cundare2
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| What is your scariest moment in High End audio? The day I watched in horror one of my meticulously restored Quad ESLs arc. Through the grill, I could see a little spark walk across the treble panel, like a burning fuse on a stick of dynamite. To my surprise, this didn't affect the sound all t... | |
| Acoustics experts - a little help please @maprik Qustion #1: If you're concerned about ceiling bounce, what are the vertical radiation characteristics of your tweeters? The effects of room acoustics aren't limited to the lower registers. | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? COME ON. How can you ask, much less answer, this question without setting even broad boundary conditions? How do you define an "audiophile"? Someone who "buys $1500 speakers"? Someone who "subscribes to TAS or Stereophile"? Someone who seeks o... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical @shadorne I started out as a test engineer in the late 1970s and remember using, I think it was called, an Audio Precision System One, the standard high-end signal analyzer at the time, and probably the predecessor of the type of device you’re r... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical I’ll have to check out that Holo DAC. Sounds interesting. Any technical papers you’re aware of that detail what’s under the hood? One thing that continues to amaze me is the lack of T+A awareness among street-level audiophiles. See, e.g., this... | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? Well, do the opinions of people who call into political talk-radio shows carry any weight with you? I think the answer says more about you than about the opinion-holders. | |
| Integrated all in one for a second system Definitely need to look at the T+A line. I had a similar setup to yours, and needed extensive connectivity. I wanted to use a high-quality integrated both as a stereo system for "critical" listening to my sub-enhanced Harbeths, but also as the F... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical The OP raises a lot of detail that may indeed be relevant. But as is the case so often in audiophilia, the issue is not whether an effect merely exists, but whether it’s significant enough to be audible. IOW, an argument like this is credible only... | |
| Best Audiophile Album in terms of Dynamic Range and Mastering Quality? Any of the early Telarcs are obvious choices. The company’s first half-dozen or so LPs were consciously mastered to feature an insane dynamic range and low-end. Particular standouts: the first release (Michael Murray’s "Organ Music"), Fennel’s C... | |
| Shipping costs- WTF As others have hinted, volume is emerging as being at least as important as weight when computing shipping costs. UPS, USPS, and FedEx all went to volumentric pricing about five years ago. One more recent development is the USPS’s "Cubic" pricing... | |
| A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks I asked this same question to the fellow who designed Audioquest's terrific Niagara line of power conditions. He replied with an unequivocal 'yes', although he hastened to add that the conditioner's cable was only one of many that affected the so... | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? Yeah, I'm an old tube-roller who has spent many years restoring vintage gear. IMHO, the finest pre-1970s amp I've worked with was the original Quad 2 monoblock. You can sometimes find them cheap online. I had a pair restored by the factory and ... | |
| Directional wires/cables jeffbij +1 Glad to see a rational, informed posting here. I mean, "sentiency"?? Yes, I’m sure you’re absolutely correct in stating that grain structure has a lot to do with directionality. I once had a long conversation on the topic with a figur... | |
| Impedance - The most ignored and useful measurement tool I haven’t read this entire thread, but so far, I’m finding it to be a very smart conversation, just the kind of thing that I wish was posted more often on platforms like Audiogon. The only thing I want to add is that anybody seriously interested ... | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) Holy cow, are we that old? How about Pearl Jam’s 2024 release "Dark Matter" as an example of beautiful cover art that is less than a half-century old? https://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2024/02/attachment-PJDarkMatter.jpg |