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| un-becoming an audiophile Makes sense. I find there’s a point where the focus stops being about fun and enjoyment and more of an itch to scratch. One thing to humble you is to explore the world of record producing and mastering. They control everything, it’s quite funny ho... | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align It’s an interesting question, since prior to 20 years ago, recorded music took a ton of equipment and expertise to produce a sound. Some focused on that sound, often it was to be as expedient and profitable as possible. Nowadays with digital techn... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? Every genre has a range of expression depending on the artists. Some may be popular, or idiosyncratic. Offhand I think sly stone, one year he owns the airwaves with sunny pop hits. The realities of the culture sent him into recording there’s a rio... | |
| The revolution has begun! Fun conversation about a specific part of the audio reproduction chain, and informative to hear the different points of view. What many have said it’s one part of the experience. Perhaps not near the most important parts, but one we have shared un... | |
| Do Amps matter.. in an Amp? @atmasphere sure, as you said, it's a weird measurement since it doesn't reflect any real useful scenario of use. Did I get that right? I still ask, as power supplies aren't cheap.. even if it's a 15 watt amp (BTW, great observation on why lower p... | |
| Do Amps matter.. in an Amp? @hilde45 totally! It's the benefit of a good brick and mortar store, and in 'high end audio' so much is about fit with your room, other equipment, etc. they tend to let you try things in your system. I was happy to own Wyred, Rogue for a while, I ... | |
| Do Amps matter.. in an Amp? @kijanki and @atmasphere very knowledgable replies thank you! So if I follow, there's many 'dials' one can change to design an amplifier. Some have significance as measurements, some do not. I thought of this question when looking at power supplie... | |
| Too much power? @dbakker that’s an interesting observation. I was recently at a chamber orchestra concert playing in an exquisite hall. 4th row. All I could think is that this would sound better as a recording where I could turn it up! It was in the 70db peak re... | |
| Too much power? Great points. Thanks. I also needed to update my system in the forum. It’s all EC from dac to preamp, and yes, @ghdprentice I changed the preamp from Freya+ to EC and was very impactful. My amp seems plenty able to drive the Maggie’s loud, I just ... | |
| Too much power? @mulveling I think that's an interesting observation. I find many/most systems don't seem to perform until they reach a certain DB.. now you're right about the exponential cost of loudness, but if you get the bass right (2 subs) it seems to be mo... | |
| Too much power? @zlone yes, thanks for checking the details, I have EC 220, and used to have 2 as mono blocks.. long story short was trying the EC AW 180.. but my question really was if any of these crazy powerful amps are even necessary when listening at any hum... | |
| Too much power? Good point. I think level of detail was lacking, but also with more power you feel the need to stress it. If you own a sports car in the city, perhaps it gets tiresome to stick to 30 mph? | |
| So, I listened to a $1Million Dollar System As a college student I got to hear a million dollar rig. It was integrated in the room, that was destined for an organist to house his instrument. The pipes were replaced by a stack of quads. The woofers built into the floor, powered by all mono l... | |
| Streamer/DAC - Where is the value? I think it’s worth mentioning, but atypical. I recommend Apple TV 4K s the source. They have a tidal and quobuz app, but Apple music is in my source after years of hoping the other companies were going to better them in quality . Not to mention yo... | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? Great topic, I have been to dozens of shows and thought the same. One puzzle was Pitchfork where a band that should sound good - Spiritualized I had to put in the earplugs (recommended) that tame the high end. Rock also seems mixed in mono, but al... |