erik_squires
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| Dolby-free early stereo recordings sound best. Also, try out the Neo:6 deocding formats if you have them. :) | |
| Dolby-free early stereo recordings sound best. @gdnrbob ( I worked for one of Dolby's competitors in film processor space)True! Dolby Surround was based on fairly ham-handed steering for the sake of effects. Pow on the left! Bang on the right! That was the point. Movies were rollercoasters, an... | |
| Dolby-free early stereo recordings sound best. OP - The same was true for Dolby Surround films. They actually used Dolby-A on the L/R optical tracks on top of a second layer of Dolby-B or C (can't remember) for the decoded surround channel. However! Based on my experience this was not on the e... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? Room acoustics and placement should be considered first, as well as speakers. Some Dynaudio speakers are really tuned for low volume listening. These are also ported speakers, so you may find yourself liking them a lot more if you stuff the ports ... | |
| Need power amp recommendations for system @stereo5 - Definitely not my experience with the stereo amps. | |
| Focal sopra 3 better than scala utopia v2 I heard. Listen to the Magico A3 | |
| Mytek Dac going Ac to DC power. @tubes444 - It's really a piece of test gear. 99% of buyers are probably electrical hobbyists, engineers and the like. For the unit I recommend, the sustained maximum is 35 Amps at 15 V, way more than the Mytek needs. It is a super quiet and very... | |
| speaker capacitors-----leave alone or does it open pandora's box ? @rwdawson - For parallels in cars, you cannot take a Yugo, put fancy tires on it and make it a Maserati, but there are certainly a number of performance tweaks available for most cars. There's also an issue of component cost to retail price. Using... | |
| Need power amp recommendations for system @stereo5 - Depends on what we call warm. If you consider the Parasound Halo A21/A23 amps warm, the ICEpower 250 ASP modules I use sound the same to me. Best,Erik | |
| Mytek Dac going Ac to DC power. Kalali - The power supply has banana plugs on the back. You need to make your own cable. I used these connectors for the DAC end:https://amzn.to/2uyZTBDYou can use any regular banana jacks or bare wire for the power supply end. | |
| Mytek Dac going Ac to DC power. @dweller - Exactly. :) @jcoehler I got fancy, and wanted the variable voltage:https://amzn.to/2uIPWRjTruth is it has so much current I could run my Logitech Squeezebox AND my DAC from the same unit, but right now they are in different rooms. Best,... | |
| Mytek Dac going Ac to DC power. Hey @dweller - One rare feature in the Mytek Brooklyn is that it has a DC jack next to the normal IEC AC socket. In addition to the sound quality, it also seems to reduce the heat generated inside the unit. If you have an external power supply tha... | |
| speaker capacitors-----leave alone or does it open pandora's box ? Thanks @grannyring ! I will say, Mundorf top end caps are weird. Magico is a big fan of them. Now, as I often say, BUY WHAT YOU LIKE! To my ears, the Mundorf supreme’s scintillate. They aren’t bright so much as they sparkle. Like they saturate the... | |
| speaker capacitors-----leave alone or does it open pandora's box ? Gang, Just FYI, I have measured capacitance, and ESR (equivalent series resistance) as I have modded speakers. I have been fortunate enough to speak with capacitor manufacturers about this particular subject, and their experience mirrors my own: n... | |
| Need power amp recommendations for system The Mytek Brooklyn amp becasue it is ICE based and they tend to sound warm, something IMHO those speakers need. Also very reasonably priced. |