duckworp
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| Tweaks you got rid of because they were not effective (enough)? @hilde45...@duckworp, for the feet under the speakers, what worked for you? I have some spikes but have not tried them out, yet. Came with the speaker stands.Spikes were OK but the big improvement happened by placing cheap granite kitchen chopping... | |
| Tweaks you got rid of because they were not effective (enough)? I have many tweaks that worked but these ones that did not:- expensive feet under amps, CD players and DACs (Unlike under speakers where they have had a big effect, and under the Hi-Fi rack, again a positive effect).- external clocks - crystals, a... | |
| A long harsh digital trip - final meter? My electronic engineer friend tells me that the various electronics and noisy switch mode power supplies in your home will inject noise into the signal, as well as all the components, from the modem onwards, that the signal passes through. Hence w... | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? The Stein Music room in the Munich high-end show always soundS amazing. But the do have some fantastic speakers. I’d love to try their room treatments and 'harmonisers' one day. I did contact them and they were happy to supply things to try out.... | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker So far it’s been US companies. Here are three of my favourite from the rest of the world. The Swiss company Boenicke make speakers which are elegant hand-made beauties, all made from solid wood. They look and sound like no other speaker, so musica... | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? @scothurwitz With regard to the isolation feet, which three brands did you try? I tried CMS and did exactly as you did and left them in for 2 weeks as my dealer said they would change over time and, as exactly as you said that they would get worse... | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? Tweaks that worked for me:- Townshend seismic corners under the rack. These ‘float’ the whole rack and made a big difference- cheap Granite slabs under speakers- Isoacoustic Gaia feet under speakers - CAD GC1 and GC3 passive grounding units- a ded... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC After a lot of research and demoing I have just invested in a CAD 1543 mkII for my pro listening-studio (used for choosing and checking audio files for record companies). It is a classic r2r using a number of the old Philips 1543 chips, and is the... | |
| Speakers which always sound good The most problematic issue with speaker choice in the rooms of my own, my friends, and at shows, seems to be bass boom. This may be more a feature of Europe: we have smaller dwellings and hence smaller rooms on the whole than the USA. Even small 2... | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? Interesting to read this thread.In the UK 'streamer' seems now to define a unit with both DAC and network bridge, I demoed the following network bridge units in my own Vitus/Boenicke system. Hence all wen5 via usb to the Vitus DAC. 1. Auralic Arie... | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? @redwoodaudio There is a big thread on them here in the forum. Can you link to this thread please? Search does nor find it. | |
| Help needed finding an integrated amp which has a streamer and DAC included. Thanks for the suggestions. I’m following them all up. Let me know any more if any have been missed. Thanks. | |
| Miracles in Audio, by luck, by good choices,by design or by tweaking... @sgordon1 says he puts them on top of components. Why? | |
| Miracles in Audio, by luck, by good choices,by design or by tweaking... These are great on top of components and shelves, and on transformers. They come fully assembled, too.Great value.https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001302651100.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.7f7f4c4dgrVxHmSo these go under components to support th... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC I decided to try a reference-level R2R DAC instead of my Qutest, which is the only DAC I’ve ever owned. I also didn’t want to spend more than I needed to. I chose the May based on the stereophile and stereotimes reviews. Both experienced reviewers... |