erik_squires
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| Good Quality Music on Tidal Chet Baker, and Mel Torme have several albums on Tidal as well. :) | |
| Pilliod Audio mono amplifiers with Hypex UCD400 HxR By the way, I think you can get Kiwame discounted if you look for KOA at Mouser. Last I looked the oddly speced resistors were identical. Best,Erik | |
| Pilliod Audio mono amplifiers with Hypex UCD400 HxR Very pretty case, and layout. Looks like they are NOT going with the Hypex PS but bulding their own linear supply. Also interesting they went with the UCD instead of the latest nCore power amp. I’ve not heard either, but really want to listen to t... | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one It's possible to make a piece of equipment, especially speakers, "discriminating" without being better. Make the input receivers more sensitive, reduce the buffer sizes, increase the output impedance, etc. and you have a piece of equipment that i... | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one @ctsooner I think we have different expectations. Personally, if I am paying for an excellent DAC it needs to be more or less immune to source quality. I've found some DAC's do this much better than others. Schiit and Mytek for instance to me se... | |
| Ayre now has a new QX-5 all in one @ctsooner My experience with Ayre DAC's is that they CAN sound awesome but only with great sources. Your friends who traded in the BADA, what is the source?Best,Erik | |
| Is a Sub required for HT I really have great experience with Hsu, similar pricing to SVS, but better looking cabinets I think.Best,Erik | |
| Is a Sub required for HT Integrating the sub "well" is the key part. I say it’s difficult because it usually is. The goal in adding a sub to movies is of course extension, but you must also compensate for room modes as well as seamlessly blending the sub in with your sate... | |
| Best SACD's Just a general vote for Blue Coast Records. Small ensemble jazz and folk. No particular favorite yet but the latest from Jenna Mammina is outstanding. Fabulous attention to detail, and a lot of it is straight to DSD, as opposed to coming from anal... | |
| Opinion on best hand held Remote?? Universal or RTI or--- I have never had a remote as bad as a Harmony. Locked up multiple times, terrible software, web interface terribly slow. Others have had equally bad experience. URC is great, but may take a little effort to learn to program.Best,Erik | |
| Is a Sub required for HT No....but!Your receiver's bass management will route all the bass to existing speakers. The experience of watching a movie with a well i tegrated sub is transformative. Especially naval movies, but integrating a sub well is a ton of work to do r... | |
| Wilson Maxx II problem Sub/woofer integration is a monster, so bass limited speakers often play better in room than larger.Bass traps, eq and room design are our friends.Erik | |
| MQA - Music Discussion I'm sorry, Phil Collins and Talking Heads are lost to us forever. | |
| my speakers hum OP:Get a digital V meter, something that reads down to 1V or less. Should be around $20.Connect it to your speakers while you hear the humming. Measure the AC V. Change speakers. Repeat. I think you’ll find that the AC V is the same. If so, this m... | |
| my speakers hum @eniac26 I think there may be a misunderstanding. If you are telling me you have a passive speaker, then there’s absolutely no way that swapping the speaker terminals would create or negate hum. If I misread what I was responding to, I’m sorry.If ... |