List your breakthrough products that you’ve discovered on this audiophile Journey.
1. Add Powr sorcerer X2/4
Get this guy with a Nordost QB base and chuck your high $$$ power conditioning units for sale on the ‘Gon.
2. Hemingway Zcore cables. The beginning line of Zcore called the Alpha will outrun 90% of the super high end cables on the market 😱. They’ve been tested by those who run the big name brands and the Alpha comes out on top. Why? One word, realism. The next line up called the Beta is where the breakthrough Technology comes into play. Install a few of these and you will be a believer in this design. Sigma and Omega are next in line and although big $$$ you don’t suffer the law of diminishing returns.
3. Theoretica Applied Physics Bacch-SP Adio 3D Sound Processer. One box does it all. The future in one box. Bottom feeders will choke on this one.
4. Quantum Science Audio fuses. These guys work! Go Red! Unleashing your equipments full Glory.
This tread is only for your listed breakthrough products and not open to the haters and Eeyore type folks. I am sure they will leak in here to try and mock and distract this main purpose.
Dear Eeyore,
Please name your favorite, Positive, breakthrough product.
AGD Audion amps-Searched for amps that sound like these for decades. REL Carbon Limited Subwoofers RAAL Requisite SR 1a Ear Field Speakers I have never been into headphones. They made my ears hot. The RAAL Requisite’s sound fabulous and do not touch my ears. They also can be used with my Audion amps with no headphone amp needed. I can wear these for hours with no discomfort.
My OHM Walsh 5000s speakers I bought in 2012. My sister had a smaller pair in the mid eighties. The ones I got in 2012 can play louder and with more realism.
mijostyn, I was really interested to read that you felt so strongly about the Tact since I respect your opinion, and your system is far better than mine. It will be on my upgrade shortlist right near the top. Thanks, John
+1 @ricmci the Monks Prodigy is wonderful especially after coming from a VPI. Quiet, easy to use and most importantly does what it's supposed to do clean records
Love posts like this! For me when my journey really began (after I discovered there was an entire galaxy beyond Bose) 20+ years ago I have to say to this day the one time where I was truly awestruck (I've had several joyous moments of discovery along the way and continue to) was when I heard Dynaudio speakers. I had listened to and owned quite a few but once I brought the Danes home I had finally gotten "there". And you just know it when it happens...Dynaudio Audience 82 and 52 to be specific...
One word. Many of us are digital phobic for whatever reason. Are there downsides? At high resolutions none that I can think of other than psychological one. Going in and out of 24/192 is invisible with good DACs and ADC's. Most program material starts out digital. As long as it stays there, there is no added distortion. You can keep it digital from the original ADC all the way to your DAC. In the mean while you can do pretty much anything you want to the signal without added distortion. You could triamp your speakers and get rid of all your passive crossovers! You could buy K Horns and correct the group delays. You could add passive subs and get rid electronics in the subwoofers. You can correct the frequency response of your room without having to hang so much stuff on your walls. You can give your left and right speakers the exact same frequency response curve so they sound exactly the same at all frequencies. Any detriment is far outweighed by the benefits. It is not that difficult to master and makes this hobby even more fun. You also learn from experience like what adding 2 dB at 2000 Hz over 1/2 octave will do to the sound. The benefits are so large that I digitize my phono stage to take advantage of them.
This ones easy for me. The TacT 2.2X and advanced digital signal processing. It took most of the guess work out of this hobby. It made subwoofer integration a breeze, allows me to make the system sound exactly the way I want, and offers a level of performance, particularly imaging that can only be achieved otherwise on a rare basis.
I saw a Gate for sale on AM and passed. Is it still a powerhouse in your system as many products start off with a bang and then fizzle out. It’s gone now 🙈
**waiting for my Fidelium cables to be dropped off by USPS, taking them to Washington State to hear against Townshend F1 speaker cables with millercarbon**
$25K for dac, preamp and music server. One box that does real 3D.
Without dac, $20K. Folks spend that much for a pair of shoes and socks
these days. A bargain in audio world.
Yeah, not the blokes that live on my street mate. $500-800 buys some pretty sweet cowboy boots down where I live, am I supposed to drop a Y'all in there somewhere? I tell the Texans that I'm from the deep South, Downunder.
$25K for dac, preamp and music server. One box that does real 3D. Without dac, $20K. Folks spend that much for a pair of shoes and socks these days. A bargain in audio world.
Mine was discovering tubes! I can’t believe I didn’t give them a second thought over the years. When I was young, I thought they were for old fuddy duddies..Boy was I wrong.
Theoretica Applied Physics Bacch-SP Adio 3D Sound Processer.
There is another processor that was made by BSG called the "QOL." For me that was a breakthrough product. It does what the Theoretica product claims to do but with much less hassle. It mainly adds depth and definition to the soundstage and works without putting your head in a vice. When new they cost $4k but I found one for $800. They are pretty rare but one comes up for sale every so often.
I also have the Carver Holographic Generator. It works well but you have to set up your speakers and seating position exactly right to get the full effect. The BSG QOL is a little more subtle and it is very forgiving on seating position.
Thanks for bringing the Theoretica to my attention. The price seems absurd but it's interesting to know that it exists and if I ever get the chance I will listen to one.
Interested in hearing abt your lightbulb moment with using high level inputs for subs rather than low level. I’ve done a lot of playing around with this over the years and have my own opinions but curious to hear your experience.
I'm still trying to figure out what a breakthrough product is? If it's an Ah Ha moment, there has been far too many to count due to my length of time listening to and playing music. My Harmon Kardon HK 730 comes to mind. But that was 40+ yrs ago. Also the importance of good footers under the equipment, maybe especially source components. . Then too properly sized & powerful subwoofers (2+) Maybe the biggest ah ha
Theoretica Applied Physics Bacch-SP Adio 3D Sound Processer.
Yes to the Theoretica products. I don't have the Adio, but find even the BACCH4Mac Intro, at a fraction of the price, can be a real breakthrough. On some recordings more than others, and with proper set-up, it can create a much larger soundstage.
Going from RCA to XLR connections. Up until I made the HiFi plunge I didn't even know what XLR connections were.
Dual subwoofers and high level wiring/input connections for subs. Again, I didn't know what it was before HiFi, but now wouldn't get a subwoofer that didn't have it.
Subwoofers make a big difference expensive cables and power cords don’t make any difference well in my set up but most of them looks gorgeous most streamers sounds the same when using digital out to dedicated DAC / Preamp there’s not much improvement when it comes to old speakers and amplifiers built around (70s-2000s) vs new ones
The New Hifidelity cables nano 360 contact enhancer for $300 is a gift it takes a few weeks to fully settle in. The SVS 3000,SB, and micro subwoofers with great app are ground breaking in quality and value . in Digital the Bricasti M3 with streamer card totally destroys what most people hold true HoloSprings May KTE, denafrips terminator all big dual transformers and a bunch of filter capacitors ,the Bricasti is 1/4 the weight but built solid ,made in U.S.A all precision CNC I find sounds more complete and refined , how they get great deep bass without all the massive capacitors is a ?and for Ethernet theUptone Audio Ether Regen it truly cleans all digital noise to make streaming a pleasure ,and tons of others love it also.
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