Can your ears always be trusted?
One of the most-frequently given answers to last week's Vote! was a variation on "trust your ears." But can your ears <i>always</i> be trusted?
CD vs. LP: which one gets the most airtime in your listening room?
Most audiophiles' record collections include LPs <I>and</I> CDs, but one format invariably is played more than the other. In yours, which one is it, and by how much?
Changes in recording technology have made music:
Recording and music production technology has seen enormous change in recent years. Engineers and producers now have unprecedented power to manipulate the tinest details in recordings using computers and other tools. But the process may be taking the life and soul out of music. Some feel that commercial recordings lack the spontaneity that makes live music so immediate and satisfying. Others prefer the "perfection."
Compared to CDs or vinyl, how often do you listen to music on FM radio?
Some claim that FM radio for serious musical enjoyment is dead, while others say it is only sleeping. Certainly some of you have favorite music stations you listen to once in a while. Don't you?
Define the word "audiophile."
Is it how much you spend or how you spend it? Is it how you organize your priorities when it comes to audio? Is it only a state of mind? Define the word "audiophile."
Describe the floor in your listening room.
Now that we know a little about what you sit in while listening, how about the room you listen in?
Describe your personal hi-fi hell, or tell us about your most treacherous hi-fi demon.
The path to audio nirvana sometimes takes us in dark and difficult directions. We must fight terrible evils (such as room nodes) and stand strong against great adversities (such as <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/making_music_again/">static electricity</a>) to achieve sonic bliss. We have all encountered our fair share of audio demons. Describe your personal hi-fi hell, or tell us about your most treacherous hi-fi demon.
Did you attend HE 2005 last week? If so, what stood out for you?
This year's Home Entertainment Show in New York has just ended. If you had the chance to attend, what caught your ear?
Did you buy a player or any discs the first year CD was available in your country? If so, what did you get?
Depending on where you live, the 25<SUP>th</SUP> anniversary of the Compact Disc is coming up in the next 9 months. Did you buy a player or any discs the first year CD was available in your country? If so, what did you get?
Did you convert your system to multichannel audio? Has it stuck with you? Why or why not?
During the SACD and DVD-Audio heyday, multichannel audio was finding new converts. Did you convert? Has it stuck with you? Why or why not?