deep_333
Responses from deep_333
| Aggrivated tinnitus from speakers? I’ve always had hearing sensitive to high frequencies, a) Never point a concentric driver directly at away. Toe it away 15 to 20 deg. b) If a) wasn’t sufficient, get a Schiit Lokius EQ and start cranking the high bands down. It is also a wise... | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? There is a big difference between double blind test public protocol and simple blind test in private setting used in your own audio optimization process in an incremental number of steps , with all the time you want , all the repetition you wante... | |
| Martin Logan vs. Everything The thing is I also like to spend time at hi-fi shops , whether they be brick and mortar or or online and it seems like those dealers think the Martin Logan are the weak Link in my system… @andrewkelley , meh..sounds like the used car salesman'... | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? I thought I did explain the BACCH SP. As for validating other peoples’ experiences that comes down to two things. What is the likelihood of one’s observation to be the result of the actual sound? @scottwheel , Hmmm, so you are a BACCH guy eh? W... | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? Asking for a double blind test as only proof for any subjective testimony given in good faith in a hobby site about anyone using something in his audio system /room is asking too much from a too high chair ... @mahgister , it doesn’t have to be... | |
| What news in 2023 struck you? Some of the more "relatively" affordable trickle down Borresen speakers hitting the scene..holy crap! Here's a nitpick that a non-ocd non-musician shouldn’t concern himself with. But, it is perhaps not as tonally accurate or produce as realistic ... | |
| Any other Pipe And Slippers Audiophiles out there? Loafers --> fine Cigars ---> rub it down with whisky ---> light it up on patio or deck outside (don't smoke up the listening room dude!) | |
| Tips for Auditioning equipment for low or zero expense a) Network/Socialize/Make friends with local audiophile in your area. b) Audit gear in their houses, let them audit your gear/room (catch flaws with your setup, etc). c) Start a gear loan program with such dudes. You loan him something for audit... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system @skyscraper , At age 71 and with associated age related overall hearing degradation, you are not going to do a whole lot better sonically with a 100k than what you already have (Magico, Luxman, VPI, etc). Pack/take all your current audio equipment... | |
| Getting into the music @rvpiano , Stagnation in discovery of new artists/music can lead to the above mentioned. The thrill of new music discovery tends to save me from all the cons of audiophilia OCD. | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? Women tend to have larger music collections than dudes (on average) and can appreciate great sound from equipment when they hear it. They are probably just wiser about economics than dudes. If you tell a female music lover+audiophile that a piece ... | |
| Integrating video streaming into a dedicated audiophile system @classicalpiano , If you wanna just make do with your existing components, i.e., you don’t want to get a dedicated multichannel/atmos processor, additional speakers, etc, do as follows: a) Get a Apple TV latest gen box/Nvidia Shield/Google Chrome... | |
| 3-Dimensional Soundstage I have appreciated a quite nice separation of instruments in my system’s soundstage. I have read many times about people experiencing depth in their music and have never appreciated this. Category 1: Least expensive If you are happy/satisfied ... | |
| Interesting video on cables I have an MA8900 integrated, the Denafrips Pontus II 12th Anniversary, the speaker cables are Vogue Audio Silver Strand cables, OSD Aurum power cables for the DAC and the integrated and Fritz Rev 7 SE speakers sitting on 24” sand filled speaker s... | |
| Who is excited about Capital Audiofest 2023? Besides the Borresen room (cost no object) and OCD Mike’s room ( surprising bang 4 buck) , a whole lotta everything else was a big downer at CAF (not to mention the miserable moronic choice of music the audiophooboos resorted to). OCD managed to d... |