erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Power Wedge 116 @bdp24 Oh, that's a nice find! I didn't know of any DC offset removal systems that weren't huge and expensive! :) If it truly works, it may indeed eliminate mechanical hum from a transformer. Best,E | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? I should also throw in Monitor Audio and Focal, especially when they show up on closeouts. :) Best,E | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? I have a few right now. Parasound ZDAC, NAD D 3020 integrated. Fiio portable headphone amps. The UFO USB DAC (unreliable, but sound good!) Best,E | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. Not sure it would be room acoustics as there is no improvement as I walk around the room. That only works for bass modes. Room acoustics is more than that. In particular, I’m talking your room’s overall power response. How quickly the top end dec... | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. Room acoustics, power conditioning, warm up time. If you have moved furniture around, removed absorbent materials this can definitely cause this. Another thing, leaving your equipment off for extended periods of time. Also, removal of a good power... | |
| Oppo Sonica DAC for streaming Tidal I only heard one Oppo DAC, streaming from USB from a Mac MINI, through headphones. OUCH. Hurt to listen to.I'm glad to see their product line improved. Best,E | |
| Rear Channel fill Have you tried Neo6? It does a pretty good job, not just with rear fill but also with a very good center channel signal if you have it. | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison I agree with bigkdz. If you can’t tell which one is better within the first 30 seconds there really isn’t a significant difference. What????? Jesus. What exact test tones are you using? It takes several tracks just to fully exercise a DAC. Bass, ... | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison I have MQA in my beloved DAC, and it's disabled. I find I prefer high resolution with a different filter than it demands. I don't hear a benefit of MQA. Sorry. As for auditioning, make sure both components are 24 hours warm and broken in. YMMV, bu... | |
| The midrange is the most important driver. Here's another way to think about this:If we could only have 1 driver, it would have to be a midrange. Best,E | |
| The midrange is the most important driver. I was going to point out the lengths B&W has gone to get the mid range driver. Nautilus, exotic materials, exotic, surround-less construction. Pretty spiffy. | |
| The midrange is the most important driver. @whart Sorry, but that's why I mentioned the "driver" in the title. :) Johnk, some inexpensive drivers can go low. It's not as big a factor in pricing (more or less). So let me turn this around. I think it's possible to make a good speaker with a ... | |
| The midrange is the most important driver. fangbian,AFAIK, Yamaha was the first with a Be midrange, decades ago, but you are right, putting that in the midrange demonstrates a lot of thinking and care. Best,E | |
| The midrange is the most important driver. @johnk Of course, the end result matters more than the sum of the parts. What I wanted to get at here was more about how we think about full-range, multi-way loudspeakers a little more, and whether that was lopsided. I have to admit, I don't do th... | |
| Duelund Capacitors?? Sorry, need to clarify something I read. Jensen is NOT "the OEM" for Duelund. Jensen makes one line within their pretty broad spectrum of capacitors for them.Best,E |