erik_squires
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| Replacement for Matrix 803 S2 With that size room, before you change speakers, spend about 1-$2k of your budget at GIK Acoustics. THEN see if you want new speakers. After that, a satellite/sub system may work out best for you, especially if you have room EQ. Alternatives of co... | |
| Would increasing the gain in the amp give more weight to the sound? Any negatives? Gain does not affect body. In fact it can add quite a bit of noise.What you want to do is increase input impedance. You can do this with a high quality transformer, but not sure where you'd get one off the shelf.Best,Erik | |
| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines @terry9 I'm not at all surprised you've not heard this. Subs are in fact a giant PITA to integrate well. If this was work, I'd say they have a very high Total Cost of Ownership, or that the "care and feeding" is much higher than most people realiz... | |
| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines @terry9 As i've written before, given an adequate sub, bass traps and EQ, I can make subs sound lightning fast and unbelievably dynamic. The problem isn't the slow or fast, but that maggies integrate into the room much more nicely and with less ef... | |
| Whole house setup Your amp is fine. Turn to GIK Acoustics for advice on room tuning that you want to live with. :) I will say that not only do acoustics matter a lot, but after you have it done you may go through a dozen speakers, but you'll never want to replace t... | |
| Apple TV 4 > TV > DAC You usually can route video that way, but why? I mean, you could go straight from your Apple TV to a DAC.Many (including me) report improvements in listening to these bargain audio streamers by putting a reclocker in the signal just before the DAC... | |
| Dark Side of the Moon - Is MFSL really all that? The MFSL CD I have is a different recording altogether. Thanks! Erik | |
| HELP*%# How many DAC's does it take to screw in a decent output signal??? HI! So there is an answer. :) CD's are digital. Speakers are analog. Once, and only once, that digital signal must become analog before your speakers can move air. This is done by a Digital to Analog Converter or DAC of which only 1 is allowed in... | |
| Dark Side of the Moon - Is MFSL really all that? Hey @stereo5 which of your digital releases would you recommend?I have no vinyl here I'm afraid. Best,Erik | |
| Whole house setup Well, it seems you like to tinker and move things around a lot. :) I don’t think any suggestions would necessarily help you. I would think about however going to a system like a Sonos or similar where possible. You have more gear in that house tha... | |
| "Vintage" high end gear vs new and upgrade path? I think the capacitors in the vintage gear has, for the most part, really been improved upon. Not sure about the circuits. At the very least, replacing coupling caps in tube preamps is usually a big deal. If I had a Sonic Frontiers 2 or 3 with upg... | |
| Advice on best upgrade path for a Mac Mini setup @ghosthouse YES! Why are you against computer based playback, exactly? I mean every single streamer is a computer. For around $600 you could build a very nice Linux based music server with Android and iPhone app support and 2 TB of storage. Best,E... | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment @gdhal I've read much of that before elsewhere. It seems pretty consistent. :) I wonder sometimes if some sorts of noise actually make things sound better for us. Like the way dither increases dynamic range. Like I said, I like DSD, but I'm not su... | |
| Advice on best upgrade path for a Mac Mini setup Well, you could always cobble together a motorcycle battery and DC to AC inverter to power your Mini off-grid. I think it would probably last at least half an hour. :) However since most inverters buzz mechanically while working.... maybe not. :) ... | |
| Volume Controls - Can they affect Dynamic Range? "These amplifiers go to eleven...." The answer is complicated. It depends on gain, noise, overload and resolution. Your ears are your best guide when things get complicated. For digital to digital, I leave everything at max, and let my preamp deal... |