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| Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital? @thespeakerdude I have found that vinyl records sounded better than the same album on CD. My girlfriend whole heartedly agreed. I wondered why the CDs sounded relatively crispy and lacking in richness and fullness. I suspected frequency response... | |
| Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital? A thought I've been having lately is how noise changes our perception. I think some noise in the recording and perhaps even distortion gives the mind a place to go, to fill in what isn't actually there. When it's taken away there's no where for th... | |
| Flat Screen Television behind speakers Here’s another idea: a curved piece of clear plexiglass in front of the TV. It should have minimal degradation of the image quality but will get rid of the big flat sound reflection surface problem. Ooh, this could be a kit that clips on to the si... | |
| Flat Screen Television behind speakers I like the idea of theatrical stage curtains in front of the TV that can be opened and closed with a remote. The sound bouncing off the screen won't come directly back toward you but will glance sideways, hit the side walls, and then make it to yo... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl We need to move on to Qubit music. It will sound like both analog and digital, and yet not sound like either of them at the same time. | |
| Neutral Dac? Has anybody noticed different copies of the same dac varying in their sound a bit? People are noticing differences between various dac designs that are so small when measured it’s amazing. It seems these ultra perceptive ears could also detect dif... | |
| Mesh network versus a simple Wi-Fi extender Thanks for posting this question, and thanks for all the answers. I've got to decide on an extender or a mesh for my new house. The answers here are making me lean toward mesh. | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? @patrickdowns That is a beautiful recording. It's qualities come through even on Youtube. | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? 2 channel playback is the simplest form of stereo. Listening tests suggest that people generally prefer two or more speakers to a single speaker even when listening to mono recordings. Even for a person deaf in one ear there may be perceivable ben... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live Dispersion characteristics of real instruments tend to be very different than speakers, and that can be a giveaway. I read that Dunlavy tested his speakers in an anechoic chamber - on axis. He could get the speaker to fool someone in that situatio... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live The types of sounds playing through the stereo are usually a dead give away that it's the stereo. I don't have anybody in my house that's a great musician, or who can make a sound in my house sound like it was recorded in another acoustic space. T... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better One thing I’ve found very pleasurable is stereo crosstalk cancellation. I love the sound it creates, but find the methods used to achieve it difficult to live with. It tends to be a real "head in a vice" kind of listening experience, often with a ... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better @erik_squires If you ONLY treat first reflection points I can barely hear any benefit at all. It is only when the room overall has enough treatment to quiet it down that the 1st reflection points matter. That makes a lot of sense, and matche... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better @erik_squires Thanks for that. I've noticed a lot of audiophiles who use extensive room treatments often leave the ceiling lightly treated or not treated at all. Some of them say they don't like it with too much absorption on the ceiling. Oth... | |
| Experienced only: What have you done with room correction? I've used bass correction in situations where it's just a joke without it. Sometimes we don't get to move the speakers where we want. In at least some of those cases judicious use of room correction can make the listening experience dramatically m... |