erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Room Correction without loosing MQA and DSD Roon has probably the best MQA capabilities I know of. They managed to unfold 48kHz to 96kHz, and pass it to the DAC WITH EQ changes for further MQA decoding.That is, if your DAC has MQA, you can use all of Roon's features and still keep the full ... | |
| Which SS integrated amp to choose? Luxman owner here. Two others you should listen to are Arcam and Ayre. | |
| small footprint Class A mono blocks and pre amplifier Not Class A, but sound wonderful are the Ayre MX-R monoblocks. Turn them sideways and they'll meet your spec. | |
| Room Correction without loosing MQA and DSD Sorry, just reread, and now understand what I think is a typo.You want to keep DSD AND Tidal MQA while adding room correction. OK, you can do this with Roon, but it won’t do the room analysis part for you. You have to collect the data yourself and... | |
| Best songs to test speakers Worth noting that the reviewer's job is different than the buyer's, so different tools. A good reviewer will not who a speaker is good for. A buyer IMHO shouldn't be attempting to discern all aspects of a speaker's performance envelope, but rathe... | |
| Comparison of latest DAC chips -1 on any Oppo DACs. I found them all bright if not screechy. Definitely one to audition before purchasing. | |
| Fill in the gap in this digital chain Look at BlueOS, Roon and Volumio. Personally, I use a Roon server(core) in a closet, and a Raspberry Pi 4 as the Roon streamer. I'm really happy with it so far. See here for the purchase list for the streamer (~ $150): https://inatinear.blogspot.c... | |
| You just won a $5,000 audio gear only gift card Mytek Manhattan with built in streamer. | |
| Any Difference Between Gold and Silver RCA/XLR Connector Plugs? I've read one study showing that there is a tiny effect when going from one material to another, so sticking with gold contacts is probably a good idea. | |
| sound quality control (mixing) at live venues It's not just the sound guys. I remember going to a small venue, the band playing brought 30" looking woofers and some of the attendees were salivating over them. That was their experience. Big bass. | |
| Speaker manufacturers or box manufacturers with off the shelf drivers? I'm the expert here when it comes to questions like this. Ahahahahahhaa. | |
| Speaker manufacturers or box manufacturers with off the shelf drivers? If you build your own, your profit margins skyrocket. If you don't, you have to sell speakers at least 10x your driver cost. And yes, you can get genuinely world class speakers either way. The panache of exclusivity is harder to maintain when pund... | |
| Closed back headphones and Focal I haven't been successful in finding closed back headphones I really liked that much.I've had good luck with open back, and IEMs, and found the ESS hybrid closed-back headphones decent compromises, but really little I felt worth high end dollars. ... | |
| Axe to grind know it alls Thanks for all the kind words. To those who have voiced their support, your free $45,000 in panel ground noise cancelling purifier is in the mail.Best,Erik | |
| Closed back headphones and Focal I like Blutooth IEM's' for travel. With the right ear tips the noise blocking is considerable. I'm trying to understand something. You think others can hear your cans in the morning, or you want to keep morning sounds out of your music? |