audioman58
Responses from audioman58
| Dickie Betts died earlier today at 80 years of age I saw them several times ,and they always came to play ,RIP brother 🙏. | |
| Records not stored vertically for decades You should buy a quality disc washer For $2-3k you should be able to get one that washes Dries. Myself csnt be bothered with high quality digital being so good But disc have their own qualities my brother disc washer Is to me expensive over... | |
| Measurement Bias Yes For myself Tried to add logic to ASR bias to just measurements such as a $800 Topping dac is better hen My $4500 DenafripsTerminator for in the build there was in the design saying it was not a true R2R dac which it is . Your Ears are wh... | |
| Burning-in as a non-linear experience I am doing this currently .i have rebuilt many Loudspeakers Xovets and ftiver breakin ,and Xovers much more so is very real The metals have to stabalize, the dielectrics Much more so teflon can tske hundreds of hours . Capacitors go throug... | |
| Re: streaming recommendations for newbie Eversolo6 if you need a dac the 6deluxe Bloom audio seek best price | |
| V-Cap ODAM: What the Future Sounds Like The vh caps I have used and are pretty good the Pogota dac caps suck it does prove a quality capacitor and resistor make a nice improvement . i have been upgrading Loudspeaker components for years. in Loudspeakers most a lower cost Solen or wo... | |
| People complain about lack of bass, not enough mid range. Solution? You are not defining the Quality of the replacement speaker ,is it a 2 way to a 3 way speaker if so the quality ,and size difference . Your room can excite different bass frequencies ,and what’s called suck out in certain rooms . If if ported mayb... | |
| If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments? Reflections , I have 10 , 1st reflections from the front, in corners Bass traps which can create boominess ,then directly behind ,carpeting Always recommended in front at least for slap echo off floor onto ceilings . Some people with $$ like my br... | |
| 40+ watts SET, cost is not a problem Charles dad any 40 watt amp is not a true SET it is considered A2 - 2 stage class , which still can sound good but not as clean Very high voltages up to 1500 volts.. | |
| 40+ watts SET, cost is not a problem There is no such thing ,a true 300 B SET is roughly 8 watts with big quality transformers and chokes ,you can run in pure class A using 4 tubes around 18 wpc thats it .. look up Radu Tarta he builds by hand 1 at a time as well as DHT preamps. I ... | |
| Could Class D really be that good? Myself hear a Lot of gear and owned a Audio store for a decade. Danish Audio Group AAvic integrated amplifiers , and their Great Forte series that has integrated dac,and streamer the model 1 starting at $5500. A bunch of trickle down technol... | |
| No discussion about the Synergistic Pink fuse? I have owned all types . A buzz fuse is a bottle neck plain and simple . it is zinc steel a horrible conductor,in the metals index around a 18 copper like Hifi tuning silver,copper, or their gold over copper are in the63+ category , 3 x better ... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama This reminds me of the political left cancel culture of destroyer a opponent when it doesnot fit their narrative . Your 1st amendment right is to your opinion . you should ask to not have your outcome displayed if they don’t like them. I am no... | |
| Noob question about streaming . . . You have a long journey to get good sound ,for 1 the junk $5 power supply to your router needs to be replaced by a linear power supply ,little green computer sells them $300 , then you need a decent Ethernet switch ,LTY SW8 2 decent Ethernet cab... | |
| From B&W 804 D3 to Focal Sopra 2? Go hear the Borresen X1 monitor with matching Stands I have heard them all before A sub is needed if you want low bass The Borresen is by fsr the best tweeter That ribbon is open and airy Another speaker perlisten R5 in the $6k range also... |