erik_squires
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| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? The only way you’ll ever convince me there’s a lick of difference between WAV and FLAC is with the jitter measurements. It is _possible_ that the decompression has so much of an effect it overworks limited or pooor buffers and jitter control mech... | |
| Different Types of Spade termination ie gold plated copper, or other metals combos Go with soft. Copper and gold are among the best choices. They are excellent conductors and soft enough to really let the terminals grip. Rhodium on the other hand is a terrible conductor and far too hard to keep a strong grip. IMHO, besides s... | |
| Audio Research versus McIntosh tube amps: anyone experience or compare both? I agree with @cleeds In particular, how they handle the upper midrange and treble is very different, and also different for vintage AR vs. current. I'd suggest Ayre and Luxman to be on your short list, as well as Parasound. | |
| Why Preamps Thump on Turn on Amplifiers should always be turned on 1st and last off! This will eliminate speaker thump due to large current inrush filling capacitors in the amplifier. The inrush current is the same whether first or last. However, turning it on first will ... | |
| Gain control for low-pass bi-amp Any passive volume control on the bass amp will work for you, no reason to make it very expensive, but if you wanted to spend a little money, I’d get a miniDSP AND bypass all of the low bass woofer’s crossover. This would take some careful measur... | |
| Stacking subwoofers You would be better served by adding just 1 IF you can place it optimally so as to eliminate any existing dips. If you can't choose where to put it bass traps and EQ may be a better direction for you at this point. | |
| Quandary @cdc Luxman, D’Agostino, Vandersteen (yes, they make amps), Parasound, Sanders. When I say I can recomend them that doesn’t mean they handle all loads, but rather they are at least neutral and tonally will not cause themselves to be noticed. Amps... | |
| Audio Research SP16 vs Conrad Johnson PV15 Not a CJ preamp but I owned on of their solid state amps, a CJ MF2250 There's a reason cj got out of the SS market and ended up buying Mccormack. Not sure if that went anywhere either, but I wouldn't gauge any of cj's tube gear on their SS g... | |
| room setup suggesion needed One tool that's super easy ot use is the AM Acoustics room mode simulator. Plug in your room dimensions and it will help you avoid the worst trouble spots for speakers and listening location. | |
| It Happens Every Time I Calibrate I think we all do, but I think you may want to consider two areas: Tthe difference in acoustics of the hall and your listening room. You may lack enough dispersion to give you that enveloping hall sensation. You may need a sub, along with p... | |
| Quandary Pass is, IMHO, a very personal choice, and I would never consider it without listening first. Would I pay for an audition? No. Go listen in the store first at least. There are amps I can recommend unconditionally for all listeners with all sys... | |
| Marantz vs. Arcam Thanks @james633 for your input. The more time I have to think about it I am leaning towards a Marantz processor. My center is active and I'm about to convert my L and R to the same kind of configuration, leaving me with only the surround speake... | |
| Audio Research SP16 vs Conrad Johnson PV15 Back then the cj were colorful, seductive and the ARC I found analytical. I often heard the ARC with B&W which IMHO was a very bad pairing. I did get to hear a CJ PV10 vs. an ARC of the same vintage with ML and I thought it was heavenly. Esp... | |
| PREAMPLIFIER UPGRADE QUESTION I might suggest an old school cj preamp, I haven't heard their latest. Very juicy, seductive and great sound stage. Not neutral. | |
| audible distortion and tube gear? If you think of distortion as a type of noise, then yes, you could say that if you start with a high amount of noise to begin with you are going to have a harder time, but not impossible, hearing low amplitude noise that's in addition to the origi... |