audio-satisficer
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| Law Of Diminishing Returns? Diminishing returns is a term of art in economics originating with Jeremy Bentham. A classic example is that for most people, the fifth ice cream cone they consume today will have less value than the first or second. it is not linear, and it does ... | |
| Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind? I'd like to that everyone who has contributed to this thread, which I have found very helpful, among others Melm's very thoughtful comment from earlier today. | |
| What now? I still have and Harbeth C7es. I still love my Snell Jii's, but the Harbeths are similarly warm and musical with more detail. | |
| Which Solid State amplifier would you recommend for my budget? +1 for both Parasound and Purifi (from VTV). | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? Schiit Freya + Holo Spring 2 DAC | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 I love my Musetec 005. | |
| Class A or Class D solid-state amplifiers (modern designs) I'm very, very happy with my VTV Purifi monoblocks (the 1ET400A, not the Eigentakt). They easily bested my Parasound A21+, and cost 33% less. | |
| Speakers with a slightly warm midrange HARBETH | |
| Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction? For Dave and Troy, what do you mean by "not that effective ..."? Is technical data available on the relative vibration reduction capabilities of different isolation products? If you could point me in that direction, I'd love to look at the informa... | |
| Do we really know what "Live" music sounds like? Live music sounds an almost infinite variety of ways. Even the same room will sound different based on the number and location of bodies and furniture, the temperature and humidity level, the instruments being played, and the way they are played b... | |
| When choosing new Speakers, what matters most to you? That Alan Shaw designed and tuned them. | |
| Different R2R DACs Thanks, everyone, for responding to my question, and offering good suggestions. I don't think it's the case that my request for assistance was futile because no one else hears precisely the way I do and no one else can know precisely what it is I'... | |
| Different R2R DACs Responding to Charles1Dad. I can see how it could be interpreted that way. Sorry to have created the misimpression. | |
| Different R2R DACs Responding to DJones. Thanks. I think you're right. | |
| Different R2R DACs Responding to Yage: Thanks for the suggestion. I've got a pair of subs in the system. I wouldn't say the sound of my system is edgy. I'm just looking for a tad more smoothness. It's a matter of a a few percentiles. Perhaps I should just abide by m... |