erik_squires
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| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) Do not willy nilly change coils! You have to match the DCR or you can make fundamental changes to the tone, and not in a good way. For the woofer coil DCR sets the bass level, as well as helps with baffle step. Meaning, you must measure the DCR an... | |
| Opinion - Every audiophile should build at least 1 pair of speakers @motokokusanagi I'd love to build my own speakers but the big hurdles for me are woodworking and design software and measurement tools. These things run thousands from scratch, no? Not anymore. :) So, for cabinetry, you can buy kits which have t... | |
| Magicos are chesty @dguitarnut Interesting! Maybe it was the room I listened to them then. The dealer had done his own acoustics, and quite possible he sucked out all the wrong frequencies. | |
| Help with random noise! Power supply capacitors going bad will do this. Have it checked out ASAP. | |
| I want to dump my Oppo; but... Ahhh, so the real problem here is that you need a music server that attaches to your TV. OK, so let’s separate the server from the DAC. Any PC or Mac will work. Then use a USB cable to connect to a USB capable DAC. Use a wireless keyboard speciall... | |
| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) Here is my thinking: 4.7uF : Clarity CMR : $54Jupiter CF: $2650.1uF: Jupiter CF: $63Audyn : $20 (Parts Express) So somewhere in there I think the OP can find a fine solution. :) | |
| I want to dump my Oppo; but... Ayre QX-5 Twenty?? | |
| Horn listeners - Do you have trouble listening to others? AMT tweeters give me a headache. The sound of stressed plastic is fatiguing... @sciencecop IMHO, this eally depends on the quality of the AMT and the implementation to me. This is what Golden Ear speakers sound like to me. My AMTs at home sound no... | |
| Using an external word clock with Esoteric cd/sacd players But I’ve kicked around the idea of playing with a reclocker at some point, just to answer for myself if I can hear a difference. @toddrhodes To my ears, there was a significant shift in capabilities of DAC's from before 2010 to after. I don't kn... | |
| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) @cal3713Right. You could probably even go lower, but hard to find a film cap any less. :) Of course, higher voltage = higher cost, so watch out! | |
| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) Hey cal,Mundorf Supreme has a particular house sound. Scintillating to over-saturated color. Magico uses them extensively, as does the top end B&W. Otherwise, if you want something more natural and open, Clarity CMR to Jupiter Copper foil is t... | |
| Magicos are chesty The Magico's I've heard are flat/neutral and so are really dependent on what source and amplification are ahead of them, like most revealing speakers. To my taste they sound "good" but lack a personality .. @chrisoshea do you remember what seri... | |
| Coaxial Ribbon Midrange/tweeter - Can a small midrange ribbon actually do midrange well? How many times must I answer the same question? Not at all. I meant "planar" in the generic sense, including ribbon, planar magnetic or even ESLs, in that the radiating surface describes a plane instead of a cone.So, that was what I meant original... | |
| Using an external word clock with Esoteric cd/sacd players So, the answer is, this depends. Generally, you want an internal clock on the Esoteric because, being closest to the spinning disc, and DAC, an internal clock has the shortest trace route, and will have the best chance at having a great signal. Th... | |
| Advise on DIY build diyaudio.com or the parte express forums might be a better place for this question.E |