erik_squires
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| Let's see or discuss your desktop speakers! http://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-lm-1-bookshelf-version.htmlThey have unexpectedly high efficiency, and will do amazingly well with a Zamp. :) However, you must build them yourself. On the plus side, this means you have an unpr... | |
| MAC Book Pro Computer vs Aurender N100h vs Aurender N10 Music Servers DIY Linux based music server would have iPad and Android support. $600 for a 2TB solution, minus the DAC. Best,Erik | |
| Money well spent +1 on Room acoustics and +1 on GIK for effectiveness and value. ASC also makes good products, very knowledgeable and nice staff but above my pay grade. Best,Erik | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! Um, one reason why I usually suggest against such great wiring is you are closer to the noise in the rest of your house and outside of the house as well. A little impedance in the wiring may actually reduce noise. I feel it’s better to run a 220V ... | |
| If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp? You may want to look at this thread, as the subject gets flogged rather hard. :) https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/how-to-measure-current-in-an-amplifier | |
| If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp? Hey Finsup,In broadly general terms, solid state amplifiers are the better choice for very difficult to drive speakers. Speakers with typically low impedances (4 Ohms) or that have extremely low impedance points, such as electrostatics, are usuall... | |
| Speakers with external parts, gimmicks or serious? @timlub Overall, most manufactures try to obtain a flat response.... I think that's a little generous from what I've seen. Many "high end" speakers are juiced one way or another. From rough treble to dips around 2.4kHz to enhance an artific... | |
| Explain to me dsd While all this tech is fun, I wouldn't say upsampling, or converstion from PCM guarantees one or the other is better. Your ears make a better arbiter than white papers. :) Best,Erik | |
| Speakers with external parts, gimmicks or serious? So I found the Gryphon Mojo which has a replaceable resistor, and I think there's another brand that makes it easy. Zu perhaps? Forgot.Best,Erik | |
| Speakers with external parts, gimmicks or serious? @chayro Oh, I forgot about them. In addition, some makers provide fancy jumper boards, or switches to tailor the response curve to taste. To me that seems like a much better option than to keep swapping amps and cables, but it doesn't seem to be ... | |
| You want the TRUTH from those Wilson Alexia's, maybe you can't handle the TRUTH Or what about Phase Linear, i.e. Flame Linear? At some point Carver actually owned up to design flaws, but not until the Carver amp was much forgotten. Best,Erik | |
| Explain to me dsd Hi Joey,DSD is a different way to try to digitally encode data than PCM. They both result in digital files, but DSD tends to be much larger than PCM. SACD is a disk which contains DSD data. Unfortunately there is no easy way to rip SACD, but the... | |
| Apple TV 4 > TV > DAC Those evil bastids!! | |
| Viva, no longer a fan @roxy54 Well, if you are thinking of companies owned by the Swatch Company, I hope they have improved. Their service was so bad I promised I'd never own another watch in their brand umbrella. I hope that got better.Best,Erik | |
| You want the TRUTH from those Wilson Alexia's, maybe you can't handle the TRUTH You know, I just thought of something. SAE gained fame around the time of Halfer and before Sumo, sort of. I mean, these brands were all around and had some sort of a following. Amber and Adcom I believe were also gaining some fame too around th... |