fsonicsmith
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| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 mquery,I was never able to get a lot of depth from the soundstage of the O/93 in auditions (even though they were well away from the back wall). The "wall of sound" seems to be a fairly consistent take on that speaker (though I did find that the ... | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 I heard O/93’s at Command Performance a while ago. They were fine but they really didn’t draw me in; there was no magic. I’ve never heard the O/96’s, but from the name, the price, and what I’ve read about them, I gather they are a step (or two) up... | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 @masi61 I am in Columbus. I own O/93's and not O/96's but if you ever want to hear the O/93's, just let me know. Don Better up in Cleveland is likely your nearest dealer. I bought mine from him. | |
| McCormack DNA with Schiit Preamp? In my basement workout system I have a Schiit Freya S driving a McCormack DNA.5 Rev C driving restored, re-capped, re-wired Large Advents. The sound is pretty amazing considering the vintage speakers. Tight forceful bass, wide soundstage. No sound... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC @fsonicsmith , that "white paper" from SW1X is pure technical babblegaggery and shockingly ignorant either due to lack of knowledge and/or intentionally. I am not sure what is a worse reason, the former or the latter? So many statements, probably... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC I believe that the following explanation makes a lot of sense;http://sw1xad.co.uk/technology_post/delta-sigma-vs-non-oversampling-r2r-dac-designs/So the readers digest version is that it is all a matter of implementation. Everything matters and si... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC I can’t believe that someone in this thread tried to state that R2R DACs are “bit perfect”, implying that they’re more accurate than Delta Sigma, which is actually the opposite of the truth.This place is a caricature of itself sometimes. I agre... | |
| I've said this before so why can't your open your ears and except the truth? I would accept your knowledge if you knew how to spell "accept". | |
| Upgrade DAC from AMR DP777SE I own the standard version of the DP777. Unlike you I have had no reliability issues but my two analogue rigs (see my profile) blow away the SQ I am getting with an Aurender N100H via WW Starlight Platinum 7 to the DAC. I ordered an SW1X DAC 2 Spe... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial I keep waiting for this thread to die but it won’t. I grew up in the ’70’s. I confess to having once owned S+G’s album-whichever one had this song on it. When I started college in the fall of ’77, the very first day I had moved into my dorm, I pit... | |
| Audio Research Sold @ivanj;Is this true of current era ARC such as my Ref 150 SE too? IIRC, an arcing tube will take out one resistor that is fairly easy to replace. It is also my understanding that ARC refuses to resort to fail-safe protection based on their belief ... | |
| Audio Research Sold Every company that’s ever produced a product for sale has had hit or misses. No, many companies never succeed in making a "hit". But perhaps we are talking past each other. I am talking about iconic stand-the-test-of-time products. There are count... | |
| Audio Research Sold There's so much utter horse shite spread on this Board (in general) and in this thread in particular that it makes my head explode. In order to not offend specific people, I will not cite examples. I do agree that McIntosh has diluted it's brand a... | |
| KT150 to KT120..or KT120 to KT150 As an owner of an amp designed for the KT150, the ARC Ref 150 SE, my only comment would be why even wade into the weeds as to which is better is any particular amp when New Sensor has terrible QC in general and most terribly with the KT150? For ov... | |
| Turntable dealer/set up percon fsonicsmith, With all due respect, how would any of us know when we are hearing "the perfect set-up"? We hear a system that sounds great and associate that with perfection; that's all we can do.Yes, Lewm, I could not agree more. Flip it around fo... |