erik_squires
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| Need Advice on Multi-channel Amp Choices. By the way I’m not a huge NAD fanboy. I really like nCore, and ICEPower though. The NAD DACs I’ve heard were not to my taste, but damn, I like the look and modular concept of their processors. :) Arcam is also nice, but not a very good track recor... | |
| Need Advice on Multi-channel Amp Choices. Multichannel amps are usually compromised some way. From limited power outputs, inter-channel crosstalk, heat generation and disspation and yes, the shared power supplies. Especially if we are talking 7 channel outputs. Otherwise, you get into rea... | |
| Need Advice on Multi-channel Amp Choices. One other question, are those speakers one's y ou own or are thinking about? | |
| Need Advice on Multi-channel Amp Choices. Do you have good room treatment? Especially important with subs. I am usually suspicious of multi-channel amps, especially if linear. If I had to go with a single multichannel amplifier the NAD M27 is one of the few I'd be serious about. | |
| Improving 2- Channel Soundstage By the way, having a lively debate in AA about Neo 6 and using a center channel for music. I't snot a bad idea, but ML's should have great soundstages by themselves, so I wouldn't go that route until that's improved. :) Best,Erik | |
| Improving 2- Channel Soundstage Bass traps are great, but one step at a time. :) I really think you should reach out to GIK Acoustics. You can send htem pictures and drawings and they'll give you excellent advice.Erik | |
| What do audiophiles want from a cable? Very expensive and difficult to use tone controlsImaging enhancement (see above)Endless merry go roundfinancial sense of ownership and accomplishmentThe chance to enhance our own discernment of equipment instead of music.Social sense of belonging.... | |
| Anyone with Benchmark ABH2? I have not heard them, but boy those heat sinks remind me of the Hafler modules we used to buy ages ago. :) Best,Erik | |
| Sanders Magetch Amp I haver not heard the Magtech, but I'd be surprised if it was lean in the bass at all. The ESL amp I did hear however sounded cool, as opposed to lean. It didn't lack bass so much as sounding analytical. Not harsh, but close to the older ARC amps... | |
| Voltage regulator in the power chain Jim, That's how I did it with my 2 Furman units. The first was the voltage regulator, and the power conditioners plugged into that, however the Furman has 5V granularity. Your unit has 15V so it's not usually going to be helping you, as much as j... | |
| Reliabilty, Keeping Equipment Powered on or off? There’s no one right answer anymore. The biggest issue with on/off cycles was the initial current surge that goes through the transformer and power supply capacitors. They are much better now than 40 years ago, and many amp makers have added soft-... | |
| Improving 2- Channel Soundstage Properly set up electrostatics throw a huge sound field. There's no reason at all you should be forced to supplement them with an extra speaker. The advice is still solid, but you should need less of it to the sides and above/below. Behind however... | |
| No can understand.... Disconnect your L and R speakers and listen. How does it sound to you? You may actually have a bad amp or a bad speaker. Best,Erik | |
| Improving 2- Channel Soundstage Hi,There’s three things to tryElectronicsAcoustically Speaker adjustment. I think acoustics and speaker placement is where you should go first. I find that if your imaging is lacking you need to add acoustic damping in that dimension. For instance... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? agear,I think the state of our socialized knowledge is something like this:There are plausible reasons why vibration reduction could work in solid state gear. A) Microphonics in the components, or B) You are actually hearing the preamp/DAC, etc. m... |