emergingsoul
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| Tidal or Qobuz tidal uses MQA which really sucks because they crop out some of the upper and lower frequency and compress some of the quality of the sound. It's horrifying to use tidal because of this. Qobuz pure uncompress sound. Although playlists are not so ... | |
| Bacch Dsp, True stereo? @soix I spent time on the website and really tried to understand all the various offerings and also how it fits into my existing System. I had trouble figuring it out. Maybe I'm alone and maybe I'm not as smart as everybody else but it just see... | |
| Bacch Dsp, True stereo? @low325 Thank you for your reply. The only problem I have with all this is that it's so very difficult and confusing to implement. I've heard horror stories from others when trying to work with their current equipment and this Baach stuff. The ... | |
| Why don't they record in ‘surround stereo’? @lynn_olson Yeah I mostly see uncompressed PCM which my NAD processor calls ‘Direct’ and that’s mostly what I see these days. And I’m fine with that. YouTube videos with music tend to be better in stereo as it mangles things when some of the si... | |
| Why don't they record in ‘surround stereo’? Fascinating comments above. I guess another huge obstacle is all the Cable connections would have to be increased coming out of the back of the components if you expand from two channel listening to more channels. Vastly complicating the cabling a... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? @mikelavigne This is a very thoughtful response and have to read it very carefully. Hoping I can learn something. Yes I Believe you have an extremely awesome, very extremely awesome, System in a very very beautiful room. You could make a lot of... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? The secret is to biamp your system. Use tubes for the upper drivers and solid state mega power for bass drivers. This is a true reference system if done properly. What the hell is a reference system anyway. Does it mean it's better or just somet... | |
| Is my amp good enough? Room size is very important. Bigger rooms offer more challenges, ceiling height is also really really important. And the color of paint on the walls also impacts your ability to perceive sound. Also found the more money you spend the happier you... | |
| How long does it take your tube amp to warm up? Is the benefit from an extended warm-up more so due to tubes warming up or the transformers? Seems the tubes would be getting warm pretty quickly. Since the transformers are larger maybe they take longer. My amplifier which has around 14 tubes i... | |
| How long does it take your tube amp to warm up? Please let's not keep the equipment on all the time. There is a need to be somewhat concerned about environmental issues. | |
| New pre-amplifier? I guess it’s one of those things where a manufacturer sends out a product new initially. And then something doesn’t work right and it has to be returned and in the meantime a new replacement product is shipped back to the original customer. And th... | |
| 10 gauge power cord. Too much power for tube amp? The amplifier is a Mc2301 from McIntosh that's giving blinking red lights after warm-up frequently. Power tubes have been replaced with new ones, maybe it's a signal tube. Sometimes it works fine, as long as amp stays on for at least a minute afte... | |
| 10 gauge power cord. Too much power for tube amp? Are power tubes or signal tubes more sensitive to incoming voltage issues, or amplifier power protection issues, which can lead to an amplifier shutting down? | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? My girlfriend says she really likes my big speakers. Completely satisfied. She has amazing big speakers too. | |
| Can you touch the tubes? For some amps it's difficult to use the base of a tube to push and pull into socket. I found if I just grip it comfortably around the upper portion of the tube and rock it back-and-forth while applying pressure as it slides in. Of course there's ... |