hilde45
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| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? @miller Thank you for this answer. I have a better sense now of why you made your first comment, and perhaps I let my feathers get ruffled too easily.The cumulative voices against the switch are mounting, and I didn't intend for it to *replace* de... | |
| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? @david_ten Thanks. I get it more, now. I'll establish placement for each speaker, mark it, and make sure that nothing extraneous gets in the way.There are all kinds of obstacles to a perfect comparison -- how long it takes to get used to things, b... | |
| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? @david_ten and @catdoorman - I was thinking I'd just pop one set off the stands, put them on the floor, and put set #2 on the stands in their place. Exact same placement for the comparison. Perhaps different speakers need different placements -- g... | |
| What should you hear? @lowrider57 said:Listen to a well recorded symphony if you want to experience good imaging and soundstage. There is width and depth with each section of instruments placed correctly on the stage. This is a great suggestion. Nordic 2L recordings ar... | |
| Best improvement for the buck I'm with @erik_squires -- especially about the chance to improve the DAC in that Parasound P5. You have a lot of nice options at $900. | |
| PS AUDIO Stellar M700 Mono Amplifier? I love their videos and have the impression they're a great company. I also see a lot of their stuff showing up in the used market. I'm not sure if that's just because there's a lot out there or what else might be the cause, but it's my impression. | |
| 3 Albums To Be Stranded With On A Desert Island As a fellow Steely Dan fan, i think your "Decade" disk dodges the hard question! Which Steely disc that's not a compilation would you choose? (I know, unkind.) | |
| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? @miller My effort to find a way to do careful and detailed analyses of complex phenomena does not stem from my inability to "think it through." Rather than imply I'm being obtuse, you could either just report that *you* never needed to do or perha... | |
| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? Look, no one would put a switch box in the signal path for no reason. But if you need to compare gear it’s a much better way than powering up and down and swapping cables.This is the only reason I would put a switch box in -- to try to make a comp... | |
| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? @b_limo Thanks for giving a reason and not just an opinion.@tablejockey I've been instructed not to turn tube amps off and then immediately back on but to give them a couple minutes. Folks have reported burning out rectifiers doing this. | |
| How does adding a second subwoofer improve your systems SQ? @erik_squires Another great post! Really well done, and attractive to boot. I’m wondering if you can tell me what the sonic difference might be if I added a second subwoofer? The reason that I ask is that in my present set up, my single subwoofer ... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) @schubert Good to know. Everything on their product page says "sold out" and there is no notice about when things will be back in production. It would be hard to guess what the fate of that company is. | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) @lancek Wow, those JVC speakers are $37, used!As for Omega -- is there more than one Omega or is that just this company? https://omegaloudspeakers.com/ | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science Excellent discussion. "Whether scientific measurement is valuable or not" is too crude a question. The issue is, as Erik points out, why we’re measuring, what we’re measuring, and whether or not measurement is called for. Author and scientist Mich... | |
| 2 subwoofers - 1 brand? @swampwalker do you think two rels, one a 328 the other 305, would be close enough. The one main difference is a passive radiator on one and none on the other. Otherwise, both have 10 inch woofers, are sealed, class D amp, high level connectors. T... |