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| Upgrading to a stand alone DAC soix, not to be too generic, I am looking to increase soundstage and to pull out more details A better DAC could very well extract more detail (of an incremental level), especially if it’s one that has a very low noise floor. It could also expa... | |
| Upgrading to a stand alone DAC Do you really find the E70 Velvet to be better than the Qutest? I have a Qutest but am looking for a DAC with balanced outs. Maybe I should give one a try. Yes, I wouldn’t have stated that were it not my experience. I actually owned the Qutest... | |
| Upgrading to a stand alone DAC I recently sold a Stereophile “Class A” rated DAC that retailed for $3000 just a few years ago, because I prefer the $500 Topping E70 Velvet. The Topping is somewhat unique in that one of its filter modes is actually no filter at all, thus, it som... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Transients are impulse responses in relation to steady state and it can be measured. Impulse response is to a specific input from base level. It is used to check time alinement. It is not related to distortion but most systems with good transien... | |
| Aftermarket fuse to tame a bright system? A couple beers will solve your problem more than will any fuse or cables. | |
| AI-Written Stereophile Articles They are not AI generated, but might as well be, considering the personalities of the authors. | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response What is a transient response? I have not heard of that term before. It’s really just a synonym for low distortion. The reason people conflate these notions is that many speakers are equipped with low distortion midrange or treble drivers, but n... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response I’ve heard or owned many of the aforementioned speakers and most of them don’t remotely match the Borresen X series for what you seek, be it treble, midrange, or bass. They are the closest to “perfection” I’ve encountered from any somewhat afforda... | |
| Technics SL 1200 GR The GR is the best sounding table I’ve encountered anywhere near the <$3K price point. You really must step up to a $5K^ belt-drive table or the 1200G to get a worthwhile improvement. Even with a $5K belt drive you might have to sacrifice som... | |
| A Sanely Priced Power Conditioner That Actually Works - OnFilter PDU One needs to measure the DC on the mains to really know if DC blockers is actually needed. If it's not sufficiently large then it's not a problem. Whereas EMI is a real problem. Given that we have LEDs all over the house then Washing Machines,... | |
| A Sanely Priced Power Conditioner That Actually Works - OnFilter PDU helomech - surge protection is real. My furnace died b/c of the surge. Now I have surge protection for it and the entire house. EMI? Not really, IMO. We don’t do critical listening in an industrial environment... Surge protection is an entirely... | |
| Don't do anything! What this forum needs is more click-bait thread titles. | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway The only way to do it with least detriment is digitally. And even then you’ll need to carefully choose the product. | |
| Help me build out my first system Buy pre-owned gear | |
| A Sanely Priced Power Conditioner That Actually Works - OnFilter PDU The only type of power conditioner that actually does something is a DC blocker. All others are designed to drain the wallets of the gullible. |