Jason McBrien wrote:
> Here's some more reading on amplifiers, and "HiFi Mysticism"
> http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread/t-12752-p-6.html
> http://www.audioasylum.com/scripts/t.pl?f=general&m=311853
>
> Both sites are great for all sorts of information on HiFi, from both
> subjective and objective camps.
>
> Personally, and all other factors being equal (Good quality components, not
> state of the art but not broken designs, either) I find the factors
> affecting the sound break down like this:
>
> 40% speakers/room accoustics
> 50% source material
> 10% everything else (system components, AC quality, etc...)
>
> Keeping things quasi-on-topic, I've decided it's time to build a show
> system, with blinkenlights and excessive switches and knobs and everything.
> I've settled on the AOpen AX4GE Tube-G motherboard, if for no other reason
> it's probably the first computer to have a tube on the mainboard since the
> UNIVAC days. I can't find where to buy these beasts, however, so does anyone
> know where to find maybe 1-2 year old computer surplus or closeouts? For
> further retro-fun, I'm planning on putting in a POST code analyzer with big
> LED display on the front of the case (ala IBM RS/6000 systems), one of those
> retro-looking fan controllers, and Corsair XMS memory with LED status
> indicators. Window on the side, of course :) Then I'll run Linux on it with
> hercules and a fullscreen 3270 emulator plugged into OS/360. It'll be fun to
> run at lan parties :)
>
> PS: My system- Sumiko turntable, Sonic Frontiers Line 1 preamp, NAD 214 amp,
> Audio Alchemy ACD1 CD player, Denon DVD-1600 DVD player, Magnepan MG-1.4
> speakers, homebrew phono preamp and AC filters. Almost all used, sounds
> fantastic.
Well you forgot one thing ... Room Accoustics
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kidder/Audio/Room/PANEL/Panels.htm
http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/a.htm
http://ic.net/~jtgale/diy2.htm
Ben.
PS: A real computer with the blinking lights.
http://timefracture.org/
Received on Fri Jul 16 2004 - 23:55:47 BST