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| Buyer Beware I report these ads constantly. There's a "button" at the bottom of each ad to report it. Do it when you see a fake ad. It usually takes a few hours to see it taken down but at least they're aware it's there and can see the zero feedback seller's ... | |
| Just got started on Qobuz. Can anyone recommend an album or song? Qobuz has a ton of playlists from Hi-Fi Partners. Look under playlists, you'll find them. | |
| How do I get the best soundstage? As @yeti42 said, try the Sumiko Setup. These are the instructions I use: https://www.audioaficionado.org/showthread.php?p=979168 You're not going to get it on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd try but don't get discouraged. I have the patience of Mike Tyson ... | |
| hooking up a subwoofer to a Mcintosh MA12000 You can use either output 1 (RCA) or output 2 (XLR) depending on your subwoofer inputs. If you want to hook the sub(s) up using speaker level, otherwise known as high-level inputs you'll have to ask McIntosh. If the integrated is truly balanced th... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? Is it possible that if we all listened really close to the speakers that we would want perfect measurements but once we get beyond a certain distance away, that's where components can sound different from one another? In other words, sound waves ... | |
| Autoformer/Passive Preamp vs. 6SN7 vs. 12AT7 with Class A, Class D, and Tubes Thanks for posting this. I’m interested in reading more about your experiments. I’ve got a Quicksilver linestage and amps and have had Salks in the recent past. I also run my Teac NT-505 direct at times and it’s interesting how it works well with ... | |
| Auction Art and Influence of Hip Hop I grew up in the same time and same area. 98.7 KISS and 107.5 WBLS were my introduction to hip hop. I can still hear Buffalo Gals playing on some tinny sounding car stereo system. | |
| Auction Art and Influence of Hip Hop A lot of cool stuff on there. The Tupac "letter" starts at $100k! That fur probably cost more than the $10k starting bid when new. He was a big boy too so extra animals needed. | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 @smodtactical I've talked with Aric and emailed back and forth. His stuff looks great and apparently sounds great but I can't get over what you said. Resale would be lucky to be 50% on a barley used piece. That's thousands of dollars in a matter ... | |
| Low Level Listening and Distortion @jjss49 Great post! "to me, good sound has a richness and texture and warmth to it, within which details can be heard". That says so much to me. Often times we can find richness, texture and warmth but at the expense of detail, or we find detail a... | |
| Low Level Listening and Distortion I had an Ayre AX-5 using it as an amp with their KX-R (non-Twenty version) and Salk Encore speakers that excelled at low level listening like nothing I've heard before. I don't think distortion came into play at all but the "blackness" of the Ayre... | |
| Low Level Listening and Distortion @bigtwin I enjoy music at low levels. It's part of my weekend routine. Wake up early, go downstairs, throw on something I really want to hear and listen for a couple hours watching football/soccer on TV. I don't want to disturb anyone in the hous... | |
| Low Level Listening and Distortion Thanks for the response @atmasphere. They may vary in sound but their reputation is a fairly sterile, clean sound as opposed to a tube amp which has a reputation for distortion, no? Ralph, you were who I was thinking of when I started this thread.... | |
| Low Level Listening and Distortion Interesting. That’s pretty much what I’m hearing. Do you think my theory about distortion could be the issue? Distortion may cause/trick our minds into thinking depth, three dimensionality, wide soundstage, etc. so the lack of distortion of these ... | |
| TEAC UD-701 vs NT-505 vs ? Thanks for the update! I've bought an amp from Safe and Sound before and had no issues. I don't think they would do anything nefarious at all. A distributor/manufacturer who often comments on these forums has good things to say about them also. ... |