ahendler
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| Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K) I always wonder what is meant by accuracy. Accurate to what? I am a recording engineer. Do you want it to sound what it sounds like in the control room. Remember the control room doesn't sound what it sounds like in the studio. Accurate to the sou... | |
| Speakers are the first piece of the puzzle I have always said that speakers contribute 70% of the sound of the system. If you don't like the basic sound of a speaker there is nothing you can do to substantially change it. I have put together at least 25 systems for friends in my life. It h... | |
| Most transparent power amp The David Berning amps are very good. Of course transparency is defined in many waysAlan | |
| Speaker cable length with monoblock amps? Someday you will replace your monoblocks with a stereo amp and your cables will have to be replaced. Alan | |
| Measurements - Clearly Explained I would like to add that measurements and amplifier measurement tools are needed to design amplifiers. They are not needed for buying amplifiers, since they tell you nothing how an amp will sound. Remember, most amplifier designers do the final vo... | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? Your amp should drive the 1.7's with no problem. The main thing you have to take into consideration is they need to be 3 to 4 feet into the room. Also a couple of feet from the side walls. Also they do not like a heavily damped room. The wall behi... | |
| MQA according to new Stereophile "loudness button" and "tweaking EQ in presence region" It is also possible that what is being heard is the performance of the Brooklyn dac and not MQA. So far all my experiences with MQA are very positive both with a Meridian Explorer2 with full MQA decoding or with my Master 7 using partial decoding... | |
| I want to stream Tidal to Mytek Brooklyn DAC ... My router is on my first floor. I connect via WiFi to a Macbook Pro on the second floor. From the mac I use a USB connection to my Dac. I stream Tidal with no problems. Like MQA a lot. When I had a Microsoft based laptop I had lots of problems. Al... | |
| Western Electric Cloth copper 3M 16GA Wire for IC's Do a search for Jeff's place blog. It will tell you all about the Western Electric, Beldin and Dueland Craze. I use Western Electric and Dueland as speaker cable and Beldin 8402 for interconnects. Also have some Dueland interconnects on order. Rea... | |
| High End Ethernet Cables ....Real Deal or Snake Oil Another excellent response AlI have heard differences with Ethernet cables. They are not huge but are there. Alan | |
| ClassicsOnline shutting down They lost there people who supply there servers. They said they are looking for new providers and when they find one they will go back to providing a streaming serviceAlan | |
| Should I upgrade to XLR interconnects? Again to be clear, your integrated is a single ended design. It is not balancedAlan | |
| interconnects vs speaker cables vs power cords - which make the biggest difference? Since interconnects are the earliest in the chain they should make the most difference but it is really system dependent and also cable dependentAlan | |
| Should I upgrade to XLR interconnects? I checked your integrated. It is not a balanced design. It is single ended and probably will not benefit from xlr cables. Stick with what you haveAlan | |
| Should I upgrade to XLR interconnects? Get some Mogami xlr's from guitar center and check out the sound. I doubt any benefit to be had. Much gear with xlr inputs then converts to single ended. It depends if the gear is truly balancedAlan |