erik_squires
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| Hacking a Luxman Integrated Hey maxwave :I didn't call it that because the Luxman behaves a little differently than the traditional HT bypass features, but yes, you can achieve the same results. | |
| What brand was better than it is today? As a brand: Theta Digital.Not necessarily for product quality, but lack of innovation and introduction of new products. As a huge fan of the old Casanova I was really looking to see the replacement, the Supernova come out, but it never made it out... | |
| What is the least compressed signal? Here, read this:https://grimesaudio.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/the-loudness-wars-a-brief-history/Also google "loudness wars" for more, including the BBC's samples of Thriller. | |
| Parasound Halo A-21 and 5250 vs. Sunfire TGA-7401? The A21 is a recent amp, but there's now an A21+For age and performance, it beats all the rest on your list. | |
| Class A Solid State Sound Lets not forget the difference feedback can make. IMHO it is nearly impossible to talk purely about the output stage class in isolation of the feedback method, if any. Also, with so many high bias AB amps, I venture to say you listen to them mostl... | |
| Is there such a thing as a Portable Hi-Rez USB player that can be used in a car aux input? Fiio makes a number of portable music players with aux/headphone out, which take micro SD cards. | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? Maybe a sports team would make a better analogy. Yes, there are people who buy a sports team as a vanity project. Hell they may not even care about the sport at all, but they need to be part of that exclusive club. That doesn't mean that the perso... | |
| Who is an audiphile? In 1957 they were builders, not buyers @mahler123In the sense of what we have to listen to, I agree. In the sense of audiophiles becoming buyers more than listeners and experimenters I do not. | |
| Luxman L509X owners - Question about Main In The CMX-2 is great for DC issues, ground loops not so much. | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? In that analogy, the musicians and producers are the race car team. The rest of us are just observers in the stands. Otherwise, audiophiles are reduced to consumers of a particular type of product. How miserably impoverishing that POV is to me. "S... | |
| Looking for a reasonably priced 20A power cord BTW, I would recommend you avoid making your power cable too precise. There will always be times when you want to move things around, so the shortest I'd recommend is 3'Best,E | |
| Looking for a reasonably priced 20A power cord Make your own. https://www.partsconnexion.com/non-terminated-ac-power-cable.htmlhttps://www.partsconnexion.com/ac-power-schuko.htmlhttps://www.partsconnexion.com/wattgate-iec-ac-connectors.htmlBest,E | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? Power cables. When people buy $3k speakers and $4k power cords for them, something is really wrong. | |
| Luxman L509X owners - Question about Main In One notorious source of ground loops is incoming coaxial cables. Try disconnecting any in your system. If that solves your problem, get a ground loop blocker for it:https://amzn.to/2JT8EQm | |
| Which types of speakers are ideal against a wall? Yep, they'll be fine, but stuff the ports with a sock or something. You'll get the bass back thanks to the rear wall reinforcement. Best,E |