douglas_schroeder
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| What Audio Religion have you converted others to successfully? In keeping with the tenor of this thread; "Atheists" build inferior systems. That's not a harsh judgment, it's simply a statement of the reality. Do I wish to spend a great deal of time here explaining that comment? No. I have endeavored to teach ... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... dctom, nice post; I had not seen your post prior to putting up my thoughts. I think your reply represents the kind of comparison that would be helpful to discuss. :) BTW, you discuss the quality of the bass in particular. If there is one area that... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... In what follows, my intent is not to get on the bad side of persons in the Pro side of audio. I know some of them in the industry, and have good relationships with them. So, my comments to follow do not reflect universally my opinion of all Pro or... | |
| Sorry, it’s not me, it’s you? A little story about skiing, but it applies. Learning in the Canadian Rockies, my Dutch friend, Marty, obliged and took me up ever more challenging slopes at Sunshine and Lake Louise - what glorious slopes and God's majestic scenery! :) I wanted ... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... One damning truth for me is that in 15 years of shows I don’t recall any active speaker (Legacy audio being the exception; hybrid) making my top 3 of show, ever. Until they actually DO outperform they are for me a waste of my time. The AXPONA 2019... | |
| Have you given Audio/Stereo equipment as gifts? When I was in college, having no car I walked maybe two miles to an electronics store having a 24 hour sale. It was late, I think after midnight, when the Technics turntable/cartridge that I wanted to give them for Christmas was on sale, and I car... | |
| Ohm Walsh F Hope of Resurrection Repair now underway. It seems one driver is original and the other not. The original does not have ferrofluid, as it had not been invented at the time. A different lubricant, such as a grease, was used. At some point one driver failed and was repl... | |
| Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good? tbakin63, no, you are incorrect. I removed my own thread because I realized that I would spend more time than I wished curating it. I sought productive input from those associated cable cookers, and it resulted in being swamped with unwanted discu... | |
| Take that to good will Hey, now! What happened to all your manliness? Tube amps are known for their weight, which only real men can throw around like so many plates at the gym! I would think you want a mongo tube amp with huge transformers, so that you can impress your ... | |
| Streaming vs CD transport direct comparison If Ethernet connection was used, then whatever the online streaming source was, it was severely compromised by the connection. I was fascinated and elated to find that employing the systemOptique optical cable converter (Ethernet to optic) when th... | |
| Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good? I actually compared.See my article at Dagogo.com entitled, "Audiophile Law: Thou Shalt Not Overemphasize Burn In", wherein I compared not only broken in products, but warmed up system to a cold system. The results were telling in regard to the phe... | |
| High end Class D amps? No, no, it's not the Tri-Art class D Amp, as lovely as that little number is. | |
| High end Class D amps? I made a general statement, and I am not prepared to discuss at length. I have made a general observation, and that observation will be shown true or false over time as I build systems, but usually my first instincts have been correct. Regarding c... | |
| High end Class D amps? As to OP's question, the answer is yes, as of December of 2020. I am using one that qualifies. How many are there, I do not know. This one is not "close", it's clearly superior to most class A and A/B I have used. Tonally superior to the tube am... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? As a reviewer, here's my take, attempting to not assault the OP: This is what can happen when people chase "giant killer" products. Put a bunch of them together and you do not get greatness. If a reviewer puts an inexpensive product in an upper en... |