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| Any piece of equipment you currently dream of ? I'm holding out for the iCon Audio 5 Dual preamp (AVC-based). | |
| Movie/film suggestions. I love it when horror films are so good that they become real cinema, classics to return to from time to time. 2 recent examples starring the great Maika Monroe: IT FOLLOWS: The plot is unusually nuanced and thought-provoking. Adolescent sexual l... | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS I tired of delta/sigma DACs years ago. Too edgy, bright, and non-musical. Ever since it has been a succession of R2R (multibit) and NOS (multibit that is non-oversampling) DACs. All are quite an improvement on the delta-sigmas. My advice is to s... | |
| SPEAKERS THAT SOUND ALIVE & DYNAMIC AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS I listen to my large desktop audio system at very low volumes ~12/hrs/day. I've had quite a series of 2-way speakers on the desktop, augmented by a JLAudio e110. It's a 13' x 13' room, so this is fine. I can recommend 2 speakers that always satisf... | |
| speaker upgrade fever +1 for Harbeths. I have the 30.1s (large 2-ways) and have heard the 40.1s (even larger 3-ways). Superb, musical sound in both cases. | |
| Nearfield Low-Level Listening : New Speakers or EQ? Thoughts? I do most of my listening at low volume levels in a nearfield setting (>12 hrs/day), so I have experience with this. A couple observations: It's true that some speakers sing better at low volume than others. I've had a run of sealed/acoustic... | |
| HAVE CABLES EVER TAKEN YOUR SYSTEM FROM SOUNDING JUST OK TO SOUNDING GREAT? Experiences ? @roxy54 this made my day: "Strange use of periods." | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS @ghdprentice +1 back at you. Good designers know that measurements, no matter how high tech and well-performed, fall pretty far short of investigating the subjective experience of hear audio as music. The only way they can bridge the gap is with ... | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS It's not just you. Measurements have their place in designing audio gear. But on the music enjoyment front, the only test instruments that matter are ears + brain. | |
| Thoughts on Speakers for a Small Audio/Video Room OP, I"m a broken record (jittery digital bitstream?) on this topic, but here I go again--for a problematic room like this, where no matter what you do the speakers will be near one boundary or another, you should stick to sealed/acoustic 2-ways. S... | |
| using two outputs from a dac? I have 4 DACs here. One has a single output while the others have 2 sets of outputs. Of those, two DACs are single-ended (both outputs are SE); and the third is a balanced DAC that offers both an XLR and SE output. Here’s what I’ve learned: 1 - I... | |
| Passive high pass filter - Marchand XM446XLR-A FWIW, I have used one of Marchand Electronics’ active crossovers here in the home office for over 8 years. This unit is the XM66, which has a variable crossover frequency (user variable, no cards/"inserts" required). I can’t hear this device when... | |
| What Speaker Cables Taught Me About Audiophiles @snilf, I can so relate to your post! I love Part’s "Te Deum" on ECM; and I’m always stunned by people that listen to (and adore) various sub-genres of heavy metal on their pricey audio gear. I find the music heavily compressed, quite edgy, and ha... | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? +1 @whart -- exactly right. No, more and more and more detail isn't good. It quickly becomes unnatural. The test is simple: 1 - Remember a time when you heard unamplified live music in a well designed acoustic space (classical in a really good ... | |
| Amp search IMHO Mr. Karston is right about this: "But here’s something to keep in mind. If you don’t have an electronic crossover, this means that all frequencies are being fed to both amps" I happen to use an electronic crossover made by Marchand Electroni... |