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| Salk Sound Encore 3 or Totem Wind @dpm2340 I am currently using Vonschweikert VR4-jr and they are very nice sounding. @dpm2340 lots of replies. not much help. In this hobby do you have to have an excuse to change? Manufacturers certainly say no. "I feel I just need to look... | |
| Salk Sound Encore 3 or Totem Wind @dpm2340 As a former Totem owner and a friend who had Salks, I'd venture to say you could be making a slight lateral move and maybe minimally satisfied unless you take a bigger jump up. Or, stay and upgrade yours, somehow. As a sidebar thought, ... | |
| Au revoir, MHDT Orchid, you're a great DAC but... Good thread. Finding that delicate balance. I sure enjoyed my upgraded Orchid whenever my solid state amplifier -or- tube amps with more detailed output tubes were in play. The Orchid would smooth and balanced things out nicely, in this configurat... | |
| Audiophile sound quality from a more "mainstream" company? @wolf_garcia Schiit, Klipsch, and Pass. Wait...that sounds like an instruction...sorry...Heresy IIIs are better than IVs, or so I say. A triode obsessed "Inspire" preamp/amp buddy went from Hersey II, III, IV, to Omega for a while, and returned... | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey Patience is #1. Doing more in-depth research is #2 if you place a value on your time, money, and energy. Then speakers, power, source components, preamp, amplification, cables, room/treatment sooner if possible. Or, simply moving speakers around i... | |
| Intriguing Speakers From Germany @mihorn I only want to remember only few good sounds. Who wants to remember a bad sound. And there are not many audio systems sound better than mine to me. Hear mine below. Your ears might need few minutes to get used to this sound though. Gotc... | |
| Intriguing Speakers From Germany @mihorn I’ve been audio shows every year and I find that the sound of videos is exactly same what I hear in the show. Microphones don’t lie. ... @mihorn Human brain is complex enough to figure out the difference between the real and video sou... | |
| Intriguing Speakers From Germany @timlub I’m not certain, yet at one point the presenter comments the lower midrange-woofer driver on one of the speakers being shown are "custom made" to their specifications, with a minimal crossover. Behind the lower grille cloth on one of the l... | |
| Intriguing Speakers From Germany @mihorn you are hearing it over your speakers or headphones, on a compressed Youtube video. Nothing realistic or natural about it compared to a real setting. | |
| Intriguing Speakers From Germany @leadcrew, Interesting. I’ve designed and built a similar speaker configuration about 7 years ago. Same MTM woofer with AMT configuration in custom walnut enclosures, but with separate subs below. I run them today with dual mono block tube amps. A... | |
| New Pink Floyd release While they do mention remastered, and additional recordings from a live concert at Wembley in 1974, it’s not clear if the Stereo Mix recordings are enhanced from the originals or still the same as prior master recordings. ADDITIONAL DETAILS, inc... | |
| New Pink Floyd release Real Pink Floyd fans know what it is. The story behind the 1973 Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" album cover, quote: "The final front cover design features a triangular prism, with a beam of light passing through from the left side, resulti... | |
| Solid core OFC vs stranded OCC copper @blue_collar_audio_guy OFC copper interconnects in varying solid or stranded designs (imo) tend to have a slightly more raspy sound and less smooth sound compared to true Ohno OCC or Pure Cardas Copper in my system. I've re-tested it countless tim... | |
| Has anyone compared K150 tubes and the stock EL34s in Primaluna integrated/amplifiers? Resurfacing a six (6) year old thread after a friend asked me a question today. Some old comparisons here - thought I'd give the post a try and see :) Since I don't have any KT77s lying around, only KT120s, KT150s, thought I'd try a post here. Doe... | |
| How much should I spend on a new DAC The amp and speakers are fine for moderate listening levels, unless you crank it up a lot and expect maximum dynamics. Ignore the naysayers who don’t understand lower power Pass amps, or never owned one. Ditch the noisy computer front end, and the... |