douglas_schroeder
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| who makes your fav cable loom in 2021? Jim, whenever I post anything associated with my reviews with a link, moderators eliminate it. As a reviewer, supposedly I have vested interest in such activity, even though I am not paid to write and have no affiliation with the products I review... | |
| You can go home again polkalover, speaking of bracing for a shock, a college age young lady in our church competed in platform diving. Her father related that they are only allowed so many dives according to a recovery schedule; each time they hit the water it can be t... | |
| You can go home again polkalover, be ready potentially for a rude surprise when you set up your system again. The sound will likely be vastly different than you recall. You will need to reproach the task as though making a brand new rig. Very likely it will have elemen... | |
| Putting an end to the audio cable debate! Part 1 If anyone wishes to see a review of a cable that is made from a purely measurement-driven methodology, read my review of the Iconoclast Cables at Dagogo.com | |
| who makes your fav cable loom in 2021? I typically review by comparison to entire sets of cables, which imo is the only proper way to assess them. I care little what someone says about a wire divorced from the context of the entire manufacturer’s set. So, kudos to blindjim for being on... | |
| More proof that music is not just an aural sensation. In future years our current understanding of the sensory systems in the body - in all living creatures - will seem simplistic, and will further bury by sheer force of accumulating lab data the ridiculous notion of spontaneous generation and accide... | |
| Putting an end to the audio cable debate! Part 1 He uses many words to state what I have said many times for years; hubris combined with "thriftiness" = cable skeptic. It's not new, nor revelatory. One's degree has less bearing on disposition toward cables than financial /spending habits. THAT i... | |
| Speaker Recommendation up to 70k Be prepared to make adjustments, regardless of speakers chosen. You are seeking speaker following all the rest of the system. That is not ideal, but it is part of the audiophile experience eventually. Do not hold your hopes up so high that if it's... | |
| What DECADE in the last 80 years had the BEST Now, no contest. Nostalgia is the enemy of SOTA. It's one reason I state that the greatest impediment to advancing an audio system is the audiophile. Streaming audio alone, having the world literally at fingertips, makes this the greatest time for... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point When it comes to bargain components, everyone's selection needs to punch above its weight. It's a necessary precondition of budget audio. :) | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? patrickdowns, Harley is correct; one can never have too much resolution/detail. If you suspect you have too much resolution, you have made an error in system establishment elsewhere, typically in the tonal balance. The most challenging thing about... | |
| Owning the speakers you dreamed of 20 years ago noir59, you speak of the Ohm Walsh Model F? I refurbished a pair; you may wish to read about it here on the thread I started in regard to resurrecting that speaker. I also wrote about it in my review of the Ohm F5, article found at Dagogo.com Inte... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? The Benchmark is a fine amp, and it hovers nearer the clean/sterile sound, some would say "white" sound as opposed to colored. It will not bring gobs of warmth as some prefer. This is all on a spectrum of characteristics, so opinions will vary, an... | |
| Carpet Killed High Frequencies In My Music Listening Area Problems with audio systems are not resolved by sitting and doing nothing. All that does is allow you to slowly accept inferior sound. See my Audiophile Law articles on Burn In/Break In at Dagogo.com, where I demonstrate that systems do not chang... | |
| Owning the speakers you dreamed of 20 years ago Evidently, you don't have much experience in comparison of vintage to current designs. |