erik_squires
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| On Rel subs: Which are most musical? All subwoofer's are the spawn of the devil. Beautiful when subjugated, but nightmares otherwise.A smaller sub with higher f3 (-3 dB point) will tend to be easier to integrate with the room so many listeners think they are faster somehow, or more m... | |
| Looking for upgrade from Apple TV, would like to keep using iTunes and wifi There's always issues doing sample rate conversion it's not as simple as saying that 2x is going to be better than 1.8x. Some algorithms are better sounding than others though. I'm not sure I understand the problem with your DAC though, 44.1 shou... | |
| Music you Hated but now Love Anything from Phish... oh, wait, no, still hate it..... :D :D :D | |
| Sonic Frontier Line 3 vs McIntosh C2500 Audio asylum or diyaudio should let you. ;) | |
| Single ended vs xlr balanced Pro grear uses a ground lift switch, which completely disconnects the ground, leaving only the (+) and (-) signals connected. Usually a totally benign or definite improvement. There’s no way to do this with an RCA cable, except to use the safety g... | |
| Classe Processor and Amp How did you calibrate the system? A good setup is to use AudioTools for SPL and a Dayton imm6 microphone ($25) | |
| Single ended vs xlr balanced I should also say, there are mechanisms which MIGHT make balanced sound better. That's different than saying it WILL. :) The truth is, if you can't hear it, it's just academic. Make your own ears and wallet happy. :) Best,Erik | |
| Single ended vs xlr balanced It's important to note that pro gear is different than consumer gear. Pro gear usually converts the balanced signal to single-ended immediately, and feeds it's inputs with that, until it's output, when it is again balanced by adding a negative pha... | |
| Outboard crossover? Why not? Here is an example of an internal crossover being turned external, check out the pic with the coffee cup and caps. You'll see what I mean when I say enormous caps. http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue70/duelund.htmBest,Erik | |
| Would you go all 1 brand for electronics? SAE is back baby! :) Althought it's now another ATI label. Yes, I do remember them, at least in pictures. Sumo started to go the same way too. Aesthetically Sumo is a brand I wish was back. Best,Erik | |
| Advice on using a laser for speaker positioning I have decided to be a lot more relaxed and get used to speakers that are just not that fussy. :) Having said that, I use a Bosh laser level that is relatively inexpensive ($50)http://amzn.to/2bqLdbZIt projects a line instead of a dot, making it e... | |
| Sonic Frontier Line 3 vs McIntosh C2500 And I convinced you to do this without explaining the major part of the upgrade! :) Please be careful opening up tube gear. Voltages inside are LETHAL at 300V or higher. This is different than solid state, that is rarely over 15V for a preamp, 60V... | |
| PS Audio CD Memory Transport?? Yes Or NO I'm not sure if you have USB 2.0 support or not. If so, any streamer, or any home built PC should do a very good job feeding a USB 2.0 capable DAC that is driverless for Linux/OSX. I built my own 2TB server/streamer for around $600 to feed a Mytek... | |
| Sonic Frontier Line 3 vs McIntosh C2500 It's kind of funny, but kind of true that a good tube preamp is:"A bunch of the very best caps money can buy surrounded by tubes and other such nonsense"By the way, only 1 or 2 caps per channel are coupling. The rest are power supply related, or f... | |
| Sonic Frontier Line 3 vs McIntosh C2500 Caps do a lot of thing, but unfortunately in tube preamps they are a necessary evil we wish we could avoid. The biggest issue with caps in a tube preamp are the caps used in the signal path, and are almost never neutral or transparent enough, so g... |