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| Perfect Path Total Contact no longer? @theaudiotweak, have patents been filed on this product? BTW, patents can be invalidated by showing the disclosed information does not fully support the claims. I hold 6 patents for chemical processes/composition of matter. I know how this stu... | |
| Perfect Path Total Contact no longer? It would not be difficult for someone with the proper equipment to reverse engineer the product. However, the necessary equipment is not cheap, nor is the expertise necessary to interpret the data. Too bad the owner chose not to document his fo... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? Uberwaltz, I agree it is difficult to know how to proceed, but in a sense, it is a nice problem to have. One really could buy all three, either sequentially or concurrently, because all have their advocates, and therefore the resale market shoul... | |
| Streamers and bit rot. Eric,. The Sony has a single USB in port that permits use of either an external hard drive or an external DAC. I presume Sony could provide a firmware update that would permit other possibilities, were they motivated to do so. DACs are stable in... | |
| Streamers and bit rot. @erik_squires, Insightful observation. It seems to me that all forms of digital playback are subject to early obsolescence. CD players, DACs, and yes, streamers, become outdated much faster than amps, preamps, speakers, etc. For those of us w... | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror Thanks TJ. All of the hubbub about the AM, Amber, and Orchid has made for fascinating reading. Makes me want all three. | |
| Room Treatment ama732mx1, It makes a difference that you are dealing with a living room where you do not have complete freedom due to a concern for aesthetics. Typically one also has limited flexibility in speaker and listening position in a living room. I hav... | |
| Room Treatment I've used GIK and yes, I made room measurements using REW software first. Before you buy anything, do yourself a favor and optimize speaker and listening position before you begin adding treatments. Simply optimizing speaker and listening positi... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? kalali and rx8man, Congestion during complex musical passages can be caused by a lot of different things, and I can't know with any certainty what is causing it until I make a change that mitigates the problem. For all I know, the problem may be ... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? Chris, you are absolutely correct in observing that implementation is key. Also, there is never going to be a single DAC that is unequivocally better in every attribute. It is enough for most of us that it checks most of our personal boxes, and ... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? Bill and Chris, thanks for providing all the info on these 3 wonderful (by all accounts) DACs. I'm thinking seriously about giving one of these three a try before the end of the year. I've read that R2R chips tend to handle complex musical pass... | |
| Build My Own Room Treatments I have built my own using mostly Owens Corning 705 and 703. I prefer to buy commercial products from GIK, because I don't save enough money to make it worthwhile making my own. There is one notable exception. There are back wall areas that I fo... | |
| Getting GIKed! Rocray, For the most part, I bought my room treatments one or two at a time, and a fair amount of what I bought was range limited so as not to rob the room of air and sparkle. I was also a bit reluctant to dive into the REW software at first. It ... | |
| Seeking Consultant/Designer for Acoustic Treatment of Room I agree with @erik_squires re GIK. I've gotten good products and good guidance from them. Even if you ultimately hire a consultant, the first step is to understand the underlying principles of room acoustics, speaker and listening position placem... | |
| Getting GIKed! If you are not using REW software, do yourself a favor and take the time to download and learn to use and interpret the data. Use REW to optimize the speaker and primary listening position before adding room treatments. Very likely you will see ... |