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| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused @kota1 I have an outrageous, inexpensive bargain for you that is NOT cheap garbage and around $600 for an entire system, speakers, amps, dac, ARC room correction, and a streamer. It is all built into the speakers, no boxes, no problem. Basi... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused Yet another point of confusion is that the range of sound quality provided by active speakers, at this time, is significantly wider, and the choices offered are significanlty more diverse, than that of still surviving passive speakers. Lower end ... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused One point of confusion is that most active speakers sold today use a portion of their box inner volume for housing amplifiers. The percentage of thus used up volume may range from 10% to 50%, depending on size of the speaker, number of transducers... | |
| So, I listened to a $1Million Dollar System It is this one, right: https://dandagostino.com/products/relentless-preamplifier? Its description doesn’t make much sense to me. For instance: "The audio circuit topology starts with a new discrete differential FET input stage featuring a voltag... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? They'd need to prove to you first that what they are offering to upgrade to is significantly better for you. With the ongoing materials and components shortages, this may be not the case. For instance, I remember a decade ago neodymium magnets w... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live Binaural recording of a live performance at 192/24 with zero mixing and mastering tends to sound pretty convincing on decent headphones. | |
| Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings? I treat reasonable offers from potential end users reasonably. Those can maintain an intelligent conversation about a product, and tend to ask relevant questions. Sizable discounts may go to those who deeply understand the product. I dislike lowb... | |
| Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts @djones5 DACs are solved problems and have been for over 20 years. My impression was that on a practical level the DAC problems were solved between 2007 and 2009. Several chips were introduced around that time, which made their way into prof... | |
| Tube preamp options If you love tube sound, you may consider using what professionals use: https://www.thermionicculture.com/index.php/products/the-ultra-vulture-detail Review of an earlier model: | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? @jerryg123 So question, are @fair and @crymeanaudioriver the same? No. | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? @kota1 This is an excellent study of analog interconnects used in audio. First, note its from a peer reviewed journal, Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering. Next, note that the author IS a scientist and has received many aw... | |
| Cable burn in Many new electrical facts have been established in the past 100 years, that support audible differences, between various cables, etc. I agree. Even though, the facts may be not at all what the proponents of hyper-expensive cable offer... | |
| Cable burn in Nordost article on cable burn in: I found what they write on potential electrical effects of cable burn-in not overly convincing. Graduate degree in automation of physics experiments, and consequent experience of working in two national labs, m... | |
| Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts @crymeanaudioriver Current limiting occurs in amps without specific current limiting circuits too. As an example, a heating up power transformer coil may in effect serve as a current limiter. Another example is insufficiently sized capacitive po... |