eisen0169
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| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? I also purchased the Luxman 590axii but hadn't heard Luxman is "getting out of the Class A business". A good integrated forms the basis for a "compact reference system", which is what I tried to put together since I really am space-limited. Howe... | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss I have the Marantz SA-10 purchased to build a compact reference system after lots of research on SACD/DSD players. Got a great price new and it's a lot less expensive than other high end SACD players like Esoteric or new Luxman. I'll never under... | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? Check out the Yamaha NS-5000. 8 years in development. The only speaker with Zylon drivers (that beats beryllium, which Yamaha pioneered in the 1970's), the only full range speaker with woofer, mid-range and tweeter made from this same material) a... | |
| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? My experience is probably illustrative. I never paid much attention to placement with my Gallo 3.1's, which seemed to have a really wide dispersion and were not sensitive to much moving around. When I changed them for Yamaha NS-5000's I found my... | |
| Speaker placement The two things I found most helpful were inexpensive laser measures and casters. My listening chair is against a wall so I put a laser measure on the top of each speaker aimed at a single spot where my head would be, but you can do it with one an... | |
| The best $99 system upgrade ever! This is what my doctor used: https://doctor-easy.com/products/elephant-ear-washer. Amazon sells it. It comes with a cup but use it in the shower for no mess. Just use some ear solution like Debrox, plug your ears for 10 minutes, then irrigate.... | |
| A Couple Little Things I'm Wondering About I found most of these expensive so made some myself but didn't like the result. Judging from what is now available and the prices, I think many audiophiles may have lost interest. I'm going to try them on my new system but found that jack pad ad... | |
| Power Conditioners My electric company put a whole house surge protector behind the electric meter. It's something only the utility can do, but is the best way to prevent surge. It comes with a multi-thousand dollar insurance policy. Costs $10/mo. on my bill. On... | |
| Are cables really worth their high price because of their geometry? My experience is that the tech is not all mumbo jumbo. That said, in my new system I shopped for cables last and found that the prices in many cases were out of sight. I found that the cost of new cables even in the middle of most manufacturers ... | |
| o.k anybody know anything about shm-cd they claim there indistinguishable from the master? I have a couple of SHM's that do sound better, including Black Sabbath Paranoid. Also excellent are Sony's Blu Spec CD's and Blu Spec CD2's which are made using Blu-ray machinery and laser processes. The thing to do is try these in your system p... | |
| Beryllium Tweets Regarding the Yamaha NS-5000, here are some "specs" for zylon vs. beryllium. Yamaha says the "sound velocity" is comparable to beryllium. Keep in mind the same material is used for all 3 drivers and Yamaha uses a big dome midrange, not a cone. ... | |
| What are the sexiest components ever made? Transcriptors original turntable is in MOMA - the Museum of Modern Art in NYC - for a reason. It was resurrected and remanufactured by different investors twice I believe. If it was modernized again I might find a reason to get into vinyl just t... | |
| Unbelievable None of the worldwide reviews on the NS-5000 mention the effect of the finish as improving the signal to noise ratio, just that the finish improves cabinet rigidity. With the introduction of the speakers to the US, Yamaha I believe changed this c... | |
| How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present Research on the topic "Influence of Visual Appearance on Loudspeaker Sound Quality Evaluation": https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282774936_Influence_of_Visual_Appearance_on_Loudspeaker_Sound Quality Evaluation. This appeared in the Octobe... | |
| CD sound quality: original pressings vs regular remaster vs MFSL, etc I recently found there is a disc from Japan called Blu-spec and Blu-spec2. Both produce redbook CD using Sony blue-ray production equipment and have been available since 2008. The process was improved in 2012. As an experiment I purchased the s... |