decooney
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| Dac: Old vs New @tonyjack yes some of my older dacs were a tad more veiled over, less transparent, and not always in a bad way. Some were quite pleasant actually. While more current dacs I’ve tried have become more transparent, not all of them turned out to be ... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? Article: WHAT HI*FI: The Problem with Dolby Atmos Music is it’s Inconsistency Quote: "But the format’s implementation in music still feels a bit like the Wild West, and for me has yet to yield a convincing case for its potential dominance as the... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? @kota1 re-read my post, already tried it. Did not like it yet. Not yet. Yes I’ve actually chatted with Brian Lucey some, we have had some tube amplifiers in common. For common music, still prefer really good 2-channel stereo for now. Best of lu... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? @kota1 yes I have, a good friend owns a recording and mastering studio. While that does not qualify me as any kind of an expert, I’ve heard it, and do not prefer Atmos (yet) for my regular music listening experience, personally. This all goes b... | |
| Stereo or monoblocks @thbullard3 while I personally run monos on my main system as my primary amps, the next level stereo version amp id want would be too heavy. I also rotate in a secondary stereo amp with lower power and less weight yet it’s a true full Class A amp.... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? When the audience sits at the center of the performance, and the musicians play around them, encircling them, Atmos might make more sense for music listening. Most music recordings start in stereo format. Hearing cymbols and instruments playing b... | |
| Pass labs earlier X series amps with a Classe SSP -800 pre ? @the19thhole "Yes I’m aware the Pass amps are more designed for music." You already have your answer. While I like the older X amps, very nice, I previously tried using multiple former Class A/AB "music" amps in my home theater and it did no... | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? @reubent no, not weird, and if they are a good match with the rest of your system, and you like them, keep using them, get more life out of them. Be aware the woofer and midrange foam and rubber surrounds around the cones become hard, brittle, ca... | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? @nonoise reminds me of the old JBLs that are refurbished by KenRick Sounds in Japan (they have a YouTube channel). Ah yes, a channel I use to watch quite often after it was started. l will have to revisit it for sure. Could not have imagined... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? @fsonicsmith by what I hear at audio shows, "the new hi-fi sound" is sterile, precise, cold, stainless-steel metallic, operating room bright. Not all, but what predominates In 2019 I attended a show and one room had a world renowned amplif... | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? @nonoise UK, the Stratton Acoustics Elypsis 1512: Now those are some neat speakers. 96db, 8ohm. While bass is evident, can only imagine how the midrange and high frequency might sound. The partial see-through stands in that photo are clever... | |
| Good old days @ebm Pack it in ASAP. Reminder to my future self - when I get to a point of four word unhelpful forum replies, this will be my signal to stop monitoring this site and bail out for sure. 😆 | |
| Good old days @rvpiano ...relocating myself in the listening space, so that imaging is not a factor, may help considerably. It’s interesting you mention this. A tube amp buddy who geeked out for decades on several different designs of tube amps and large... | |
| Good old days @rvpiano ..I got my musical inspiration and love of classical music as a child listening to radio stations in New York. I always endeavor to recover that feeling. Expressing myself through this forum has been helpful to me in diagnosing the pitfa... | |
| I noticed brightness/harshness more than usual from my system a couple months back. @oharek Try to figure out if it’s coming out of one speaker or both. Think back the past few months, have you moved or changed any cable, any components, anything lately? I always go back to checking all connections 1st. I’ve seen this occur wit... |