hilde45
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| Have you moved away from full range to standmount speakers + subs? @sandthemall I have Salk stand mounts and you’ve made me curious as to what their hiding, but some recent amp changes have pushed them higher. Second set of more sensitive speakers does pique my curiosity, though. Funny, Jesus was overly persecut... | |
| A Newcomer to Digital Looking to Upgrade My Dac, Tubes? Ideas? I'm thinking maybe a tube dac, not sure what I should spend but cost wise was thinking of $ 2,000.00 as a budget. Not sure if such a dac existsHave you searched this forum or the internet? Really, you cannot assert to be at square one on this ques... | |
| Pass Labs vs. Sugden Anyone in the Denver area with a Sugden, please message me. I have a fun idea. I’ll provide the beer. | |
| An interesting demonstration I can't do it at once. I move through the various modes.Thanks, Mahgister. Interesting ideas, there.I think the hifi podcast guys, Darren and Duncan, also remarked on how you can tell a room/gear setup sounds good from out in the hallway. That's a... | |
| An interesting demonstration I certainly listen to the landscape with complicated pieces like a symphony unless a particular instrument sticks out that I am interested in.The problem is I do not listen that way when I am evaluating sound. Listening to music and evaluating sou... | |
| An interesting demonstration @nonoise Yep -- that's exactly the sleight of hand that this panel is embarked upon. Fallacy of misplaced concreteness, Whitehead called it. | |
| What song have you played the most? Kid Charlemagne -- Steely Dan (Larry Carlton's guitar solos never get old.) | |
| An interesting demonstration @nonoise @mahgister -- Agree on the immediacy of the whole. I avoided the word "gestalt" because that word implies the way a thing has been “placed” or “put together." I think we're all agreeing that this larger whole *starts out* as fundamentally... | |
| An interesting demonstration @mijostyn Listen to a choir, pick out one voice then pick out another voice. Try and listen to them together at the exact same time. Your mind can bounce back and forth quickly between the two but you can not listen to both at the same time unless... | |
| System and speakers in a large room vs in a small room? Possibly of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm2YlmMRC6w&ab_channel=AcousticsInsiderHis channel is focused on studio people, but his general knowledge often applies. I like his channel a lot & respect his knowledge. | |
| Tube Power vs Solid State Power It has to do with how they distort. | |
| Science that explains why we hear differences in cables? Many of you have so many years of audiophile experience on me, I'll just relay my own take.Cables make a difference, but so much else is so much more important, that until I get those things right, a good-enough cable is the end of the practical q... | |
| Whether to do anything about the limitations of our ears This is tough I’ll just sell my system asap.A one-oar rowboat enters the lake. | |
| On Hearing and Sensory Adaptation Thanks for this really erudite post and to @tvad for the Etymotic suggestion. Something my kids really need to get on board with. They need to avoid the tinnitus I have now. | |
| Whether to do anything about the limitations of our ears I neglected to consider their accumulated lifetime memory of how things sounded to them. This is a powerful realization. Yes, there are certain frequencies which are gone, even by mid forties. But listening is different than hearing because liste... |