erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? First, I think it's important to reset with going to a symphony now and then and closing your eyes. We rarely get holographic sound in person. But we may desire it, especially since we cannot see the musicians. And possible, depends on the recordi... | |
| Cabinet clearance for Audio Acoustics LS16 tube pre-amp? The key to these devices is often in the power specs. 45 Watts. A lot more than a solid state pre, but not unreasonably. I'd say 4" ideal, 2" minimum, since it has to have enough air to go in and out the same way. | |
| What kind of gear do you listen to Mars with? Errr, that would be Holst.... DOH!!! Er, I mean, that's another composer......:D :D :D | |
| Satellites have max 20 watts transmit! I very much like how this thread really has nothing about audio, but says everything about Audiogon. | |
| Improving streaming SQ Ethernet is by design galvanically isolated. This is because of the distance and potential for major differences in voltage potential with different devices using different circuits. So, I'd call BS on any Ethernet isolator. However, power supply ... | |
| Marketing slogans to catch the consumers attention Perhaps the most obvious one: "Living Stereo" | |
| What kind of gear do you listen to Mars with? You know, I'm sure I could take those signals, press them on vinyl and people would pay for it. :D :D :D | |
| Improving streaming SQ As someone else just pointed out, make sure you disable Tidal's volume normalization. | |
| ARC REF 150 Buzzing noise Is it possible this is from the transformer? If so, it's often caused by DC on the AC line. This is often caused by switching power supplies, including lights, PC's, etc. that only take current from one direction. Turn off everything else in the h... | |
| Tidal loudness normalization As soon as Tidal is working again, i'll do just that! | |
| A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital.. One thing missing in purely engineering studies is human preference. The best businesses rely on audience studies to determine engineering targets. Not the other way around. While we can make the engineering case that 96k/24 bit recordings are so ... | |
| What kind of gear do you listen to Mars with? Here it is on Youtube without the paywallhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT50Q_Zbf3s | |
| Affordable integrated pure class A? Arcam and Ayre are two brands I'd listen to first. Ayre integrateds are quite affordable used. | |
| Rectifier Tubes Ideally, a tube characteristics is less important than the filter that follows it. The tube rectifier will determine the voltage, but ideally, the filter should eliminate noise, and is responsible for any supply sag, not the rectifier overall.I gu... | |
| Big speakers in small room at moderate volume levels In a smaller space, as Fritz to make you a custom build with a single ScanSpeak mid/woofer. |