douglas_schroeder

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Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ?
BTW, my post has nothing to do directly with Tidal.  
What are all these metal cans/pods sitting on top of electronics?
The community will benefit from my most recent article for Dagogo.com just submitted a day or two ago. It will take on the subject of mass loading and several other tweaks.  
Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ?
Tsunami coming! 
If Cables Are Not Tone Controls...
chayro, keep doing what you're doing. You are one of the few who finally figured it out; it is necessary to use entire sets of cables to make progress with them. Cables influence not only tonal balance, but also dynamics and resolution/definition.... 
New Audiophile going crazy
It happens.  
Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members!
Avoid threads such as this!  ;)   
Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required?
You pick your authority/mentor, you get your results.   
Warm, rich but detailed SS preamp (made you give up tubes)
TSUNAMI COMING!  
High end Class D amps?
Jim2 obviously read my intent of my posts wrong. I am always at 99.99% performance. It's the last .009%, the thousandths, that are tough to improve upon!  ;)I don't do "wee hours" deals; industry members either call me within my time frame, or the... 
HOW MUCH DO NON-AUDIO FACTORS INFLUENCE YOUR AUDIO PURCHASES?
Sound quality is so important to me that I have a procurement specialist select the next piece, have it shipped, prepared in the room behind a screen for a blind demo, and only after it passes do I see the component. Because the sound is the only ... 
Stereo systems are like Harleys
Concur in general with the assessment of the biker atmosphere. I think the impediment to better relations here is that contra the bike rally, no one has an absolute grip on the system performance someone else has built. It must be discussed. In do... 
Reliability of Dutch & Dutch 8C speakers
djones51, I do not have an average room. The ambient noise level is about 8dB below the average quiet room in a home. It has been compared by Bill Dudleston of Legacy Audio to having the characteristics of a mastering studio. I believe the last ti... 
My really dumb tube mistake(s)
We really need some critical analysis of when "break in" ends and the degrading affects of tube life begin.  ;)Heheheheh...  
Class D
burtonjones, that is the OLD paradigm. This is January, 2021, not 2011.  
High end Class D amps?
I am VERY happy I did not finalize my position on class D and hold it inviolable over the past 15 years. I saw no reason to form an absolute resistance, as though it could not be developed over time. Participating in the process of assessment as i...