desktopguy
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| How old are you? I'm 738 years old (a vampire) | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... I’ve had 3 sets of powered speakers/monitors on my desktop system. None were from big-name/big-quality studio monitor specialists such as Genelec, ATC, Hedd, and so on. I ended up moving away from powered monitors for 2 reasons, both somewhat pecu... | |
| Dearly departed Music Reference RM9 clio09, believe it or not, I'm just now seeing your reply. I hate that these 2 amazing RM-9s (both v1, both modded by Roger to be triode/pentode switchable on each output tube) sitting in a closet gather dust for decades. I'd love to sell them--bu... | |
| The NAD M33 will cancel your complaints about Class D +1 to twoleftears. I read that review and found it fascinating. I’m very familiar w/Herb Reichert’s reviews, his system and idiosyncratic ways of approaching reviews; also met him at an audio show & liked him a lot (he's an interesting guy...... | |
| High end Class D amps? +1 to Flatblackround on Wyred4Sound. I'm running the ST-500 into ATC SCM-12 Pro passive monitors; preamp is the Violectric V281. The sound is superb.A convenience asset: I contacted W4S to ask if I could situate the ST-500 on its side due to cramp... | |
| Analog vs digital? I had a medium big-buck analog set-up vs early digital. It was absolutely no contest.I've had a succession of digital systems in desktop audio setup ever since. Over the years digital has definitely gotten better: expecially w/multibit or NOS/mult... | |
| Should I use long interconnects, or long speaker cables? Conventional wisdom is to use long interconnects, rather than long speaker cables--the theory being that long runs will do less damage to low signal than high/amplified signal.I put the theory to use in my 1st house, where the big Vandersteen 4 sp... | |
| R2R Ladder DACs or All in One Streamer Solutions +1 on MHDT Labs Orchid. Love NOS & love that DAC. In fact, it makes me curious what the other MHDT models sound like. BTW, Linear Tube Audio, the U.S. distributor for MHDT Labs, was kind enough to add a 2nd RCA output pair on the back of my un... | |
| Newbie, need advice. Despite the claims of a poster above, I've had 2 DACs in a row that are 2.5V output or more. My current favorite DAC, the MHDT Labs Orchid NOS DAC, outputs 3V. That's a true pain-in-the-ass; difficult (but not impossible) to get the gain of downst... | |
| Looking for a vinylesk sounding DAC I see people on this & other threads really trashing NOS DACs on technical grounds. I also see certain measurement-centric (vs listening-centric) audio sites trashing NOS DACs.If you really want to get closer to vinyl/analog sound while stayin... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed One word answer: Vandersteen | |
| Diamond Stylus Enters the 4th Dimension Terrible event/anecdote. O.P., I hope you get this fixed promptly & inexpensively. | |
| Upgrades that met/exceeded your expectations and those that felt short Great thread!My system these days is strictly desktop audio w/headphones: in fact, 2 systems side-by-side on desktop (main system is headhones + amp/monitors/sub; secondary system is headphones only).Exceeded:1 - replacing a series of powered moni... | |
| How do I pay? Don't try to pay him. Just ignore him. There's something wrong here.I've done many transactions with relative strangers. In all cases I was aided by 2 things:-- their feedback on relevant audio boards (if zero feedback, watch out)-- the transactio... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? I've been down this "large vs small" speaker rabbit hole a number of times. What I learned the hard way is this: if your room really won't support large/full-range speakers (due to dimensional or placement/decorating issues), then do the following... |