big_greg
Responses from big_greg
| Class A, A/B vs Class D amp Soundstage What you describe is not a characteristic of the good Class D amps I've owned. I'm currently using PS Audio M1200 monoblocks and they are fantastic. Of course those are 3 times the cost of your integrated amp. Cheap Class D devices may sound c... | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? Cup your hands behind your ears while listening. You'll notice a dramatic difference in the sound. The reflections off your chair will have a similar, but less dramatic effect. Dampening the chair with a heavy blanket should affect the sound. It's... | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype I've come to the conclusion whomever believes most things ASR says doesn't have a very resolving system. I've come to the conclusion whomever believes most things ASR says doesn't have ears. | |
| Recommendation for an HDMI cable under $200 for audio only DH Labs would also be my recommendation. I bought one for my Rockna server/dac combo. I later tried a RAL cable. Both units have 2 i2s connections, so it was pretty easy to go back and forth between the two cables. At first I thought I heard an... | |
| HDMI cable to utilize I2s Connection from LAIV uddc to Denafrips Terminator 2 DH Labs Silver Sonic .5M cable is nice. I compared this to a much more expensive cable of the same length and at first thought I heard some difference, but I think I learned something about confirmation bias that day. I did some later A/B compari... | |
| Sub repair or new sub? If the driver is in good shape, you're unlikely to find a better sub than the one you already have with the replacement amp for under $500. | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype So much fail in this thread. "It's all ones and zeros". That's like saying "it's all just grooves in the vinyl" and that all cartridges sound the same. In both cases there are a lot of important parts and design choices between the input signal an... | |
| Streamer Advice If you're going to use a DAC you already like, just get the BS Nano. I did not participate in this, but three of my friends recently got together to A/B/C compare the Nano, a Roon Nucleus, and the Airlens (which is what my friend was using for st... | |
| One Sub or Two? For a room of that size, consider two (or more) Rythmik F18 or G25HP subs depending on what budget and room (and wife) constraints allow. | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? I don't want to be that guy that is "hey, it's all 1s and 0s man, it doesn't matter what you stream from", but... I went from a Bluesound Node to a Roon Nucleus to a Rockna Wavedream NET server. Since I was using the DAC in the Node, it's hard t... | |
| Replacing JL Audio F112 v1 If one has mid level mains, SVS or Rythmic are fine but they won't be fast enough to do the high end Focals justice. Speed is not about how fast they make sound but actually how fast they stop making a sound and get out of the way again. Power ... | |
| One Sub or Two? Information about the size of your room would be helpful. Based on the speakers and the HT / 2 channel mix, assuming a larger room, more is better. No need to stop at two. Highly recommend Rythmik servo subs over REL. | |
| 300 Watt Tube Monoblocks I would avoid this path for the reasons mentioned. After owning some high-powered tube monoblocks and dealing with tubes melting down, the cost of tube replacement, repairs, etc. I would go solid state for amps and have the tubes in your preamp a... | |
| Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it? Due to a recent change in speakers, I decided I needed a more powerful set of monoblock amps than my Herron M2 class A/B amps (160 watts each) which were matched with a Herron VTSP-360 tube preamp. I decided to give the PS Audio M1200 Stellar mon... | |
| Do you grade your albums? I am just finishing putting all of my vinyl into the Discogs database. I have play graded them all based on condition. You can also "rate" them from 1-5 stars and make comments about sound quality, but I rarely do that. |