douglas_schroeder
Responses from douglas_schroeder
| The Border Patrol DAC - Maybe linearity in a DAC is bad ... Spitballing It’s very simple to explain how a DAC can "remove" musical content. It’s not that it’s literally removed, but rather that the resolution of one is superior, allowing to hear deeper and wider into the soundstage, thus capturing the extremely minute... | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic As per conversation between Jeff Haagnestad of Exogal and myself he is strongly against doubling the umbilical between the Exogal products. He went into several technical reasons why it would not be good, and so I will not recommend it. I do not t... | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic david_ten, yes, that would be fascinating, as the combo is superb even without the Schroeder Method. With it, I presume the results could be very disturbing for some extreme equipment manufacturers. I will contact Exogal about this. | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic I have used the Exogal Comet alone with Schroeder Method several times, and in fact now it is in a system that has blown out of the water the previous conclusion of what that DAC can do. Some radical results happening lately. I have not tried doub... | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic Very nice feedback, especially from our "skeptic's skeptic"! Kudos for trying! Yours is the kind of response that should get people thinking. I presume your friends found it worthwhile. "Vast improvement" is an accurate description, not exaggerati... | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic Let's bring this back to the foreground. I'm not surprised that it is sitting quietly now; there are enough cautions that many will not try it. I suspect that only the most adventurous have done the Schroeder Method. I also suspect there are other... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? Lot's of good options. Test them all and get back to us! ;) | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? I reviewed the Benchmark Media DAC3 DX and AHB2 Amplifier for dagogo.com. The amp is superior to all the class D amps I have tried/reviewed in the past. Superb cleanness, resolution, highly commendable sound at a very reasonable price. It also has... | |
| Anyone tried Benchmark cables? You can read my thoughts about them in the review I did of the Benchmark DAC3 DX and AHB2 Amplifier at Dagogo.com | |
| Bright or Dim? My audio systems sound uniformly superb whether the light is on or dimmed. :) | |
| Relative component value to overall SQ. I recommend you go to a dealer and buy what they tell you to buy. If you want to save money, buy their used/demo stuff. I'm finished with this discussion. :) | |
| Relative component value to overall SQ. n80, several people here are trying to tell you that what you think is so obvious is oblivious; percentages in cost allocation guarantee nothing in selection of the gear. That is so because the variance in performance from components of different ... | |
| Relative component value to overall SQ. All 100%, otherwise you are moving away from great sound. :) I was going to say "slicing and dicing is a loser’s game," but that is too harsh. I simply have concluded from building hundreds of systems that all components of a system are critical. ... | |
| Vandersteen 3a vs Magnepan 3.7i You have mentioned in OP two speakers that imo inhabit opposite ends of the design and performance spectrum (Not so much in absolute quality, but in idiosyncrasies of performance). Very different characteristics displayed. You may find three of my... | |
| Bass audition for your system.... Sure, those are easy ones. Try some stuff off of Stanley Clarke's "At the Movies" or if you really want some LF try Bass Addiction's "For Whom the Bass Tolls"Do some remixes by Seal. Just a beautiful, beautiful variety of bass/LF effects he uses. ... |