benanders
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| Signal tube versus power tube, sound impact? Not knowing what your tubes are definitively (did you actually confirm they’re JJ - you seemed uncertain…), nor the amp, speakers etc., this is not a realistic query for anyone to field. More supporting input due from ya. 😉 | |
| Finally...subwoofer that's aesthetically pleasing! I see that item as a paired bass tower (not sold separately or intended for diverse range of speakers) rather than a subwoofer. At least in the audio hobbyist/consumer sense of the term. Gotta wonder how many units Sonus aspired to sell with that ... | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... Well this thread sure ran longer than a few mic cables 😅 Main discrepancy is revealed by the term belief. Belief is best applied to things that can’t be experimentally assessed. While it’s obvious for some pursuits, it doesn’t need to apply to co... | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... laoman 336 posts 02-08-2024 at 07:48am @benanders "Listening through headphones via the Scarlett 2i2, it was super easy to hear distinct differences in these cables. The differences were not small and very apparent." This does not sou... | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... @crozbo based on your last comment: Was your wife reading the track live for each cable, or were you re-recording the same pre-recorded reading by her for each cable? I know the latter sounds incessantly redundant, but, if you recorded a different... | |
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp @dmaddox77 that is helpful info. No, I would not suggest DSP in your use case; mine is similar and a couple DSP implementation trials seemed unproductive for my goals. My stereo is similarly a whole-(shared-with-spouse)-household feature, and form... | |
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp Understood, @dmaddox77 . I too keep 2 Ch / “theater” separate. No such convenient DSP AIO’s for stereo-only that I’m aware of. Too bad, since that could be really handy for streaming to one MLP. | |
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp Did you look into Trinnov? | |
| Smaller plug-in AC Purifiers -- Shunyata, iFi, Puron...something else? What do you like? I don’t go for the small passive power conditioners because it seems nary a one explains how it produces audible reduction of noise, which may not even be audible in the first place if it’s not measured on the premises ad hoc. For me, the lack of ... | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... laoman 335 posts 02-07-2024 at 03:42pm @lordrootman "OP can you pass a honest A and B test?" Did you read the op? Is this not exactly what he did? No, @laoman , OP did not do a controlled A/B test (based on OP’s wording). He and his... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? “Hey Siri / Alexa, where can I find a dozen + takes on audio neutrality?” 😉 Growing up where only English is taught/spoken and moving to/working where several languages are taught/spoken (and where English is a second language), it became clear ... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers My joking aside, I think an important contention is that despite many manufacturers / engineers in other lines of products conducting [robustly designed] consumer preference analyses for a variety of reasons, for whatever reason these seem utterly... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers FWIW I don’t believe any inanimate object can break an entering, cables or otherwise. | |
| Old phones as streaming sources soix 8,136 posts 02-05-2024 at 02:25pm “What I tend to scratch my head over is how some folks pay manufacturers (who avoid said due diligence) so much for devices that aren’t verifiably (audibly) different.” @benanders Speak for yourself.... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @bruce19 you recruited a lot of single samples united by a culture of expectation bias x rejection of scientific process. There are ways to tell if an iPhone is an audibly inferior streamer. No one who responded has done the required steps to mak... |