audioman58
Responses from audioman58
| Perception After 35+ years in Audio , and having owned a Audio store to get a near ideal system today you would need to spend 6 figures to truly be as good or better then live from 20 hz- to 20khz, and even then to an extent you are still in partat the merc... | |
| "Dazed and Confused" about upgrading current speakers This I can chime in on for I have been involved with upgrading the Loudspeakers internal wiring , connectors and especially upgrading the cheap stock crossovers , that most companies skimp on you can Dramatically improve Every aspect of its perfor... | |
| The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste For sure 1010 binary ,digital cables do matter and some are much better then others, digital errors = jitter or digital noise. That being said these paper and online magazines have a ton of politics , one hand washes the other .having owned a Aud... | |
| Up to date list of GaN Class D Amplifiers? There are several coming out ,but the prices are just nuts,the GAN circuits are not that expense to command say from $10 k to $20 k+ markup as I have stated many times being involved with R&D ,my uncle being a Audio engineer, and markup is at... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong Newer Class D is a totally different animal , in as good as most very good ampsmuchmore efficient and much lower in thd. Jeff Rolands Top Digital is Excellent and uses custom Pascal digital modules with custom input,output stages The modules are... | |
| Unfiltered NOS DACs sound There are a lot of factors , for example my Belcanto dac has2 Femto clocks -that is Trillions, older dacs are in picoseconds. , much much better accuracy reading the digital signal , power supplies also Very critical seperate very low noise for a... | |
| What are the advantages to a Class A amp & what are the trade offs? It gets hot, eats electricity,less then 40% efficient pure class A rarely gets to 100 WPC. | |
| Buy a pair of ten year old $40,000 speakers for $4,000 or new ones at that price point? As long as the drivers are in good shape , rebuild the Xover with much higher grade parts ,for 90% of speakers are always built with cost savings.athe Xover is the heart of the speaker weak link in the chain , Ihave 20 years of modding , this inc... | |
| Tone, Tone, Tone ! I have learned through many years any speaker that sounds good will sound at least 10-20% better just by upgrading the wiring and rebuild the Xover with Good quality parts 90% of speakers even at 12kor more rarely put top quality capacitors,resis... | |
| What system can adequately reproduce the sounds of a tanker being hit by torpedo ? The key is a true bottom end , my brother Svs ultra 16 inch x4 subwoofers, he has Tempered glass lexan windows just because of the sound pressure the room creates a literal punch in the chest he also has Gryphon Diablo integrated , big Khama Ref... | |
| SWARM / Multi subwoofer questions One more thing without exception the New SVS -3000 SB subwoofer is the best under $1500 on the market just compare , it is a 13 inch version of their great ultra 16 subithas a great app , very powerful amplifier 52 bit analog devises microprocesso... | |
| SWARM / Multi subwoofer questions Hello this link for the free REW sub program ,buy the dsp,usb Mike, on this link under$100 And eq one sub at a time and fantastic results.http://www.roomeqwizard.com | |
| Focal Sopra 2's vs Titron GoldenEar Reference speakers One thing is certain ,the Xover parts and drivers In the Sopra are quality custom built in their factory, and Xover has name brand parts the Tritons are all made in China. The Sopra is more fleshed out and refined . Parts quality does count. Also... | |
| I've never believed much in cables, that said... (USB) Even USB need proper breakin I use roughly 300 hours and I. Have used several cables well over $500. The top cables use better materials ,better shielding, and power legg is totally isolated. That being said there are many other factors like mys... | |
| Where are the subs? Buy a real quality sub , the new Svs SB 3000 at$995 will beat anything under $1500 once dialed in. And has a great appand I owned several very good subs from REL, JL Audio who else will give you free shipping ,45 day return with Free return shippi... |