audioman58
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| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? Much has to do with design the larger the diaphragm. The better the bass Soundlabs is the best although big with their excellent autoformers their panel has different size segments for high frequencies,mids and bass you truly need at least ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC I would like to see how it measure up the the latest $4600 Denafrips Terminator -2 this is one of the best dacs out there under $10 k which is getting a lot of good press and I personally bought ,and now has U.S repair facilities if needed which... | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? I feel 20-25% of your audio system should go to your Loudspeakers having owed a Audio store synergy is key ,and the most distortion by far comes from your speakers roughly 3-5% on average when pushed ,Electronics under 1% cables to 15-20% of yo... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? That statement says it all your expert is none of the above . hav8ng owned a Audio store ,parts quality and design are essential to good sound as well as quality digital cables which I just was part of extensive testing in our audio club ,and yes... | |
| Least Expensive Power Conditioner/Surge Protector That Won't Worsen Sound Brick wall out of PA for $300, matched several-line conditioners in the $1500 range andSterphile used to have it in class-B which is respectable ,I bought 2 and find them pretty effective ,I upgraded mine by upgrading several internal capacito... | |
| Vandersteen Speakers.. Are All Other Speaker Makers Doing It Wrong ? I have had several Vandersteen speakers ,they used to be a great value , not by todays standards , the Xovers inside always average at best , Maybe the $30 k speaker they are good , and drivers ,not even sure who makes them . look at Dynaudio f... | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? If you are not married to the meters ,then Coda Audio design makes excellent products made in U.S.A Nelson Pass engineering team at $7k retail. Maybe a little less See Mike at Audio Archon , 3 power choices lower power higher 1st watts in pure... | |
| Thermal Distortion your loudspeaker most likely suffers from it. But do you care? The Xover helps to relief stress high quality Xovers are one Big thing most mags don’t address unless spending over $20 k even then not top parts quality, personally I have been doing high quality Loudspeaker upgrades for years, for example m... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. Hello thanks for the info I spent $1500 on the New Reference Excellent Final Touch Audio USB cable for my dac, ,which is a Huge step up from the AQ Diamond ,WWorld platinum 8 , purist 30 anniversary and several others 2x as much ,their $900 Ca... | |
| Burning in question Look up music direct I believe they carry the Isotek breakin cd, it’s won a bunch of awards and truly cuts the time down by burning in the critical capacitors and transformers ,and track 3 is a Excellent system tune up that demagnetize you audio ... | |
| Wireworld Platinum Starlight 8 USB To be totally honest ,I had the platinum 8 ,very good detail but very non involving spend a bit more money around $900 the Final Touch Audio Callisto is by far the most musically involving and natural cable under $1k and their flagship Sinope ... | |
| Can a inexpensive RJ45 to Fiber optic converters sound better then coaxial ? Ok Thanks guys for the assistance 👍 | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. Ok Thank you , I take it I need 2 Ethernet cables or 3 from modem to router at least one Ethernet cable then rendu optical to a rj45 Ethernet converter ,then run fiber optic to another optical rendu then Ethernet cable to computer, from computer ... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. What I don’t understand is do I need 2 optical Rendu ? my setup from modem to router ,then long run of WWorld starlight cable to uptone Etherregen to AQ Diamond Ethernet cable ,to dedicated Audio computer to Final Touch Audio Callisto usb cable... | |
| Can a inexpensive RJ45 to Fiber optic converters sound better then coaxial ? To SNS, uptone audio stopped making usb regen ,I am still waiting for them to make one again ,unless Sonore makes one . I own the uptone Ether regen and it’s very good . thesenore setup is probably $4k once you get the server , power supplies an... |