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| Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers Full range single drivers do have their following. That being said, it's incredibly difficult to engineer a single driver that will do a wide range (from low 50 Hz all the way up to high 20 kHz). Some can do this, but with compromises. I think ... | |
| Uh Oh, Not another Bi-Wire thread... A bi-wire can give a small increase in sound quality, but you need to start with a cable that is large enough. Many cables (even some of the more expensive ones) are not large to start with. Audioquest speaker cables are an example as they are o... | |
| Digital XLR vs Digital RCA This is somewhat of a controversial subject. I have read some people state that AES/EBU XLR digital interface has design issues and not as good as RCA/BNC. Others say that AES/EBU is far superior.You can run both cables to the DAC at the same ti... | |
| Fuses and confusion The Marantz AV8805 actually has a larger number of fuses and they are all located internally. The main fuse is probably the biggest impact (usually on a small board right next to the IEC power cord socket). I would go with a 2A fuse for this ma... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) By the way, it appears there are tone generators on Spotify, etc. too. Is there a reason not to search out these tones via a streaming service rather than download each one, burn a CD, etc.?In other words, would this do it? It depends. If you... | |
| Yamaha RX-A4030 not powering on If the proposed reboot does not work, un-screw and take off the top of the unit and check the fuse. The fuse is mounted on a small board right at the power cord connector. It should be a size 5x20mm small fuse with a 15A rating. You can check w... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) This discussion of test tones and REW reminded me of a couple tools I have used. If you look at deep bass, amroc shows that your room has a couple of nodes at 40/42hz and another one at 62hz.https://amcoustics.com/tools/amroc?l=27&w=14&h=... | |
| CD Transport VS Streamer It could be that the Bluesound is generating a brighter sound with accentuated highs. The Audiolab and the Cambridge CXC could be producing a more neutral sound (yes, digital transports do not all sound the same). One additional reason could be ... | |
| Upgrading Speaker Cables: Wireworld Silver Eclipse or Transparent Audio Ultra? @auxinput You've posted here enough to realize what a canard the old silver is bright line is eh? sorry, but I have done extensive listening and testing with silver components. Silver interconnects, silver fuses, silver digital cable. It is l... | |
| Seas Excel Diamond tweeter or Plasma? There's really only a tiny bit on the Seas Diamond tweeter. I have used the Seas Excel Beryllium tweeter and that is just excellent. Much cheaper at $1400 a pair. Although, I really like the B&W 800 series with their diamond tweeters. | |
| Upgrading Speaker Cables: Wireworld Silver Eclipse or Transparent Audio Ultra? b4icu started another thread and has been pushing very hard in different threads that big gauge speaker wire beats everything else. I would take all this with a grain of salt. Generally, if you have a speaker cable that is somewhere in the 9-12a... | |
| Upgrading Speaker Cables: Wireworld Silver Eclipse or Transparent Audio Ultra? Those Revel Ultima Studios have the previous generation aluminum alloy tweeter. These can have a bright edge due to the breakup distortion of metal domes.The Silver Eclipse has a very heavy silver content - heavily silver clad copper conductors a... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Thanks for your thoughtful reply. Trying not to overemphasize burn in (I read your article); just trying to do some burn in and put it out of my mind. sorry, but I disagree here in burn in. I have burned in so many different cables, capacito... | |
| Lumin U1 vs Lumin U1 mini + sbooster? sorry, I was looking at a wrong picture. | |
| Good entry level cables Can these be run in the wall? I’m doing new construction so I can run them through the studs behind the drywall Well, you could run them in the wall, but I don't think either of these cables would be legal as far as electrical codes are concerne... |