akgwhiz
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| surprising comparison of tube preamps @atmasphere I'm reading with keen interest and hoping to learn. So is your point leading to any reason to believe that integrated units have an advantage? Any, or would they need to be fully balanced from input to output? I'll just sit back an... | |
| Floor to Bookshelf Oh, search hifishark and it'll return results for many sites at once. See my system for example of NADAs. | |
| Floor to Bookshelf I'm a strong advocate of published or open souced DIY speakers. Several out there have a great following. I own the NADA "stand" 2-ways made with Scanspeak's best drivers, XOs in furniture grade cabinets. Name recognition brands would cost man... | |
| Do you adjust your subwoofer I get that a calibrated to room setup is ideal. Its the goal. An "all else being equal" thing. But it requires a test tone/sweep. Then an actual recording comes up and guess what, you may not feel that they mixed the bass high enough or maybe w... | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer @signaforce for tube sourcing or another opinion Brent Jesse is an invaluable resource. Not the same tubes in mine but in my preamp section NOS tubes that were for scientific usage (tight tolerance) yielded fuller bass and better stage, separat... | |
| Do you adjust your subwoofer A bit more info, the remote app for my SVS subs is very useful. Adjust from your fave seat and enjoy. Can't say enough vs getting up and twiddling knobs in a darkened room. Glad to see that not everyone buys into set and forget, it was what the... | |
| Do you adjust your subwoofer Not all recordings seem to have the equivalent bass level. I mean, what seems right to me, for that material. So I do change the volume. It's a db scale on my remote app so within about a 3-5 db range I find seems "right" in 90% of recordings.... | |
| Do you adjust your subwoofer Not all recordings seem to have the same bass level. I mean, what seems right to me, for that material. So I do change the volume. It's a db scale on my remote app so within about a 3-5 db range I find seems "right" in 90% of recordings. Othe... | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer @signaforce, let us know what sonic changes you get. Would like to hear about the RP-1 in your set-up. Have dealt with Rogue and they've been very responsive and helpful. Enjoy! | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer OP, it does seem that your digital front end might need some help relative to the vinyl. You have nice power and speakers. Not too knowledgeable about pre-amp separates but nonetheless, the DAC is prob holding the digital back. As you seem to p... | |
| Determining compatibility with amps @thehorn thanks for the thoughtful and helpful opinions. Yeah, if this project goes ahead I'm very excited to move a bit up from my current setting, as much as I think it's s outstanding already. Seen lots of love for Qualiton valve amps so keep... | |
| Invert ? If anyone determines their absolute phase (total system) is not of the correct polarity, and have no switching to use in the system, simply reverse the leads on the speaker cables at the speakers. | |
| Determining compatibility with amps @vthokie83 FWIW our plan to build is 45 min sw of VATech. | |
| Determining compatibility with amps Good point, was thinking 5-7k new but ok with used. Lots of time to research. Was hoping to get an understanding of what true mismatching sounds like (those difficult low impedance, hi capacitive zones). Besides the obvious of less dynamics or... | |
| Determining compatibility with amps @ghdprentice in fact I did drop into a high-end dealer in AZ and heard some expensive Sonus speakers. Indeed they impressed me but were $$$ and large floor standers. While full range I suspect I feel that subs away from front speakers can add sp... |