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| The Great DAC Mystery I did some reading on the subject. I read the echo is under 1ms offset and -60 dB or more below the main signal. That’s really quiet, and not a lot of timing offset. The thing to show is if under any conditions anyone can pick up on that, maybe no... | |
| The Great DAC Mystery An interesting article about DAC filters and ripple: https://addictedtoaudio.com.au/blogs/how-to/how-to-pick-the-best-filter-setting-for-your-dac I remember reading a Stereophile article way back in the old days. One of the reviewers had got int... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? My M1 Mac Mini streams for me, and also receives streams from other devices, and can output 24 bit 192 kHz over 8 channels simultaneously. My Denon receiver has dacs that can handle that signal. I've seen the measurements of the receiver and they'... | |
| Interconnect Break In? I’m glad I read this thread because it reminded me to check all my cable contacts. It’s been a while since I’ve done that. For whatever reason I’m not one who can hear differences between cables, except in extreme cases, like interconnects or spea... | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? Unless you hear Magico speakers in a dedicated listening room where every detail has been addressed you're probably not going to hear their potential. This is true of any good speaker. I'm shocked by what even cheap speakers can do when I put ... | |
| Wanna take it to the next level? Buy MORE speakers! @mikelavigne i will easily throw 1000 of my vinyl records at the typical surround sound effort and get more back in musical essence. much more. my source has more meat on the bones with an analog source, and it gets everything dead solid perfec... | |
| Wanna take it to the next level? Buy MORE speakers! A mere two speakers has inherent issues and limitations. But so far, to my ears, it’s hard to get multi-channel to sound as good on music. I’ve tried up-mixing 2 channel recordings to a 3 channel with derived center using various methods because I... | |
| Fun read... @baylinor You said it for me! | |
| Triangle Art Metis Horn Speakers I was there too and was also very impressed with the Triangle Art room. Last year they were downstairs in one of the big ballrooms and those same speakers could fill that huge space with what sounded very much like a live performance to me - at le... | |
| Quick question for the Cables Don't Make a Difference Crowd. The only system I've ever heard that didn't have any cables or wiring at all was an old phonograph player. It worked, but I prefer cables. | |
| Speakers that disappear A lot of speakers can disappear on some content. Maybe there are some that can disappear on all content, if put in the right situation. I imagine a single dipole positioned correctly could project a perceived image far behind the speaker. I think ... | |
| 32 pairs of speaker and RCA cables measured and listened to Interesting. One is using graphene as a dielectric and the other as a conductor in a liquid base. I read that there are also some graphene/copper hybrid cables that somehow use fine copper wires to help connect the strands of graphene as much as p... | |
| 32 pairs of speaker and RCA cables measured and listened to I wonder if we'll see graphene make it's way into speaker cables and other conductors. Voice coils seem like a great potential application for graphene. | |
| Do your ears deceive you? Speaking of being able to hear the difference between violins, apparently not all accomplished violin players can tell them apart even when they’re actually playing them, and even if they were pretty sure that they could. Maybe the welding goggles... | |
| so bass traps in corners do nothing, it seems we have been fooled. or are being fooled. I got here at ASC too late to meet Chris. I’ve only played an electric bass a tiny bit. A few years ago someone gave me one that suffered some kind of rattle with the knobs on the main body. I didn’t have an appropriate amp to work with it, but go... |