bryoncunningham
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| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? Just heard back from my Meridian dealer. He has changed his mind. He no longer thinks the Pass amp is causing the problem, which seems to be the nearly unanimous opinion here.I will be sending the unit back to Meridian America for diagnosis and re... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? Thanks for the input so far.Elizabeth - The Meridian is plugged into a Shunyata Hydra 8, as is the amp and the rest of the system. The Shunyata is on a dedicated line.Waiting to hear from my dealer. I will report back with further details. | |
| Tell the truth How often do you clean your gear? Speakers get dusted once a week. Equipment about once a month. As far as clean equipment sounding better, and clean cars driving better, that seems to me to be beyond dispute. Of course, those are nothing more than halo effects, but so is a lot of... | |
| Pre/Pro in Computer Setup Kal - I stand corrected. In Meridian's literature about the HD621, they say that it "extracts the audio signal from the HDMI input." That left me with the impression that the HD621 would decode the new codecs. But looking closer, I see that it doe... | |
| Pre/Pro in Computer Setup Axle - I have not heard the HD621. In light of the fact that it uses a FIFO buffer, I would expect it to lower the jitter in the signal delivered to downstream devices. Just how much it will reduce jitter will partly depend on the quality of the c... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" A recent thread discusses a Stereo Times interview with Duke LeJeune of AudioKinesis. A passage in the interview struck me as relevant to an idea I've been trying to advance on this thread, namely that omnidirectional ambient cues are necessary fo... | |
| StereoTimes Interview with Duke LeJeune/Audiokines It's fascinating to hear a manufacturer talk so openly about his design goals and the choices he makes to achieve them. Thanks for sharing. | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" As horrifying as it is to audiophiles, the future of creating the illusion that "you are there" may be digital signal processing. Tgrisham posted a thread today about a Stereo Times article about 3D audio. That got me searching the web for related... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Muralman - I agree that the success of room correction depends heavily on the particulars of the system. IME, it also depends heavily on the particulars of implementation. Without naming names, I have heard room correction hardware that ruins the ... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Muralman - I agree that noise, like distortion, diminishes the neutrality of a component or system. As far as neutrality being a "very tall order," it is worth keeping in mind that neutrality is a matter of degree. It is not a binary state. As col... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" One thing I will say is that Blackbird Studio C is designed to be a recording space, and most definitely NOT a listening space.Learsfool - According to the Blackbird Studio website, Studio C is a space for "editing, overdubbing, and mixing." In ot... | |
| Do power cords make an audible difference? Danlib - The Justification of Induction...yikes! You are a braver man than I. | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Muralman - I know nothing about your system, and so I cannot comment on your claims, though I assume you recognize how provocative they are. I myself am a digital only person, so I would like to believe the things you are saying about digital play... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? To pick up on something Albert mentions in his post...The analogy between photography and audio playback, although useful and interesting, has an significant limitation: The analogue to the photographer is NOT the audiophile, but rather the record... | |
| Do power cords make an audible difference? The question of whether a tree falling in the forest makes any sound is really a way of asking: Are the characteristics of sound features of the WORLD or features of human MINDS. Philosophers have asked similar questions about colors, word meaning... |