same time, is capable of reproducing life-like dynamics.(Other spiks need $$$ megawatt amps to do the job). One more online magazine you all seemed left out, www.soundstage.com Cheers! The Distant One
  5. Mdeneen, you should read my msg more carefully. I never said that cables and interconnects are the most important than the equipment(my beliefs is the total opposite) or room for that matter. For more info, reread my msg. When I was refering to day and night, I was saying that changes in those cases were obvious. In that you don't need to have "golden ears" to tell the difference immediately. But alas, an academic issue. I trust you to be able to at least read carefully, which is why I'm making the effort to actually type this msg rather than just throw my hands up in despair. If you still continue to misread my msg(or continue this debate for that matter, since I dislike discussing such issues for reasons I already stated in my previous msg) , then I wish you well and will continue on my way.
  6. I usually try to refrain from such discussions because my belief is that audio is 100% a matter of personal preference and hence debating whether a beef steak tastes better than a plate of spaghetti or should you put cheese on your spaghetti is a total waste of time. But heck, since everyone is somewhat against cable upgrades, I felt too tempted not to post a reply. A matter of angst? Anyway having said that, lets proceed on to my findings. While I do know that in theory, cables shouldn't make that great a difference in your electronics, (as I am an electronics engineering undergrad afterall), the fact remains that I can hear distinct differences in cables. And I think that is what matters in the end. Yes, you can prove to me using electrical principles that cables shouldn't make a difference, but the fact remains that I can hear a difference. What I noticed however from auditioning hifis in salons and hifis in other audiophile's homes, is that different hifis have different sensitivity to cable changes. And usually(USUALLY I said, I elaborate on the exceptions later), hi resolution systems are more sensitive to cables than a low res one. For example, when testing spik cables of a really high resolution system, the differences between the cables were like night and day. However on a low resolution hifi, I found myself thinking "did I just imagine that change?" when testing out the different cables. However like I said, there are exceptions. I have auditioned hi resolution hifis where the cables make absolutely no difference to the sound. Again a matter of system cable sensitivity. As for my rf3s, I found them to be somewhat sensitive to interconnect changes when using a rotel RCD971 cdp as the source. But when I swapped the source to a modified marantz cd63, the sound differences caused by swapping interconnects became alot more subtle. So I suppose every component does play a role in cable sensitivity I guess. Oh well, like I said, it's your hobby and ears and hifi and room and etc. It's up to you.
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