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| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? @toddalin How did you get stereo in the recording? The mic. in the picture looks mono. It’s interesting to hear the original track over headphones and then compare it to you recording, which sounds more reverberant and brighter. | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? Our ears have no direct depth perception mechanism like our stereoscopic eyes do. Our brain can simply measure the convergence angle of our eyes for things up close. Once the convergence angle gets close enough to zero everything is just far away.... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile @bob540 The problem of leaving an equipment mess behind for others has been on my mind too. I've built some huge speakers that are a pain to move around. I don't know if anybody will want them after I'm gone. Will they end up in a landfill? Heck... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile @dayglow You can critically listen and enjoy music simultaneously. I never knew this was an issue for some. True. I have experienced myself becoming so critical in my listening at times that I’m impossible to please. I think I hear a problem ... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile @thyname It’s not an issue. It’s just someone who has decided to give up on the hobby trying to get some mental and moral support to complete the process. Simple. They have my support. If chasings sound quality is getting in the way of their ... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile This thread seems like a good place to share my recent experience listening to an inferior system than I usually do and enjoying the heck out of it. I was recently tasked with doing some quick evaluation of a Denon PMA-900 HNE stereo receiver. Jus... | |
| CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE @vthokie83 So all those high quality components and the overall build quality is somehow getting better information to the DAC. What surprises me about this is the fact that cheap transports have reliably delivered photos, videos, software, and ... | |
| CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE @baylinor I can only tell you about what I know. I used to have a Cambridge transport and went to a Jay's CDT2-MK3. The difference is simply phenomenal. In this case you get what you pay for is real. That's fascinating. I wonder exactly what ... | |
| Low level listening @johnk I'm finding this to be true as well. I recently switched out some bookshelf speakers for big horn tweeters in my system. We're talking 800Hz and up. The narrower dispersion on the horns had a surprising effect of making the room sound mor... | |
| Is Imaging Worth Chasing? Tone, clarity, and room ambience come first for me. Imaging is in last place, but not by too far. I'll sacrifice a little of the others if necessary to get better imaging but there's a threshold for all these perceptual metrics before I start to b... | |
| OMG - Room Acoustics are Critical - WAF be dam-ed!. @donquichotte Someone else being in the room with you can change the sound, making demonstrating your system frustrating unless they turn out to be a good acoustic treatment. | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? It’s far more about your personal reaction to a high end DAC than trying to quantify what it does. I’ve been saying that audiophiles seem to have developed the ability to strain at gnats and swallow camels to an unusual degree. An issue that a non... | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning @stuartk I totally agree. I think it's good they do these remixes. For one it allows them to re-monetize older material with a fresh presentation. It also gives end users more choices. For myself I can't think of any re-mixes that I whole hea... | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning This thread got me interested so I listened to older and newer mixes last night. For me the remix is at best a step sideways. Pretty good, not bad, I can't complain. But actually.. | |
| What HiFi and Atmos I was excited about Atmos music at first but quickly cooled. I would like music mixes for 5 or 7 channels arrayed across the front, not surround sound. I don't care about height channels. They can throw those in if they want. The Atmos mixes I've ... |