douglas_schroeder
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| How good can it get, really? - my stereo sounds amazing! Buy three aftermarket power cords and put them into the system one at a time. Maybe you will learn something. | |
| How good can it get, really? - my stereo sounds amazing! A little note of encouragement from a reviewer of 13 years: Stop being such a chicken! Scaredy cat! MMnnnnn - phooey! ;) There are many more levels of sound quality improvement than you can imagine. You are not close to the ultimate. For instance,... | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? richopp, that was hilarious - "Magneplanar bigot". ;) If you are having fun, you are doing Audiophilia wrong. ;) | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID cptkaos, thank you for the kind words. The differences you are hearing could be realized to a lesser degree with any of the other optional speakers you were ogling. Even between dynamic speakers there can be surprising differences in performance p... | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID cptkaos, congrats on the nice new speakers! I have not been following the thread, but saw your comment, "It is setup just the way I like it and I cannot believe what I was missing from the Tekton DIs. Pls don’t get me wrong Tektons were phenomenal... | |
| Merry Christmas! Bob, I discovered something wonderful about them that made me change my mind. I'm not sharing it or discussing it at this time. If I sell them in the future, the owner will get the info to be able to maximize the performance. | |
| Merry Christmas! Blessed Christmas to all! I wish you all great contentment in pursuit of your vision of super listening experiences! | |
| Point of diminishing return for a DAC The DAC is not the problem, the server is the problem. The Mac Mini is, frankly, an atrocious server. I know, I used it for a while. One of the best moves I made in terms of digital sound was to dump the Mac Mini (even though using an upsampling p... | |
| My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out? Use all cables to contour sound; power, IC, SC, even cable from source. These all will affect tonality. I didn't bother to look whether the unit has a captured power cord, but the principle remains. | |
| To pre or not to pre Integrated DAC direct to amp is superior, except when it isn't. | |
| Speaker Cables and Internal Speaker Wiring Users preference. Try at least three, imo, to find an ideal set. Of course, the manufacturer will boast of performance of their wire, but other, and very possibly superior, results are attainable with experimentation. | |
| Polk Legend L800 at RMAF? Regarding the use of AV receiver, just because a company comes up with a novel technological idea does not mean they know how, or care, to set up a HiFi. Mid-Fi is about as far as it gets for some companies. My guess is they don’t care terribly mu... | |
| Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference? The best cable riser demonstration was at a show several years ago, perhaps RMAF. As I entered the room the demonstrator was using a foam-ish cable riser, I believe of Shunyata make, and rubbing it against the top of a CD. It was being used as an ... | |
| Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers Don't worry about the double listing; others do this at times. Your rationale is correct, there are some who spend time in one forum and do not in others. No big deal. You are casting the net as wide as possible. | |
| Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers normantaylor, frankly, the loss of a deal in the near term is sometimes the best thing that can happen long term. You expressed desire to attend a show. If you have never been to a show, that will thrill you in terms of opening your eyes to the va... |