erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| will using rca connector degrade sound quality? You are giving us precious little here to help you with. Is this a car stereo? Do you have a link to pictures of the connectors? What subwoofer are you trying to connect to? | |
| Tidal on Oppo 105 I should have rephrased that. :) I forgot, not all DAC's do USB as well. They mostly do, and mostly sound much better via USB 2.0 but there's the occasional misfire. :)Best,Erik | |
| Which system would you rather have? I have neutral speakers, and from movies, to R&R to jazz and world music, the comment I hear the most are "Wow, these speakers can play everything!" And they do. THey don't sound like any particular brand. After tonal neutrality, lack of com... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? And on top of all that, some designers like B&W or Focal do totally wonky things like putting the tweeters ahead of the mids. Never ends well.One odd thing I'm still wrapping my head around are companies that make multiple driver enclosures, b... | |
| I asking for suggestions in choosing a pre-amp [that won't "break the bank". In that price range, new I’d recommend Mytek or Schiit. Both very good, and relatively immune to source quality. Meaning if you use your Oppo’s digital outs they’ll still sound good. I like Berkeley Audio Design but they are pricey and sound a bit... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? By the way, I think time and frequency correction is very cool. However, there’s a few points I want to make.Many speakers are just not very neutral in the frequency domain and an EQ is the only way to fix it. From B&W to Martin Logan, some hi... | |
| Peachtree Grand Integrated X1 vs Parasound Halo Integrated I’m a big fan of all the Halo amplifiers. Neutral, sometimes warmish. Never glaring or unmusical or weak. I traded mine in for ICEPower units, but not the bridged models. :) So it’s kind of funny these are the two options you are considering. Stil... | |
| Upgrading Power Service In New Home Build An oscilloscope with the right probes and preferably a frequency analyzer would be ideal. Sadly these are not really easy to come by. A DIY'er might build his own PC interface using the sound card to oscilloscipe software, but doing so for power s... | |
| Is Audio nirvana real? Nirvana is very real. I'm selling entry level Nirvana for $5,250. Based on satisfaction derived from our flagship "Total Nirvana", for $55,000, you get most of the happiness and joy most people need for 1/10th the cost. There's also "Glimps of Ni... | |
| Upgrading Power Service In New Home Build It's got to be cleaner than living in a building with elevators. | |
| Schitt Audio Still in business??? Glad you like it! While I usually love the sound of the output stage on Ayre’s (guessing that’s it since I hear the same qualities regardless of gear type) the Schiits have an amazing immunity to sources. No matter how bad the input is the Schiits... | |
| I asking for suggestions in choosing a pre-amp [that won't "break the bank". What is your budget for a pre or DAC? | |
| Recos for entry level Bookshelf speaker $400-750 for 21yo nieces first system? Feel like building them? I have great plans for a pair that will get her into all sorts of music. | |
| I asking for suggestions in choosing a pre-amp [that won't "break the bank". I don’t see a DAC int hat list. I’m going to assume you’re just going to run the Oppo straight? The Parasound P7 has phono, and 1 set of balanced inputs, along with 7.1 balanced and unbalanced outputs, along with some tone controls. You might also... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? @blang11 Another thing that is not clear is how MQA encoding plays with regular studio work. The way it should to work is that the MQA encoding process should take your A/D converers into account and compensate for it’s shortcomings. Well, what do... |