bruce19
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| Initial disappointment with 1st set of “expensive’ IC’s... I wonder if anybody has ever put together two identical systems except for the cables and done listening tests? Seems like the only way to get around the qualifiers that you can’t move a cable and it Has to burn/break in for hundreds of hours. An... | |
| Favorite cable brand. Thanks @cromaudionut I like the blue jeans site and I like that schmitt cable site posted earlier in this discussion by @bob540. They tell you how the cable is constructed and charge reasonable prices based on that. This sitehttp://diyaudioproject... | |
| Favorite cable brand. Reason suggests that a cable’s properties would be the result of A) type of wire used, B) the geometry (weaving wrapping twisting), C) the insulation or covering and D) the cable ends. So if we don’t have things that we can measure that help us un... | |
| Favorite cable brand. @clearthinker you make a good point. I read this thread thinking that there would be some consensus among all the golden ears and deep pockets, but the preferences seem all over the map. I like the comments by @cromaudionut and @urbie because at l... | |
| MQA actually tested Wow, if this is true, and at this point it feels like it is, a lot of high-end manufacturers have some ‘splaining to do as to why they incorporated this and charge their customers for it. And I agree with the earlier comment this certainly seems t... | |
| Suddenly...one third of my tracks are 'unavailable' using Qobuz I couldn’t find that exact title either but a search turned up no less than 13 albums by Ray Charles with the word genius in them. I suspect that because his material has been re-packaged so many times the album you’re looking for is under one of ... | |
| Has Digital Audio Tech Plateaued - Is It Safe To Come Out Now? @rooze I think you answered your own question at the outset..."Yeah, I think I’ll just buy another tonearm.."Perhaps you can tell me, do you think analog audio has plateaued yet? If so why are people still "upgrading"? Why are there so many turnta... | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? @erik_squires You got me thinking and it might be learned but not from equipment. My hypothesis is that certain harmonics are more pleasing to the ear but they may be conditioned by the musical system we are accustomed to. My reading of Nelson Pa... | |
| Opinions wanted: 10-30K Speakers for Jazz/Folk @nhb1 Because you love Folk and Jazz you get where this music came from. You want to enjoy the music more. Music that wasn't made for royalty or oligarchs, it is from and for regular people with challenging lives. You enjoy the soul of the music.... | |
| Mystery Capacitor and the Tangent RS4 Crossover @imhififan Wow! What a fine piece of information. Good detective work! Now I've got to decide do I go down the rabbit hole of comparing the sound of capacitors. Mmmmm.......very tempting | |
| Mystery Capacitor and the Tangent RS4 Crossover @timlub Your 15 inch/1inch speaker sounds interesting, particularly coupled with the efficiency rating it sports. Have you considered selling it as a DIY kit? I was looking around and was surprised at the lack of selection of DIY speaker kits. May... | |
| Mystery Capacitor and the Tangent RS4 Crossover @imhififan That is good news to hear your take on the value. The cap was somewhat damaged as I removed it from the circuit board so I was just a bit concerned about whether it would measure accurately.@timlub What kind of speakers to you build? Do... | |
| Mystery Capacitor and the Tangent RS4 Crossover @I really appreciate your interest and input | |
| Mystery Capacitor and the Tangent RS4 Crossover @timlub As it turns out I have gone that route with guidance from the stellar tech support man, Josh, at Madisound I bought a mix of Solen and Claritycap polypropylene caps. It is worth mentioning that Solen is made in France and Clarity is made ... | |
| Mystery Capacitor and the Tangent RS4 Crossover Great dialog timlub and imhififan. Your raising some of the questions I have been wondering about as a novice in this arena. For instance is the capacitor only important as a capacitor or do its other properties such as inductance and resistance e... |