audio_guy_uofw
Responses from audio_guy_uofw
| ? about Smoking Power Amp Nobody has commented on the preamp and what might have caused this. You said the filter was passive, right? No active components? So the input of this filter was plugged into the power amp input, and the output was plugged into the preamp. The tw... | |
| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. Topping Pre90 - very clean and balanced or single ended options with stepped relay volume control. | |
| Really Long XLR +1 for Blue Jeans Cable, I have had several balanced & unbalanced cables from them & always been pleased with quality & price. Their website has some great articles on cable construction, trade-offs, and choice. | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? Re the comments about fast vs slow switching in A/B testing. When I was at university I was involved in many A/B/X listening tests. The point was not to say which sounded better, but rather to say which of A or B was the same as X, which was rando... | |
| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? A couple of points. IPhone apps can be quite accurate, as they all are calibrated to the same standard. Android phones, unfortunately, are not. On my Samsung I had to use a 15dB! Sensitivity adjustment to match a calibrated sound level meter. +... | |
| How Do Amps Affect Soundstage? I believe that imaging and soundstage are primarily impacted by the design and performance of the speakers, their positioning within the room and relative to lhe listener, and the room acoustics. The contribution from the amplifier falls far down... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? I don't believe damping factor has been mentioned. Higher power amps tend to have a higher damping factor. With bass in particular, a higher damping factor provides better control of the driver and depending on the impedance of the speaker can res... | |
| Demise of bass quality in Main speakers There are advantages to having the low frequencies reproduced by multiple subwoofers. Using the appropriate processing and placement they can cancel room modes, providing a tighter and more accurate bass response over a larger listening area. I h... | |
| What is the proper loudness for listening? I typically listen at 75-80 dBSPL C weighted. @chester_bunger re your question about Android SLM app, I believe they are problematic without calibration. Unlike iPhones, which all use the same mic calibration, android phones do not adhere to a ... |