erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp? Hey Finsup,In broadly general terms, solid state amplifiers are the better choice for very difficult to drive speakers. Speakers with typically low impedances (4 Ohms) or that have extremely low impedance points, such as electrostatics, are usuall... | |
| Speakers with external parts, gimmicks or serious? @timlub Overall, most manufactures try to obtain a flat response.... I think that's a little generous from what I've seen. Many "high end" speakers are juiced one way or another. From rough treble to dips around 2.4kHz to enhance an artific... | |
| Explain to me dsd While all this tech is fun, I wouldn't say upsampling, or converstion from PCM guarantees one or the other is better. Your ears make a better arbiter than white papers. :) Best,Erik | |
| Speakers with external parts, gimmicks or serious? So I found the Gryphon Mojo which has a replaceable resistor, and I think there's another brand that makes it easy. Zu perhaps? Forgot.Best,Erik | |
| Speakers with external parts, gimmicks or serious? @chayro Oh, I forgot about them. In addition, some makers provide fancy jumper boards, or switches to tailor the response curve to taste. To me that seems like a much better option than to keep swapping amps and cables, but it doesn't seem to be ... | |
| You want the TRUTH from those Wilson Alexia's, maybe you can't handle the TRUTH Or what about Phase Linear, i.e. Flame Linear? At some point Carver actually owned up to design flaws, but not until the Carver amp was much forgotten. Best,Erik | |
| Explain to me dsd Hi Joey,DSD is a different way to try to digitally encode data than PCM. They both result in digital files, but DSD tends to be much larger than PCM. SACD is a disk which contains DSD data. Unfortunately there is no easy way to rip SACD, but the... | |
| Apple TV 4 > TV > DAC Those evil bastids!! | |
| Viva, no longer a fan @roxy54 Well, if you are thinking of companies owned by the Swatch Company, I hope they have improved. Their service was so bad I promised I'd never own another watch in their brand umbrella. I hope that got better.Best,Erik | |
| You want the TRUTH from those Wilson Alexia's, maybe you can't handle the TRUTH You know, I just thought of something. SAE gained fame around the time of Halfer and before Sumo, sort of. I mean, these brands were all around and had some sort of a following. Amber and Adcom I believe were also gaining some fame too around th... | |
| You want the TRUTH from those Wilson Alexia's, maybe you can't handle the TRUTH @ivanj Electrical panels are rated by amps, not watts, but I get your point. :) Fortunately most audio equipment is reasonably efficient at idle. Unless you plan to run those amps near peak power, I suspect most audiophiles will have no trouble at... | |
| Martin Logan Motion 35xt Or B&W Cdm-1SE I have only heard the B&W's. If you aren't going for an ESL, then I'd consider Monitor Audio as better. I always felt Dynaudio speakers shouted. I'm probably by myself there too. Erik | |
| Adding a 2nd Sub to a 2 Channel System @limniscate You can't localize a single sub either, when "properly integrated". I defy anyone to hear either my main speakers or my sub as distinct sound sources. :) Again, it's all about configuration, and configuring a sub is a major PITA. :) B... | |
| Who is Most Beautiful female singer ever Sophia Loren. http://www.italymagazine.com/news/bing-bang-bong-sophia-loren-her-music-performances | |
| High end vintage vs contemporary DAC's - are sonic improvements real? I'd say room treatment was more important than speakers. :) In the sense that once you have good room treatment you won't swap it out, but you may change speakers a dozen times. It's also a bit of a chicken and egg problem though. Consider for i... |