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| Costliest Brainfart Not audio related but: My in-laws are constantly fighting, during a rather heated session he has to drive her to an appointment. And yes he mashes on the gas and takes out the (unopened) garage door completely as well as doing enough damage to h... | |
| Should I Sell My ARC REF 6 and Get A Pass Labs XP-32 @audphile1 Looks like I created a monster all those years ago! ROTFLMAO. Regards, barts | |
| What would your "perfect speaker" sound like. The most perfect speaker is the one that you own and love. The rest is just a fools errand. I prefer to think of it as "just music" and not a pursuit of the unattainable. Regards, barts | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? +1 @asvjerry When I first went to an active x-over and tri-amping the x-over had adjustable x-over points as well as levels for the three (stereo sets) of speakers. I defy anyone from just setting it and forgetting about it. Want DSTM to soun... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? I have been tri-amping for years and years. Just changed out the ARC amps for four Pass amps. Two X260.8 mono blocks and two XA30.8 stereo amps. Out of the pre-amp into a Marchand electronic x-over and to the amps. The x260.8(s) run the woofer... | |
| Cool feature on Pass X260.8 Mono Amps +1 @audphile1 Now I'm going to check mine very closely. Regards, barts | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? What you believe comes down to how many Grateful Dead shows you saw in the 60s and 70s. Although I do wonder what kind of fuses Owsley Stanley used in those Mac 300 monos for the Wall of Sound. Regards, barts | |
| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? Yes. No. Regards, barts | |
| Cable elevators @jl35 No I don't. But here is the vid and it will start just prior to them going in the sound room. It looks like they're using blocks under power cords(?!). There are several of Fremer taking a tour. This is the best I can do........... h... | |
| Cable elevators I have no dog in this fight. But I do find it interesting that the gentleman who listens to every piece of ARC gear prior to it leaving the factory uses cable risers in the factory listening room. Fremer has a video on YT which is a tour of the ... | |
| Riddle me this.... @jea48 +1 Couldn't agree more. May not make much difference on let's say organ music, but any percussive sound "needs" to start out as a push. That is how you would hear it live. Regards, barts | |
| Duntech Sovereign, Dunlavy IV, V, VI purchase make sense today? I have only heard the Duntech Sovereign in a studio setting driven by Cello class A amps. They are dynamic for sure! The caveat to me is that they will play what ever you feed them good bad or indifferent. With the proper input they are amazing... | |
| DAC UPGRADE QUESTION Me and an audiophile buddy of mine had a DAC shootout at his place. The three contestants were Mytech Brooklyn Bridge, Qutest and a Bryston BDA-3. Same day, same system, same tracks: the Mytech sounded "shrouded", the Qutest was better by a bunch... | |
| Is simpler better? The pendulum swings both ways. Just like corporations decide to "centralize" and then decide to "decentralize". Fashion comes and goes, only to return again and again. The trend at this point seems to me to be simpler is better. Hard to argue ... | |
| Passive crossover power usage @carlsbad2 I agree with your point concerning "less processing is better". The reason I went with an electronic crossover is the control I get from the ability to alter the input level to each set of speakers in the box. I would say the bigges... |