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| WHY CABLES MATTER! I read about the perceived sound changes, and then I see stuff about how the cables are made, and how this and that might cause a difference. What I don’t see is anything that gives an in depth explanation with any real substance to it of just how... | |
| Interesting videos about sounds and music @mahgister Nice thread! I really enjoyed the microphone video. Will watch the rest that are posted here when I have time. | |
| The Ultimate Audio Modification: Golden Ears I don’t read purely subjective reviews as much these days, but early on I got good general impressions from reviewer’s subjective impressions about different speaker types, tube vs solid state amps and pre-amps, digital vs analog sources, cables, ... | |
| WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO COMMENT ON CABLES AND EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD? I just spliced together two different kinds of cables using those cone shaped twist wire splicers and the result is some of the best sounding cables I’ve ever heard. Part of what makes them sound so good is that they are now long enough to connect... | |
| 3-Dimensional Soundstage In my experience, a great sense of depth can be achieved to an impressive degree without the total sound quality being top notch. In other words, you can get it with fairly cheap gear. It is very important to get the the frequency response correct... | |
| Very good AES presentation on inter connects and ground loops. @tvrgeek HDMI on the other hand is a disaster and who ever designed the plug needs a dope-slap. Thanks for posting the article. I’m lucky to not have line noise problems right now, but I have had them in the past, tried everything to no avail... | |
| What would your "perfect speaker" sound like. I honestly don’t know, other than it would be so enjoyable to listen to that there’d be no way to make a speaker more enjoyable to listen to. That might involve some elements of extreme realism, and some elements of artful coloration. | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? @btbluesky I have 4 AHB2 bi-amp on mono-mode to JBL 4367 I have no doubt that sounds great. What differences do you notice if you just use a single AHb2 in stereo mode compared to all four in mono? | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? @russbutton Now when you use an active crossover, an amp channel only has to manage a single driver. There's no passive, reactive component in between the amp and the loudspeaker driver. Then you don't need a megabuck amp to deal with it. Ind... | |
| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? @cleeds No, "we" don’t know that at all. The superior dynamic range of digital is only potential. The dynamic range of the vast majority of commercially recorded music fits comfortably within the capabilities of quality analog media. I agree ... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? I’ve done a lot of bi-amping, tri-amping, all the way up to 5 way active speakers. It’s all a pain in the ass. If you’re not building your own speakers, it does seem fair enough to call it a waste of time, energy, and effort to bi-amp a speaker th... | |
| Watermelon test for audiophiles! I will be looking for those big yellow spots from now on. I have not had good luck with thump testing. What I dread is a dry, frothy watermelon. I eat them anyway but sometimes question why I’m doing it. Maybe a 5th of rum could help a dry, frothy... | |
| Really Long XLR I'll be curious to know what you settle on and what you think of the results. Long runs are what XLR cables were made for. Nevertheless, a long cable run should be more revealing of differences between cables than a much shorter run. I think these... | |
| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? I have not been able to listen to reel to reel in extended sessions. I did get a chance in 2019 to hear a demonstration at the California Audio Show. In that demonstration I had no complaint with the reel to reel playback, but the room was definin... | |
| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? From the measurements I’ve seen, it’s very difficult to achieve a dynamic range with any speed to it beyond about 15dB in real world listening situations. If you can get 8th notes separated by 8th note rests to achieve more than 15 dB of dynamic r... |