hilde45
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| Who's winning? Depends. The 30k speaker might be bringing in a larger amount of pleasure than the soundbar person, but the audiophile still sees a way to improve it. To use the classic example: "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfi... | |
| New remastering of Steely Dan's Katy Lied review by Fremer In theory you are right that this quieter less compressed version should always sound better. I didn't say better. | |
| New remastering of Steely Dan's Katy Lied review by Fremer The high res is quieter. Older masterings sometimes increased the perceived loudness of a track by applying audio compression, which evened out louder and softer peaks/troughs and then normalized the tracks so that the largest peaks are just short... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? Just so you know, Audiogon has a search bar: https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=streamer+without+ | |
| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" Personally, I don’t spend on upgrades unless there is an acoustic reason. Otherwise, the money is wasted. I agree that all rooms need acoustic control because the room and system are inextricably linked. As for brand names, I am going to disagree... | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? @sns Thanks for the further clarification about your system. It is elaborate and it sounds incredible. Based on what you've described -- plus, I think your ability to hear differences, which may be physiological or may come from your system -- I a... | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» 60% of audiophiles are immortal??! Yes, you see there's this fuse, you know, it's costly but once installed, your lifespan is extended indefinitely. Oh, you also need the cable that comes with it. Also expensive. But just those two things -- fu... | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» I used to be worried about this issue. Now I’m so worried about other things that I don't have the bandwidth for this. | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? @sns Thanks for clarifying your setup. Since you have dedicated lines for 10AWG wiring, including lines dedicated to subs, I can see why a 10awg PC could help you obviate any possible current limitation, especially if the PC's that came with your ... | |
| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" The environment is always the first thing to fix, better yet design, correctly and then use room treatments. Then it comes to placement of all the gear and furnishings, speaker placement most critical. Why is this the order? I would have suppo... | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? @sns I’m well acquainted with placebo effect, been around the block a time or two over the decades....How one can conclude PC don’t affect dynamics which I could also define as current delivery, just as it does with pre’s, amps, sources is illog... | |
| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" @mashif Understood and agree. This is why it is so difficult to get new entrants into this hobby; we keep making it more complicated (and expensive) for newbies to put together a system (including room) that is acceptable to 'us" and not subject... | |
| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" @mashif Sure, live music occurs in an acoustic space and that’s an important part of the original sound. But a good recording captures that sound and that’s what I want to hear. An untreated, live room distorts the sound in the recording by add... | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? If one believes power cables make a difference with the rest of their equipment why would they not believe they could make a difference with subs? PC’s also affect dynamics both macro and micro. So, per everything in audio, believe what you want ... | |
| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" "Research proved that in a live musical environment, approximately 30% of what we hear is direct sound while 70% is reflected from walls, ceilings and floors and only reaches our ears a few milliseconds after the direct sound. The human brain use... |