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| Pono - Ayre and Headphones cedar - Hifiman 400x series headphones are half off right now. :) BTW, i never used balanced operation. Still, an amazing headphone amp | |
| Watts are watts? What’s missing in watts is the output impedance of the amplifiers. This can behave in positive or negative ways depending on the speaker and it’s design. Also, its important to understand how little watts have to do with loudness. Relatively. Doub... | |
| DACs with a budget of $800 Well, without jumping into the fray, generally speaking, if you want better imaging, you must improve the acoustics in the dimension that is lacking. If you want depth, then the acoustics behind the speaker's matter most, which can be improved in ... | |
| Speaker Help You should also consider speakers from Fritz. Something with a ScanSpeak 18W in a 2-way. :) Lush/warm as hell. | |
| DACs with a budget of $800 Schiit used | |
| Speaker Help Maybe what you need is a CJ integrated instead. :) Best,E | |
| Affordable Processor with Fabulous 2 Channel ? aux - Thanks so much. I am for their modular construction and relative price (say compared to Theta) - But I've had one really poor and one good experience with NAD DAC's which has made me pretty wary. Best,E | |
| Monitor Audio Platinum or Magico A3 Oh, one other point. Magico uses caps which add quite a bit of color, if not scintillation to the top end to some speakers. It's like old Fuji film. I make no value judgement, but want you to note this may be happening, so take your time while lis... | |
| Monitor Audio Platinum or Magico A3 OP:The issue comes down to a couple of areas: bass reinforcement as well as mid/treble dispersion. Magico's have super-wide dispersion. In a well treated room, or one with lots of space to the sides, this gives an excellent image and tonal balance... | |
| Monitor Audio Platinum or Magico A3 Magico tends to make their speakers for rooms where there is lots of space to the sides and behind. Monitor Audio for smaller rooms with more restricted listening locations. This is by no means the deciding factor. You should listen for yourself, ... | |
| Left/right balance on headphones By the way, have you seen the OS X sound settings under System Preferences? | |
| Left/right balance on headphones There are a number of software solutions that will let you not only adjust the balance, but also equalize the channels. So for instance, if you have loss in the midrange, you could boost that on one side. Google for "Macbook" and "music" and "equa... | |
| What is this odd little box I've been storing for years? So wait, I'm having trouble. It has a power cord, and no other electrical connections to the outside world?? | |
| Tekton DI Monitors @erik_squires Actually this and the Enzo XL show there are problems with the tweeter designs. It will be interesting to see any of the upper models measured.You are making stuff up. The Enzo measured superbly.NOTHING about the DI Monitor measurem... | |
| Affordable Processor with Fabulous 2 Channel ? But you will have to use its USB input. It sounded phenomenal. You can try to compare feeding the Sigma SSP directly via its USB input vs your Mytek Brooklyn DAC going analog into the Sigma SSP. I’m pretty sure its USB input will sound better. I'v... |