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| Two surprising things I found that improved my imaging and staging... @captbeaverWhen I go to that Cardas site, it only tells me distance from side and rear walls, but nothing about toe it, etc. Did you just experiment with toe in?Thanks. | |
| Two surprising things I found that improved my imaging and staging... @sns I have a hard time understanding why anything between the speakers would affect the soundstage: the sound doesn't come from between the speakers, but rather from the speakers on each side, which, in stereo make it sound like the sound is com... | |
| The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard I know that this will be a real outlier: how about the JS Bach Cantata, "Ich habe genug", translated as "I have enough"... I’m rather certain that Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau performed it best. | |
| In praise of isolation. I have had limited exposure to isolation options; my amplifiers are on a concrete slab, and my components are on a solid walnut sideboard. At this point, I’m somewhat skeptical that isolation would make much of a difference, except for possibly th... | |
| DAC - DCS Bartok or the new Berkeley Alpha DAC 3 @gerryah930How does the Esoteric sound compare to DCS, ARC in your opinion? | |
| DAC - DCS Bartok or the new Berkeley Alpha DAC 3 Just curious, how would an Esoteric streamer/DAC, such as the $20k N-01XD compare with the $15-20k DCS, Berkeley, and ARC DAC's? Thanks. | |
| Room rearrangement. Cable question @steakster If you're interested, I think that the blind study with power cords was done in October 2007, and is on the AVS forum. I'll see if I can post a link: Observations of a controlled Cable Test | Page 2 | AVS Forum | |
| Room rearrangement. Cable question @hilde45" there are some things that just aren't done; such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs” Perhaps. . .perhaps not. I remember reading abo... | |
| XLR or RCA cables? @vanson1In my very limited experience, I have found XLR to be quieter cables than RCA cables, tending also produce a truer sound, without significant coloration. With a truly balanced system, supposedly you're not supposed to hear a difference be... | |
| Room rearrangement. Cable question @millercarbonI've never heard of suspending speaker cables. . what's the rationale behind that? (I understand some rationale behind keeping electrical cables separated from audio signal cables, but if they are shielded, which most are, I don't kn... | |
| Authorized Rega Service Center in New York @yogiboy Yes, Alma and David are great people. Yes, I purchased the new Linn Krystal cartridge from them, and they are installing it and aligning it, and will ship it back to me. . . the shipping isn’t a problem, just an extra $50 each way. The sh... | |
| Authorized Rega Service Center in New York @yogiboy Accent on Music received my Rega P8, which had a Apheta 2 cartridge, which was 3 years old with maybe 90 hours on it. Apparently the left channel of the cartridge just went silent! The wires are attached inside the cartridge, and the to... | |
| Best Desktop Speakers under $500 Also, you need to decide if you want active speakers (with a built in amplifier) which would be more compact for the top of a desk, or if you want passive speakers, which will require an amplifier, etc. | |
| 16 bit vs 24 bit vs 35 bit vs 36 bit vs 64 bit DAC sampling @itsjustme What do you perceive as the greatest challenges and areas for digital to excel?Thanks. | |
| 16 bit vs 24 bit vs 35 bit vs 36 bit vs 64 bit DAC sampling @alan60 I hope this doesn't turn into a "this is better" or "that is better" thread, but I have listened to a high end dCS SACD player in my system before I purchased the Esoteric, and it sounded much worse than my 15 year old Musical Fidelity pla... |