erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Buy a $40,000 used DAC for $4,000 or a new one for the same amount? The biggest issue with old DAC's is how they handle Redbook. New DAC's are sooooo much better high resolution files hardly are necessary. Older DACs need the high rez files to sound their best. So, 10 years is on the border of the DAC revolution.... | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... sfischer1 : Possibly. We were going fast and I didn’t take many notes, but I only recall one pair of ML’s. I heard the top end ML’s in Oakland and man, the room was terrible. The ASC room treatments sucked the midrange out of any room that was ove... | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... larry5729I did not hear Monitor Audio speakers at the show, but I generally like them. I have a pair of their slim piano black speakers in my bedroom. They're the only speakers in the home I didn't build myself. :) I'm afraid the Magico demo I hea... | |
| miniDSP with separates or Arcam SA30 or NAD C658 plus beefy power amp? I'm mainly trying to get a Dirac capable 2.0 or 2.2 channel system going. Sorry I misunderstood! | |
| miniDSP with separates or Arcam SA30 or NAD C658 plus beefy power amp? miniDSP does not have Dolby or DTS decoding. Sadly. | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... You know, oddly, one brand I saw underrepresented at THE show was Pass. I don't recall seeing a single piece of their gear, while at the last Oakland show, they were literally in every room.E | |
| Low cost WiFi streamer : Google Chromcast Audio v/s Audioengine B1 Try the wyred4sound Remedy reclocker. It does a really good job with those mini streamers. However, the benefit varies based on your DAC. Older DACs benefit most of all. | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... Oh, I almost forgot to mention, I really like Butcher Block Acoustics' racks. Pretty, very sturdy and functional. For those of you obsessed with vibration damping they won't be the last word, but for those of us who want gear that can handle a 65 ... | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... I agree that we can have some sort of idea about speaker capabilities from these shows and also that rooms should not be treated as best possible demos. That is, go see what you like, what is the right size, and not too ugly, and when you are read... | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... Hi @bigkidz For making such a long, personal statement about me, I'm ignoring you from now on. | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... Nice post. You realize that "show sound" is not real, right? I’ve always known rooms could be bad, but for whatever reason, this was the first show where I noticed just how far the rooms were from ideal. Even the best rooms didn’t give me spaciou... | |
| Demo'd a few sets of speakers over the past 2 weeks... I don't mean to knock the Vandys, I only meant to say, for me at least, time alignment has not been something I seem to be sensitive to. | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... Thanks for your kind words, Prof. I'm very much afraid I've never heard MBLs! :( I didn't have a lot of time at the show, and given what Stereophile and PT Audiophile noticed, it's clear I missed at least half of it, and certainly some interesting... | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... I may disagree with others about what rooms were better, but the god’s honest truth is that for the entire show I was picking among bad sounding rooms. I heard more or less bright systems. More or less bass, pain inducing or not. I didn’t really h... | |
| Anyone going to the 2019 "The Show?" One thing I was really disappointed by was the lack of headphones, but apparently it has much to do with CanJam happening later this month in Irvine:https://canjamglobal.com/shows/socal2019/ |