carlsbad
Responses from carlsbad
| Looking for “just good enuf” for garage man cave In my garage where I'm running machines and making a lot of noise I have my "retired" yamaha reciever and some old 2 way speakers that remind me of how sound systems sounded when I was in college. I certainly don't consider this a "man cave". my... | |
| Transparent plus speaker cables I'm sure transparent cables are excellent. However, your speakers are extremely resolving and capable of great detail with little power requirements so I would think about the next level of improvement when I spend as much money as you're conside... | |
| Audiogon Question The common scam associated with this is they will ask you to use an escrow account that turns out to be fake. There are real legitimate forwarding services out there. The key is payment. If he gives you real money with no strings attached, for ... | |
| Focal Kanta No. 2 Speakers hum with speaker with speaker cable disconnected Lets see what eric has to say since it was his test, he probably has a diagnosis. But shorting the speaker terminals just provides a lower impedance path for the signal and doesn't really explain where it comes from. The crossover can have lar... | |
| Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ... People tend to focus too much on the amp. If I had to way which one is more important I'd say preamp. An amp can't do much with a bad signal in. GIGO. If your preamp throws a blanket over the sound it sends to the amp, you're screwed. Now y... | |
| Objective Opinion? I think I've found it! I want my 60 seconds back. | |
| Primaluna or Octave to drive Dynaudio X34s 86dB....not good for a tube amp. The tube amps you’ve listed may not be much of an upgrade to your amp. Since you have the upgrade itch, I would consider upgrading speakers to something more efficient first. Of those 2 amps, I would definitel... | |
| What software are you running on your music server Unless you are doing digital processing, and I don't think you are, there is no sound quality improvement available in software. You are just improving the HMI. | |
| PS Audio PowerPlant 12 Review (AC Regenerator) I keep saying it, and the more I say it the less uncomfortable people get with it, so I'll keep saying it. If you're on this forum you can likely afford to buy a new amp if something happens to it. Plug it directly into the wall for best sound. ... | |
| Usb or Optical It probably doesn't matter at all. You likely won't be able to tell the difference. I have had optical connections that I thought were inferior but I didn't have any incentive to figure it out, I just switched to USB and was happy. Most roon us... | |
| Wanting to upgrade my streaming sound quality. It's all about the DAC. | |
| Best streamer/DAC for up to $1500 I also agree with the Node for the digital portion only. | |
| Best streamer/DAC for up to $1500 If Qutest is in your budget, go for it. I'm running a Dave. Friend's Cutest sounds almost as good. --Jerry | |
| Chip amps, not spoken about much, except on the diy sites. @russ69 I doubt I'll ever buy another set of speakers that needs more than 25 wpc, probably not more than 10. | |
| Bi-amping Bi amping can make a huge difference if you have two amps with different characteristics. For example, if your primary amp has weak bass, a second amp with good bass powering the woofers would make a difference. |