dht4me
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| Next best exponential DAC quality level? I recently had the opportunity to try out some of the budget DAC's in my system to see how they compared to my AN DAC5 Sp, which I consider to be an outstanding dac. The Dac 5 has had quite a few mods ( 768K Femtosecond input receiver ) as well as... | |
| High Fidelity Sound Speaker Well I had a hard time believing it but the AER BD5 is one of the absolute best sounding things I have ever heard. Whizzer and everything. It really shattered my perceptin of what that genre of driver was capable of. The Sigma, which I have heard ... | |
| Amplification: what are the biggest advances of the last 40 years? I think that other than refinements in circuits the biggest improvement is the GaN transistor and the new amps implementing them. | |
| What makes speaker's sound big? This is a not so well defined criteria. Some call the soundstage size an expression of BIG sound and some consider bass extension the criteria for BIG sound. A truly big soundstage comes from speakers with very low distortion artifacts and minima... | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? A lot of the speakers that have very fast impulse response sound harsh or bright with less than stellar electronics. Digital is especially tough on those drivers. I have been in the High end sales arena and most of the problems were people putting... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? I have a friend here in Vegas with the AER BD5. It is an insanely expensive driver ($45K/pr) but the sound is incredible. I need to add that is is augmented in the bass as it is on a 200hz LeCleach horn but absolutely stunning regardless. I have n... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? I have bought many China electronics. I have learned to use Google chrome translation on the China Taobao site and other Chinese reviews. There are cheap knockoffs and there are VERY good ones. Unless you know the language or spend time on the Chi... | |
| Which Component Has the Greatest Affect on Low-Level Listening Higher efficiency speakers are far better at low volume levels than power hungry higher spl speakers. You can overcome some of it but there are physics behind it as well that you can not overcome as well. | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? Digital can SUCK and it can be AMAZING. Unfortunately it is not as simple as anyone initially thought with the early Bits is Bits mantra. Awesome digital is costly and requires a lot of expensive tibdits, Yes I am talking about using computers ho... | |
| Speakers good for close to wall placement The whole speakers close to the wall issue is GREATLY misunderstood and fraught with a ton of misinformation. You need to consider what is going on to understand the situation as a whole. 1) When you place a speaker close to any room boundary yo... | |
| Most hyped turntable, tonearm, and cartridge? An unrestored stock 301 should not be confused with one of the rebuilt modded tables. I have heard the decked out Lenco as well next to 100K Audio Art tables and they are AMAZING when rebuilt. Some of the prices asked are too high but they are out... | |
| Looking for a vinylesk sounding DAC I have experienced and owned dozens of DAC's. I always come back to R2R based designs with tubes. I have the rare opportunity to have an Audio Note DAC 5 Special and it has been modified as well. It has a different receiver chip based on the Xmos ... | |
| Audio Research preamps EXCESSIVE OPERATING COSTS That is ARC. I had an SP 10 and then SP11. Had to retube every 8 months. Horrible life on those units. Now I have a Veloce' which smokes the ARC and tubes last for years. My Audio Note DAC5 is on 24-7 and I get at lest a year form the tubes and it... | |
| Have speakers really improved within the last 20 years?? For the high end we have had sandwich cones, carbon fiber cones, ceramic drivers, low distortion motors, and FEA analysis for 30 years now. We do have much better capacitors which can make all the difference no though.Where the advances are is in ... | |
| why a 75 dollar blue ray smokes all 2k CD players and any turntable??? Loudspeakers do distort the most however modern drivers with symmetrical magnet systems and have distortion that is magnitudes lower any mass market driver. Also of note is that driver distortion is primarily 2nd harmonic which is far less objecti... |