douglas_schroeder
Responses from douglas_schroeder
| can you alter the gain of an amplifier? Well... you have made decisions which, imo, make it more difficult to achieve superior sound. By insisting upon using volume control in sources, i.e. CDP, you are locking yourself out of potentially far superior systems. You may have had success i... | |
| Critical listening or a reason to keep tinkering? You said, "Thanks to all the information on this forum I think I am getting close to the unobtainable perfection in my listening world."You are likely showing naivety in this matter due only to inexperience. The levels of improvement are endless, ... | |
| System Reset Mike, well written, a nice journey you took, and shared with us. :)However, I will politely disagree with you. I had the same perspective as you; I thought I was bumping against the top end of sound quality, where the "law of diminishing returns" ... | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! It seems you are doing with motorcycles what you disdain of others in terms of cables. Chrome and whitewalls add zero functionality, advantage to riding (unless you wish to make an argument that whitewalls add to safety features, but somehow I dou... | |
| Elevating subwoofer about two feet off the floor This should not be surprising; smashing a wave into the floor is never optimum. | |
| Jumpers There will be no consensus. Only if you have identical cabling used for both will one be able to make a judgment in one's opinion which is superior. If the wires are not identical, then there is no basis for declaration of which is better. Change ... | |
| Wilson Audio Sophia 2 or Goldenear Triton 1 You will hear a much more tight/coherent presentation from the Wilson, and this likely is the largest difference in the experience between the two. When I switched from the Vapor Audio Nimbus White to the Joule White 3 (both reviewed), there was a... | |
| Magneplanar .7 speakers. Have you heard or own them?? Interesting comment, Seattle_Mike, I don't find it to be the case that Maggies don't do quiet like dynamic speakers. I presume you mean thereby that they don't do quiet as well. I find otherwise; typically the Maggies are more quiet in dark/silent... | |
| Definitive Technology BP-8020 vs the Monitor Audio RS6. Which is "better"? Before you buy- and frankly, I wouldn't pay more than 25% of MSRP for such a speaker, and it wouldn't be used for finer two channel listening in my system; I would put it to work for HT purposes - be sure that you will not be crowding the front wa... | |
| Maggie versus Magico Magico or not, the comparison of a smallish (i.e. 2-way) floor standing speaker or bookshelf to a full panel speaker is stretched (pardon the pun), imo. These do not sound remotely similar, except for the potential for both to have extreme cleanne... | |
| Go back to the original One man's cruise liner is another man's fishing boat. :) | |
| Performer-in-Room Quality with Speakers? As with many things in audiophilia and the attempt to create a high end system, it's not a simple matter of the realism being there or not, it's a matter of degrees. Literally hundreds of systems and combinations of thousands of components are cap... | |
| Exogal Comet Dac Plus | AES/EBU Cable recommendations? Make sure you also switch out the stock power cord or else it will not be optimized. | |
| I hate when this happens ...... This should be expected whenever the audiophile goes to dealerships or shows. There are hundreds of superb sounding systems out there. Some will connect better than the one we are currently using. You have a choice; either put more money and time ... | |
| Forward or laid back I suggest you lose the attitude; you certainly do not have a lock on how to set up speakers and how to do this hobby. :( |