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| will changing to solid-state make the bass in my wilson sophias better at low volume? Presumably you have optimised speaker placement -- if not, you could be losing some bass energy due to placement.Sophias output a reasonable amount of (upper) bass.Otherwise, missing bass at low amplitude also means your (all of our) ears are less... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal We are aware that MQA, or "master quality", is a brand name, not a description --- right?:) | |
| Blasphemy! I want an 1/3 octave EQ The only good (analog) equaliser I've experienced is from FM Acoustics, they call it a "harmonic lineariser", and empirically, it does not seem to degrade the original signal. However, it only offers a few corner frequencies and is very expensive.... | |
| Does Age Matter? I am 60 and I prefer top-end analogue to top-end digital, CD format coming last.HOWEVER, I listen to digital mostly (laziness) | |
| D'Agostino Progression pre-amp vs Audio Research Ref6SE As it happens, I did, recently. Empirically, I preferred the Progressionon all counts -- transients & dynamics, details, sense of phase correctness...They drove a 10kHz input impedance power amp and we played classical music, orchestral & ... | |
| Historic recordings- best audio on reissues Take a look at Pristine Classical (dot com). They offer excellent remasterings of historical recordings | |
| is Hi-Res all that? @chcook: Thanks, interesting and thorough test!While I'm not disputing what you heard (I myself have had similar experiences: try Pink Floyd Pulse, for example), OTOH, I have found that apples to apples, higher rez is better, BUT conditions appl... | |
| Best integrated for my needs???? @ratbasrd I listen to mostly Jazz & Classical at modest volumes w/ periodic need to turn it up to rock out a bit. I thoroughly recommend the MF Nuvista series 6000 (or (8000); it sounds good, it's reasonably priced. and has dynamics and soni... | |
| Do you, or did you, have Audiophile buddies that you shared music, gear, times with? I am fortunate to have several audiophile friends. With one or two we get together 1-2 a month and talk about things, listen to music comparing notes on various performances of classical pieces -- but mostly about everything else under the sun. On... | |
| What is Floyd Toole saying about extra amplifier power and headroom? As mentioned above, the compression you hear is more likely to come from the 7 drivers rather than the amp. The obvious way to find out is by trying a higher spec’d amp on your speakers -- if the compression is gone, go for a more powerful amp. Th... | |
| What does ‘balance preamp’ mean? No, a real balanced circuit is one where the positive (+), the negative (-) have distinct circuits, and negative is distinct from earth.So there is a higher manufacturing cost. There is also noise cancellation -- i.e. any noise common in both circ... | |
| Seeking advice what to upgrade SQ wise, the weakest devices in your system are the Klipsch & the DAC. As mentioned above, teh Klipsch may be fatiguing despite the mods which should make them more palatable.*So, I would go for the DAC first (a benchmark or an Ideon, or simil... | |
| Cartridge forgiving of "non-audiophile" recordings and pressings I agree that the better the rig the better the sound. In that light, MMs with excellent tracking will do the job well within your budget, such as the Dynavector above, a Shure V15, an AT, an Ortofon 2M black or Cadenza bronze / black, or the recom... | |
| Women who enjoy quality speakers I'm struck by the stereotypes (...) such as women "don't know how to listen" and "prefer to talk." No way! I have never met a woman who did not have acute enough hearing to IMMEDIATELY pick out differences and what is better or worse.Excuse the... | |
| Best amp for B&W805D3? Some time ago I tried a number of amps on a pair of 805-II (i.e. a previous model).Driven well you should have clarity rather than harshness.I can confirm what is said above: a class A SS (or a good AB) will drive them well -- a MF nuvista integr... |