bryoncunningham
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| How essential is shielding? One would need 2 identical cables, the only difference being shielded vs non, in order to make a reasonable comparison.Hi Tholt - This is a good point, and I agree that comparing two cables that differed only in the presence/absence of shielding w... | |
| How essential is shielding? The answer is that you would also be breaking the signal return path.I thought so, but it was unclear to me what the audible results would be, which the rest of your answer describes very nicely. Thanks, Al.While the hazards of using unshielded in... | |
| How essential is shielding? What do you guys mean by "dead quiet"?Niacin - I mean (1) With the system turned on and no music playing, with the preamp volume in the maximum position I ever make use of, no noise is audible at the listening position; and (2) With the system pla... | |
| What makes the Bloom around instruments . . . My question really didn't have anything to do with the quality of the XA30.5, only the Bloom that I got from it.It probably would have been best if I hadn't mentioned the amp. I did it, not thinking, because that's where I had the Bloom and I real... | |
| What makes the Bloom around instruments . . . The XA30.5 had a strong bass and good high frequency extension, BUT, the instrument that was so prominent that it was masking everything else was the drums.I have never heard an effect like this with the XA30.5. I don't doubt what you are hearing,... | |
| What makes the Bloom around instruments . . . bloom: A quality of expansive richness and warmth, like the live body sound of a cello.-From J. Gordon Holt's Stereophile audio glossary.This is what I thought Chuck meant by "bloom." Maybe he can tell us.Bryon | |
| What makes the Bloom around instruments . . . I also think Chuck's speaker cables and such are more resolving than your anti cables. So maybe more details/resolution are heard in Chuck's system.Hi Joe. This is certainly possible, though I don't know that it effects the likelihood of either sc... | |
| What makes the Bloom around instruments . . . I own a Pass XA30.5. To my ears, it sounds pretty neutral. I'm not doubting you about the difference in bloom you heard between the Pass and the Spectron. But I am wondering whether the difference in bloom is attributable to something that the Pas... | |
| Grilles or No Grilles I agree with Kal. It depends on the speaker, as well as listener preference.Until recently, I never listened to my speakers with the grilles on. Then I tried it as an experiment. As expected, there was a slight diminishment of perceived resolution... | |
| Vibration Theory - Isolate or Drain? I use both approaches in my system. My belief is that coupling (i.e. draining) works best with speakers, while decoupling (i.e. isolating) works best with just about everything else. That is 50% science, 50% hunch.Don't ask me for the science.Bryon | |
| Im looking for Speakers/Sub to play rap mostly I just want it to be really frickin loud and clean. JBL stuff or horns arent an option. It needs to have a very easy to listen to tweeter ideally silk dome style just nice and smooth.Not to pile on, but I agree with other posters that you should c... | |
| Treble harshness - interconnects as culprits? Some good ideas so far, but one thing that has not been mentioned is jitter.Mizuno - You said in the OP that your dac is being fed by the S/PDIF output from Sonos. Sonos' S/PDIF output has a high level of jitter. Jitter results in frequency modula... | |
| Bach: Six Suites Unaccompanied For Cello I prefer Rostropovich's more "emotional" presentation.Samhar - I initially wrote the same thing in my post - i.e. that the Starker performance feels more intellectual, while Rostropovich feels more emotional - but then I rephrased it because I did... | |
| Bach: Six Suites Unaccompanied For Cello I like the Starker recording. Not on your list, but I also like the Rostropovich recording (from EMI). Rostropovich's performance strikes me as a touch less precise than Starker's. This can be a good or a bad thing, depending on your preferences.Y... | |
| Room correction altering soundstage I agree with GMC that one of the speakers may be out of phase with the other. On the other hand...If I understand you correctly, you are saying that one of the speakers has 18ms of delay relative to the other speaker. If that is correct, then I th... |