erik_squires
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| Please help me find perfect dac for me I had the ARC DAC 8, and replaced it with the Mytek Brooklyn.The 8 was waaay too laid back for me. The Mytek is fantastic.I've read reviews of the previous Mytek, the DSD and the Brooklyn sounds nothing like those. I highly recommend it. Best,E | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Clear - that your comment is amusing, entertaining or light hearted in some way when it really just doesn't make any sense at all Those who use punctuation are taken more seriously by me. Especially if you are discounting my argument. ... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers I don’t always deny there’s a difference, but I often deny the difference is worth the cost. :) Instead of swapping out tens of thousands of dollars in gear, room acoustics and tone controls are much more cost effective options. :) Also, maybe mak... | |
| Where can I buy a Stax amp power converter? Just looked at some pics online. I suspect this model is "internally convertible." Meaning, with some know-how the transformer can be switched. This is quite common for manufacturers. They buy 1 model of transformer, which they then set up one way... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? The P5 is a seriously over priced preamp, and not nearly the value of the P7. I wonder how much of what you are hearing is just how much better op amps and output stages are now? That is, I don't think you are hearing passive preamps get much bett... | |
| Removing spikes... Now my speakers sing I think the issue you are having is rocking. One thing everyone with medium weight speakers should try is adding mass to the top of the speaker, near the front. It reduces the ability of the woofers to rock the cabinet back and forth. Spikes make ... | |
| DACs and Clean, Well Regulated AC Power By the way, did you know you can use an external power supply with the Mytek Brooklyn as a cost effective upgrade? https://amzn.to/2JaMNjfNot only did it help the sound, it also seems to have helped with reliability. I don't have quite as many gli... | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 12 Mono? What's your thought Love them to absolute bits. Great, effortless bass, tremendous soundstage and musically seductive. Also colorful liars. :) I have truly never enjoyed listening to an amp more than those. I may never afford them, or afford to live with a pair thoug... | |
| Bass trapping - corners or walls? GIK Acoustics for the win. Extremely effective, pretty, cost sensitive. Look as well for their soffit traps. | |
| Is this MQA news a big deal? @ptss My statement: 2 - DRM prevents copying. MQA does not do this. I can make copies and send them to others. If they have an MQA capable player, it will play at full resolution. Was specifically about Digital Rights Management, which MQA has not... | |
| headphones-amp combination I find Fiio to be an excellent, reliable value for portables. The big issue I have is that I use hard to drive Sure E4C IEMs or AKG 7xx headphones so I can't skimp on overall drive power. They both benefit from a stiff amp. | |
| Extremely hyped omni directionals introduced Munich 2018 @bondmanp I think you are quite possibly right in most respects, that is, that the back of the drivers are being used, and the front are feeding into the tube which is then either an acoustic suspension of tapered transmission line.However, the "b... | |
| Turning the volume up Maggie,Nope. Elizabeth is referring to what "full range output" means. That is, the maximum output from a CD player via fixed RCA outputs was decided to be 2V.More here:http://www.lavryengineering.com/wiki/index.php/Line_levelBest,E | |
| When making DIY power cable for an amp, do you: IF you are creating a 3 pin, grounded power cord THEN you MUST connect all three at both ends. The center pin on both ends is ground, but the small blade is "hot" and should be properly attached at both ends of the IEC plugs. This is because typic... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? buki is exactly on point here:Here is what I would say about that. How many CONCERT level instruments are made out of plywood or MDF?Since I listen to mainly jazz vocalists my speakers are made mainly of deceased jazz vocalists. You would not beli... |