ahofer
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| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong This conversation turns a lot of my Audiogon impressions on their head. People who, I think, believe that great sound qualities can’t be measured are at the same time suggesting that because of inherent measurable design challenges of class D, tha... | |
| Novice Question: Dedicated Streamers I find it useful to use the computer terminology:Storage: where the music files are storedMusic server: software, running on a pc, that catalogues music available in networked or local storage and offers it up to a control point with various sorti... | |
| System synergies: Chaotic or predictable? In particular, “musical” needs a lot of disambiguation. It seems to have come to mean a more old-fashioned, midrange prominent sound with perhaps a touch of even harmonics? | |
| What DB level is best for judging audio equipment? Listening at lower levels was one of my auditioning tests, since I live in an apartment. In fact, it was a major distinguishing element between the various loudspeakers I listened to in my most recent round. Some needed to be played at high leve... | |
| System synergies: Chaotic or predictable? I don't think wine or cooking analogies are apt here. I'm also pretty sure you are wrong about wine composition, and even gas chromatography of wine. Measurements are quite developed and component understanding has allowed the introduction of s... | |
| System synergies: Chaotic or predictable? I'm not really interested in debating this here, because everyone is sick of it. I just think the burden of proof is on proponents to show that they *sound* different when you don't know which cable is in the system - and I'm all ears for that.... | |
| ADCOM 5802 is a great sounding amplifier, and a pretty good home heating device to boot.I re-capped mine for safety about 6 years ago. | |
| System synergies: Chaotic or predictable? I agree that is an eminently sensible approach to start with the speakers. The "striking gold" part is inconsistent, however, with the rest, which was the point of the OP.I know this isn't the forum where people want to discuss this, but the freq... | |
| System Upgrade The issue is what we call mud: warm speakers, warm digital, warm cabling, this all creates a sound which isn’t involving and requires you to raise the volume to hear details. The corollary is sizzle systems: bright speakers, bright amp, bright s... | |
| System Upgrade I'm gonna go with a) manufacturer recommendationb) peak transient power used in this video with the M40.1s as possible indication of power needs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRMR9JZ1m0s rather than kilobuck cables. YMMV. | |
| System Upgrade I agree I have totally different gear. Nonetheless, the most obvious problem that any of us can diagnose on the internet is that his amp is underpowered for his speakers. You need a solid 80 watts for the SHL5+, 150 for larger rooms. As someone el... | |
| System Upgrade More power will make a huge difference, IMO. I use a 300 watt amp with the SHL5+. Flat it is not. | |
| Best audio tweak ever, especially for the over 60s Get rid of all old newspapers, magazines, books. Even better hire a Feng Shui consultant to straighten out your living space. Feel better. Hear better. Have you seen that video of Michael Fremer's listening space? He's doomed by this standard.... | |
| What was your first big eye opener with regard to audio? I worked in a mid-fi stereo store in 1977-78 (as a 14 year-old gopher). I got my first speakers (Acoustic Research) on salesman's concession. The first revelation was listening to them for long periods of time before I made up my mind. This was ... | |
| Best audio tweak ever, especially for the over 60s My best related tweak is wearing Eargasm attenuators during my subway commute in NYC. They even come in audiophile packaging for extra slam. https://eargasmearplugs.com/ |