erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| What are the sexiest components ever made? Late 1980's Tandberg, hands down. | |
| I'm here for the enthusiasts, not the snobbery Interesting.....Funny how just the mention of a word or two (motorcycles/cars) can take a post into an entirely different direction,Hence my evil laugh. :) | |
| Understanding Speaker Output on Nikko NA-550 Hey there, this is pretty typical. Lots of buyers like to run two separate pairs of speakers, but you don't have 2x the circuitry. The jacks are just there for convenience. The lower the impedance number, the harder to drive. The top line means... | |
| I'm here for the enthusiasts, not the snobbery Motorcycles are real fun...until someone gets hurt. Or killed.You can't claim to be engaged if you don't put skin in the game. | |
| ???Compromise??? I'm not sure what you define as "front end" but yeah, I've given up a lot of cables, and a lot of size, in favor of good room acoustics, less complexity, more visual beauty and aesthetically pleasing components. | |
| XLR Interconnects I used solid silver, shielded DIY XLR's and have never looked back. :) The only issues I've run into is that the solid silver, single strand is more brittle than average. | |
| Issue? - speaker tweeters crackling when integrated amp turned on/off, muted/unmuted I'd have your integrated checked. This is not normal and usually indicative of a cap going bad. Get it checked early before it causes speaker damage. You may also want to disconnect all inputs and re-test. If the problem goes away, it's an upst... | |
| Output test on amp No. The problem with multimeters is they tend to be limited to a few hundred hertz. Your easiest/cheapest solution is to use a cell phone with a calibrated mic:https://amzn.to/2V3ahikand appropriate software. I use Audio Tools on android. To see ... | |
| Luxman integrated for Harbeth Compact 7's Get the integrated and decide on the phono after. | |
| How would you power Wilson Audio Sasha or Alexia II? From personal preference: Luxman / D’Agostino / Ayre. From what you should listen to if you can to form a personal opinion:Pass / Ayre / Luxman | |
| Let Roon upsample vs let Lumin T2 do the work Sorry. To the DAC, native DSD and upsampled DSD look the same, in that they follow the same format, and the DAC doesn’t know or care where it came from.What I meant about "real DSD" was a recording released as DSD to begin with, or "native." Of co... | |
| Any heard of Sound of Science room treatment I don't know them. I rely on GIK Acoustics. Great prices, fun Art Panels, very effective. | |
| Seasoning your sound with powercords Let your speakers burn in for at least 72 hours of playing. | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure Also kind of interesting to point out that the other way, making the Conrad Johnson amp sound like the Carver, in an afternoon with a bucket of parts, would have been nearly impossible. Maybe he could have taken feedback off the output? I'm not su... | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure Not explicitly, but the notion of a transfer function is a complicated subject.@almargYep, and noise and distortion can be a part of it. I’m just trying to parse out what Carver did during this testing. We think of him as a god, faithfully recreat... |