dr-boop
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| Preamplifier sound Quality impact in home theatre bypass It depends on the tube pre and the path the signal is taking for HT Bypass. In many of the designs I've seen, the HT Bypass is the equivalent of putting an RCA female to female adapter between two RCA pairs. Wouldn't bother me unless you noticed... | |
| Audiophilism is a hobby The gear The room The recording In my estimation, that's the trinity. . When all three points converge | |
| REAL MUSIC VS. SHOW MUSIC PERFORMANCE AT AUDIO SHOWS. PRESENTATION V. PERFORMANCE? WHY? Someone already eluded to the "known standards" and I believe that's a big part of it. A known reference point is boring to hear time and again, but it does offer a consistent standard to evaluate with. The risk to manufacturers is to let someon... | |
| if you had this system, what would you do to make it sound the best you can If it were my system, add a stereo pair of subs. Something small and fast like REL T7/x or T9/x depending on size of room. Spend the time learning about positioning and dialing them in properly. | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change See: frontal lobe | |
| How would you spend my next $5K? +1 for second sub. I'm a dual sub convert. Tap the high level with those REL and run a true LR sub just outside your mains. I got a lot of extra soundstage width and the bass response was improved. | |
| Giving Advice without recommending your own equipment Your observations are accurate. You are asking advice from owners. It's unlikely they would miss the opportunity to demonstrate their excellent choices in gear. Instead of seeking impartial advice in this forum, do your own research and supplement... | |
| Dog pissed on speaker Anyone else wondering what Klipsch horns sound like to a dog? | |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes!! If you believe it sounds better, it will sound better. We think we like good music. There is no objective, good music. | |
| Intermittent audio dropouts when streaming Qobuz Hi Res files on Lumin streamer Start simple, with the cables, and go one at a time. Buy two cheap Ethernet cables and replace the expensive ones and see if it persists. I've never bought the upgraded Ethernet cables, but I've definitely had cables go bad. | |
| A valentine poem to tubes Until Class D With some fancy DSP Some solid state But mostly It's tubes for me | |
| Finally upgrading my amp The Rogue Sphinx V3 integrated around $1700 with a good phono stage. | |
| 20 Years? That's a long time to suffer.. . | |
| Qobuz Issues? Production dev call at Qobuz this morning was probably a little sweaty.. | |
| DAC upgrade If you have the new Node (N130), try the USB Audio output to the Chord Qutest |