douglas_schroeder
Responses from douglas_schroeder
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position Imo, had I that room (and it were dedicated) I would not put the system on the long wall, but the short wall, and put the listening chair about 8' away to start. Like so (see my system) | |
| Explain what is a clean power amplifier? Mahgister, you typically make claims that spending more money without doing your "embeddings" is a waste. That's wrong, completely wrong. You are not making major progress by tweaking out your room. Even a very inexpensive speaker, one costing not... | |
| Explain what is a clean power amplifier? You people are fooling yourselves in an effort to not spend money - your higher priority than actually attaining superior sound.- by promoting your belief that at best average gear will magically get you superior sound. You are completely clueless... | |
| Denon 6500 - Am I crazy? Markedly different. In fact, in many respects a different hobby. The screen in my room gets used about once every 2-3 months. | |
| Law of Diminishing Returns; where does it kick in? Simply divide the system cost by Sound Quality Units to obtain the Diminishing Returns number. Any number under 10 is a poor systemAny number under 1 is a better systemAny number under .1 is SOTA The key to an accurate assessment is proper measur... | |
| First Watt SIT-3 proper speaker matches This situation is similar to how Maggie lovers often claim that less than ideal tube amps are wonderful with the speakers. The OP should know that the matchup of the SIT-3 and the speakers will work. Is it the optimum, probably not. Nevertheless, ... | |
| Explain what is a clean power amplifier? You will get a slew of answers to the effect that it depends upon measurements. But, that doesn't guarantee an amp will sound good. It's been known forever that tube amps typically have more distortion, but many love the tonality despite them bein... | |
| Possible New DAC for Discrete Opamp Rolling As I was notified of the new post added to this thread, I have an opportunity to share that I did procure a Kinki Studio EX-M1+ Integrated Amp, and reviewed it for Dagogo.com The discrete opamp rolling experience with the EX-M1+ has been highly re... | |
| Is imaging reality? Imaging is about as much reality as movies are reality. :) | |
| Best Electrostatic loudspeaker? It's great when you find a treasured speaker! Eight years have passed since my Kingsound King III review, and they continue to amaze me. | |
| Pass Labs Power amps choices Read my review of XA200.8 at Dagogo.com I discuss the difference sonically between. 5 and .8 series. If you don't believe because I am a reviewer, shame on you! ;) | |
| Singular Amplification Experience; Review Now Published The XA200.8 is sensational with the Kingsound King III electrostatic speakers! Vocal groups sound superlative! The Exogal Comet DAC with its internal volume control matches up quite well with he XA200.8, as I am going direct from the Comet into th... | |
| What are the most used terms that say the least in the "High-End"? "Diminishing returns"This throw away phrase is often used by chintzy people to defend refusal to spend more. Imo, it speaks more about the attitude of the audiophile than a measure of performance of equipment. | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) And different cables. ;) | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Quite possibly entire issue could be ameliorated through different placement of speakers. |