audioman58
Responses from audioman58
| Purifi v Gan amps? Gan transistors we’re invented many years ago , they are much more efficient and will be in.many more products. In the future ,they are very good I actually own a GAN charger for my phones and tablets ,over 3x faster , My point is ,I have seen s... | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience I have found good Ethernet cables around $1k x2 make a much bigger difference then cheaper $300 models ,especially at the end point side. and a very good Ethernet switch ,the uptone Ethernet switch ,or far better still the Synergistic research s... | |
| Purifi v Gan amps? Don’t get sucked into buying just because it has GAN in its build , if these were the end all most other top companies would be using them ? i have a top Coda integrated it’s not in Thst , Pass labs, AR , Boulder, Gryphon ,Goldman or many other t... | |
| Tekton haters and bashers you just got a new target! I have owned several monitor speakers I literally broke the basket ,you would think a nice cast basket Wrong, a polymor plastic I rebuilt several Xovers much much better sound , the magnets too nothing to write home about made in Wuhan , their p... | |
| Storage of other speakers in the room, shorting them while not in use? Myth or true? I see no reason to leave any speakers in the same room if not-being used just more static object reflections.nothing more , | |
| B&W 802 D2 Capacitors Worth Upgrading? Yes for sure a great speaker to upgrade , great drivers and cabinet. Xovers a bit bright I helped rebuild a few years back, even when they went with upper mundorf capacitors they are a bit brigh5 by nature. and cheap resistors , path audio resis... | |
| Would you spend you money on modest brand new car or rather buy top notch vintage one? If it were a daily driver,for sure a New car. | |
| Has Anyone Compared the DAC On a Bluesound NODE 3rd Gen to a Separate DAC? Blow sound sucks period ,$100 dac in the case ,save your money for a Denafrips aries2 night and day better for $900 | |
| Nucleus, is there a better alternative? Fiber optic internet service like fios only fiber to the pole then regular copper cable to the house little green computer sell Ethernet to fiber converters I use the uptone ether regen that has a fiber optic input ,there multi regulators r... | |
| Nucleus, is there a better alternative? A nucliusis Thst that great too begins with , little green computer is much better with a LPS, and going fiber optic can help ,the key don’t buy cheap modules but better brands , uptone audio makes their ether regen thsts takes fiber optic just ma... | |
| Using battery power to go off the City's power grid I have used different batteries, my electrician-Audiophile friend set me up using a 30 amp outlet using gold copper outlets , a special Siemens pure silver breaker from Germany ,awg10 Copper wire, and a 4 wire and common ground ,the other insu... | |
| OMG. What now? A Quality active preamp is always better then a direct source in dynamics and soundstage depth.i owned a Audio-store for years as well as Audiophile for 40+ years. | |
| What I really hate about some music This is true , there are exceptions such as classics such as Light my fire, who’s name with Fire used many times , is poetic and great singing ability , there are many great bands that have repetitive songs , I guess much depends on the qualit... | |
| DSP vs. active analog crossover vs. passive analog crossover. What is your take? Having built many Xovers ,passive such as a passive preamp is not active and you loose a lot of dynamics , electronic Xovers will change the Xover points and enhance certain aspects of the frequency band but imo,flatten the sound no life a true ... | |
| Are Expensive Balanced Interconnects Necessary? Yes all your components from dac to preamp,to Poweramp needs to be balanced Differentially from Input to output ,then it truly lowered noise floor !! |