erik_squires
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| It looks like a debate to me. It should not be a debate. If you have a tube amp that ’measures poorly’ yet seems to sound just fine (as has often been seen in the pages of Stereophile) and an amplifier that measures just fine and is really ’neutral’ but not particularly music... | |
| looking to upgrade from B&w 805s to full range Sorry, Dali is also a good candidate for your tastes.Best,E | |
| looking to upgrade from B&w 805s to full range You want golden ear. Best,E | |
| It isn't the bits, it's the hardware @millercarbonI'm grateful for your thoughtful consideration of the facts and ability to share your great insight with all of us. I'm so glad you aren't a knee-jerk reactionary that just follows someone he does not like to be a negative sour puss. ... | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars Erik, yes, you are. There are aimed very specifically to location, both of the speaker and the listening position height etc. Quite shocking in fact, how a small change in these positions can make a dramatic difference. The problem is our ea... | |
| Tidal HiFi really lossless? You have to set it correctly. On the phone, there's a streamer quality setting, same for the PC app. Not sure about OS X. | |
| Bose 901 Kudos for attempting to EQ what would be extremely difficult speakers to EQ at all, given the nature of the deliberate time smear in them. | |
| Voltage question Check the back of the CD player for input voltage. | |
| Music streamer device vs laptop/phone? The combined streamer/DAC is pretty expensive, but if all you need is to move bits from the web to your integrated amp look at Roon. I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as a streamer, and an old Linux box in a closet as the core/server component. Best,E | |
| Voltage question What exactly is the kit you are thinking of though?? Lots of newer kit is multi-voltage. | |
| You could work for any manufacturer, past or present... @audioguy85Honestly I don’t know much about Tannoy, except that it is "venerable" and British. Help me out, when and why would you choose them? | |
| Yg carmel 2 owners Hi @smodtacticalI have always felt the A3 has the potential to be a much better value than the S1 Mk II and far easier to own, but I have not actually heard it, and I was using the S1 Mk II as a foil for the YG Carmel because both are floor standi... | |
| amp for vandersteens Luxman, Ayre, Arcam. :) | |
| Class D amplifiers have very little phase shift Hi @Jetter That's a little off topic, but 3 different speaker designs. I use all of them in my HT. 2 of these designs are 2-way, one a center (also a 2-way). They're not commercial kits, so no one has the courage to blow cash on the parts. :-) P... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 Look at the Stereophile CJ Premiere 12 chart. The simulated speaker load they use is pretty close to what the Pulsars have. Shows about 0.5 dB boost. Perfectly manageable with placement, and of course, in a good room. :) |