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| What's your favorite lyric from a song? As the morning turned my way Sea birds flying through this hazy face And I came back here to replace your place in my life And didn’t you know that I’m not the world’s strongest man When it comes to you and your world I’m lost Can’t you see the t... | |
| Is there a DAC ranking list? @rpurcz I think no DAC is the best DAC. Peachtree offers GAN amps that don't require a DAC. So, why spend $15k on a device to color the sound. Good question! Especially when some technically superior ones come in under $1k. Besides, haven't... | |
| How important is spending time with your gear? @ticat Tube Glow makes everything sound Better... Indisputably true, at least for me. It must be that primordial visual link to fire and safety that feels so comfortable. Even with transistors! I once had a JVC (UX D150) midi system that h... | |
| How important is spending time with your gear? @painter24 I read your OP, paused to digest, and then felt disturbingly uneasy at the thought of it. Gave me an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. I think I need help 😜 You're not the only one! In a perfect world I wouldn't need a... | |
| Is there a DAC ranking list? @holmz I would still like to see some measurements showing impulse response. The band limiting filters, around 20 kHz, that are used in DACS can give low SINAD for steady state tones, but can cause pre ringing or post ringing. The multi tine si... | |
| Is there a DAC ranking list? @holmz Now that’s what I call a timely intervention! Thanks for the link. It’s an excellent interactive resource for anyone in the market for a dedicated DAC, though there’s plenty of other stuff there too. There’s a few at $6/7k which don’t ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? @roxy54 That’s what you might call a real haunting song of loss. It reminded me of this one originally written by Nick Cave, but performed here by Shane McGowan. ----- Lucy Last night I lay trembling The moon it was low It was the end of ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? The most embarrassingly confessional first verse I've heard must be this one. The Wedding Present - 'Nobody's Twisting Your Arm'. And when I called your house I'm sure your sister thought that I was somebody else I heard a laugh down the pho... | |
| Bookshelf speakers - Paradigm, KEF, Totem I've had both the Rega Kytes (originals) and the Rega RS1s. Both were excellent speakers. Both needed to be close to the front wall but the RS1s were more picky about placement. Get it right and they have a lovely breathing midbass that can be ... | |
| Did I ruin my cartridge or my stylus? Or both? Possibly the stylus only. I can't see how the innards could have been damaged. I've on occasion managed to lower my cart onto the felt mat of my turntable without any obvious issues thereafter. At the Radio Station where I used to volunteer, th... | |
| Does Anyone Else Member the Golden Age of Audio Insults and Product Degradation? We seem to be living in an entirely different age now that the name NAD no longer raises even a faintly embarrased smile. Oh well, there's still the mention of Schitt Audio to slip in if the dinner conversation gets a little dull. On second thou... | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. @mahgister My main interest is how do we hear and tune in and interpret sound with this spiral-like and non linear structure of the cochlea, my Ariane thread is the non commutativity of the tone scale ...What is music? Yes, it’s an intere... | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. @deludedaudiophile "I had my own revelations many years ago now, thinking that I could easily hear differences between amplifiers, speaker cables, and yes CD players. Then someone forced me to do a listening test without knowing what I was liste... | |
| The Audiophile's Wife To have a wife that understands you, sort of, is to be blessed indeed. Especially one who is articulate and writes so well. Her blog could be a great balm to some of us afflicted with audiophile urges. A cure, of course, might be a little too mu... | |
| Why Do You Post? @sudnh "Who knew access to all of the world’s knowledge would make people dumber because people have no idea what knowledge is and are instead amused and give credence to a put down from a troll rather than thinking." Perhaps humans have alw... |