deep_333
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| Efficient speakers -- What was your journey from A to B to ? is that there is a sonic experience with the combination of lower power plus higher efficiency which is different than higher/sufficient power + inefficient speakers. It’s a nimbleness, a spry litheness -- in dynamics, pacing, but also in the way... | |
| AV Processor Conundrum @zagorskia When you are in full penny pinching mode 😁 & sound quality is a priority, you could try the Schiit SYN full analog surround processor. (400 dollars) It accepts analog outputs from any hifi DAC and is a full analog surround proces... | |
| Fleetwood Deville vs Wilson Sound I am unsure why Wilson gets so much hate. #1 Wilsons are just so ugly... A thing of beauty is a joy forever. A thing of ugly is bonerloss forever. #2 Just carried by high end electronics... It is no miracle of the speaker. Dave Wilson ... | |
| Efficient speakers -- What was your journey from A to B to ? In layman terms, a) Efficiency b) Bass c) Cabinet size (refrigerator size vs WAF size) Pick 2 (ab, bc or ac) But, there's a whole lot more advanced topics tied to driver design, quality, compromises, etc.... Yummy quality power is very affor... | |
| Young audiophile metal head looking to level up speaker choice Heavy metal is a difficult genre to get speakers for. You need speakers that can slam like a mtfr, have significant sound power levels in the upper bass, lower mids, mids, no phase shift between the bass drivers to midrange driver...and so on. Fo... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ 4 hour video about two guys listening to music seems pretty useless, however, I did watch the section "some sort of conclusion" where the guy on the left says that the LHY and PURA "audiophile switches" sounds worse than the baseline, based on th... | |
| I found audio nirvana.... Enter the Logitech Z130. They look nice, clear midrange... ...The Logitec Z130 sound absolutely fantastic compared to .... Convert your CD quality files to 320 kbps..... Ugh I suspect this is a troll thread that needs to move on to reddit. E... | |
| Class A, A/B vs Class D amp Soundstage @geworthomd , Welcome, welcome to the class D sht miracle (promised/touted by the advertising branches).....Now that you've learned your lesson, throw that class D garbage in the garbage can and go back to your AB..or even better yet, try some cla... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ Let us begin your rehabilitation Freddy. After you get rehabilitated, go back to your Sith lord Majidimehr on the ASR mothership and serve as the rehabilitated, repurposed, audiogon Trojan warrior. But, watch this (all pinned timestamps, live bli... | |
| "The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism" https://youtu.be/0jqD6DvzcKU?si=ngWRW4IMFlDeyom2 | |
| New, Very Interesting CD Transport I already have on hand a Denon, a JVC and two Sony's (DVD and Blue Ray) players for use as transports. After an Agon member recommended the HD841 I went looking for one on eBay. I expect it will do fine! Will a CD drive from a 1999 Compaq Presa... | |
| Locating speakers behind where you sit versus positioning them on the side? Place it where you can maximize physical distance of surrounds from your ears (closest you can match with distance of front mains to ears) Ignore Dolby’s lil layout pictures for side surtounds/back surrounds....On the same note, Sony’s 360 reality... | |
| Building a dedicated listening room I built a music room and theater room in a 1400ish sqft basement. You may want to have a brief consultation with someone like Matthew Poes, Poes Acoustics. The type of info you need may be outside the scope of just a forum thread. | |
| TV Based System - Hifi vs. Studio Monitors - Get a Schiit SYN analog preamp processor and plug your R2R dac output into it. https://www.schiit.com/products/syn - Get 3 Yamaha HS8 monitors for your front stage (front/center/right), plug it into the SYN - Get 2 Yamaha HS7 monitors for lef... | |
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? There is a false marketing tactic on the rise from the dealers these days. Dealer sez, "Hey, unsatisfied/disgruntled audiophile, I'll take the guesswork out of everything for ya. I will create the synergy of components for ya. You go plop it down... |