folkfreak
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| Synergistic Research Black Box - Reading the review it actually mirrors my experience with the BB. What it reads like (and what I heard) is that the BB exaggerates and emphasizes the leading edge of bass notes. Now while this can be quite exciting in a way it is actually a color... | |
| Synergistic Research Black Box - I tried them in my system. They certainly work and impact the bass and if you have big problems they could be what you want. However they impart a certain tone to the sound, an artificial edge that I found grating. My room is heroically treated fo... | |
| Perfect Path Tecnologies ‘The Gate’ For a device such as this I would expect a spec sheet similar to the following which clearly states the safety and electrical compliance standards the device was built tohttp://ep2000.com/uploads/EP-2050_SeriesSpecifications.pdfhttp://ep2000.com/u... | |
| Digital clock - any recommendations? Hmmm, one test with a 20 year old upsampler (not a dedicated clock) proves what? Odd how dCS themselves still promote external clocking in all their ranges, I guess all of their DACs are “garbage”, mine certainly is 🤪External clocking is tricky st... | |
| Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass? Agree with you @noble100 regarding the mix of tones that make up realistic bass response. Rather reminds me of how adding a supertweeter improves bass definition and impact, by cleaning up the leading edges it gives immediacy and greater realism. ... | |
| Digital clock - any recommendations? Length of BNC connection vs accuracy of original clock and problems with electrical environment herein -- that's what we call a trade-off, and that's why selection of the BNC cable matters. Of course in your black and white 44.1/16 = perfect world... | |
| Digital clock - any recommendations? Once again our friend @mzkmxcv gets it all wrong. While clocks can help synch multiple devices a stand alone clock can also benefit a single device - were you not paying attention when I said to look at the dCS Rossini or Puccini setups or the re... | |
| 2-pin 15amp cord replaced with 3-pin 15amp? Yes, you can use a three pin male plug safely even if the ground is not connected at the other end, and it should perform better than the stock cord - be interesting to see if you hear a difference. Also you were lucky the two pin (C7) outlet styl... | |
| Digital clock - any recommendations? @mzkmxcv. If you have read the manual for the SA11 S2 you’d know it has an external word clock input ...As to the value of DSD I suggest you spend some time with sources like this, and really try to listen to a true high end digital rig one day wi... | |
| Digital clock - any recommendations? Y@tzh21y I’m sure you know this but be sure you get a clock that offers 44.1kHz multiple outputs not just 10MHz. The Mutec Ref10 I use or the Abendrot Stute I linked to are 10MHz only and to be used as a Master reference for a playback frequency c... | |
| Designing new room There’s good advice on room building in the April Absolute Sound. My room was constructed using this method (ASC IsoWall) Building the walls to sound good is not easy and your current concrete may be hard to beat ... but I’m amazed you get the Qua... | |
| Any one try the new Synergistic Research BLUE UEF Duplex receptacle? I’m not a fan of damping the main electrical panel. I tried this and it killed the sound dead. My preference for the panel is to remove the door or leave it open. The thick fo.Q is useful on large capacitors, transformers and the like. But overall... | |
| Any one try the new Synergistic Research BLUE UEF Duplex receptacle? Thin definitely. The thick is only for use in large blocks damping top plates and the like | |
| Digital clock - any recommendations? Let’s stick with what the OP asks shall weHe wants to use his Marantz SACD player hence an external DAC is a non starter (as there’s no facility to export DSD).Marantz provide for a 75ohm BNC master world clock input but provide no data on the sta... | |
| Any one try the new Synergistic Research BLUE UEF Duplex receptacle? Use of small strips of fo.Q material is highly recommended. As the top plates of US spec receptacles are usually held by only one screw the edges will unavoidably resonate. Adding strips of fo.Q across the edges of the top plate to the wall or out... |