hickamore
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| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? Preamp was Bryston BP series; amp was B&K 4420, dual mono in single chassis.Regular consumer grade components. | |
| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? Simple question, simple answer, and just what I wanted to know, so thanks millercarbon. Are the cable refinements audibly superior or just conceptually niftier? Your assurance is enough.FMI I will go study the Ted Denney evolution. Sorry, ignori... | |
| Are current audio cable designs superior to 1980s designs? As I said upfront, same question, different title. I don't know about you, but my own decision whether or not to read a given thread depends on the title. If the title doesn't properly describe the substance of the question, I will either never kn... | |
| Switch from AB to D A/B to A/B is apples to apples. The Vidar will blow the Onkyo away. See how it sounds with your old preamp. And when you get a good excuse, audition the Schiit Freya+. 15 days to decide whether the Freya is enough better than your old pre to justi... | |
| Magico M9 The new 'norm' in speakers The height of folly just got stilts. | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) "If you switch between Kenrad and 6n8s, it is kind of having two different pre." Most interesting! | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) Schiit tells me you will have higher distortion and higher output impedance if not using matched quad (also if using NOS Sylvanias or GEs in place of new production JJ or Tung-Sol). I will of course listen for myself as shk and wolf-g have done wi... | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) Wow. A definitive answer. You have saved me years of fiddling. Off to the tube races! Thanks so much for sharing. | |
| Speaker stand spikes ~2” long? "A simple cone shape of just one primary angle allows energy to go down but will also some allow some energy to be reflected from the floor back into that singular geometry introducing interfering energy into the signal path. Tom" After much expe... | |
| Big source improvement using CD player All I know is Tidal demolishes my low-end-of-high-end CD apparatus. Same DAC, same preamp. My question would be, what would it cost you to improve on Tidal/Qobuz sound? Or if the question is functionality, are you running router with Ethernet cabl... | |
| Too good a post to waste Such a trajectory, and so very well recounted. Thanks for it. Circa 1978, like every other young learner, I was reading SR. Then Harry Pearson came into view and it was bye-bye SR forever. What a hoot when TAS reviewer Tony Cordesman became the go... | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) Just tried the same to verify, and I also hear nothing. My theory is it depends on whether your tubes have been tailored to avoid microphonics. Definitely a good idea with the relatively fragile little Freya, which unlike its Rogue and Prima Luna ... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) I have the powered Audioengine 2+ in a gorgeous glossy red finish with a cheap powered sub on the floor. All on closeout and total price under $500. They blow me away with any halfway decent recording on YouTube. Or just everyday spoken voice. Ple... | |
| Diminishing Returns Wharfedale EVO 40s, used. Best they ever made. Add a small sub or twoand you're still under original retail. Gorgeous rosewood finish, superb decoupling plinth and structure. Simply flawless and a giveaway after company sold to China and this EVO ... | |
| Schiit Freya+ vs. high end (e.g., Mcintosh) ? Wolf, shkong, thanks for the detailed info, which will certainly inform my rolling experiments. All systems & ears differ, but there are areas of wide consensus so there is a great value in sharing experience in a forum like this. Apologies to... |