ivan_nosnibor
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| George Martin RIP What a loss. He was indeed brilliant. And among so much of what he gave us is the Beatles' "Love" album, the soundtrack for the unforgettably spectacular Cirque Du Soleil stage show I was lucky enough to have caught in Vegas a few years back. That... | |
| An alternative view on system balance - what to spend where I have about 70% of my budget spent on tweaks and, so far at least, about 1% spent on wiring. The tweaks were such that in my case I could indeed apply them equally well toward any gear I’d ever own without sonic negatives (as long as the componen... | |
| Is there a Blu-Ray player that does SACD and has Audiophile quality sound? For high-end considerations, I'd say the 103/105 Oppo's don't really make the audiophile grade...a bit colorless, not particularly organic sounding and not all that much resolution or clarity. But, modified by a respectable firm, however - that ca... | |
| Graphene sheets for DIY? You can always sandwich the graphene in any insulating material since, I believe, graphene works by proximity, not by contact.Should be worth a try, if you can source the stuff. | |
| Active Subwoofer Crossover "one feature in particular that i found has made a significant difference is the ability to time delay the mains. once the crossover and delays are dialed in, the integration between the sub and mains is absolutely seamless". "I’ve changed the cro... | |
| To Power Condition or Not to Power Condition? This much has been covered before, but power conditioning does have its ups and downs...you can go too far with it and mess things up tonally and there is usually a wattage limitation and so on. But, I wound up going the "quantum" route (as origin... | |
| Second audio system in your house? I went the other route and from the start never really intended to have more than one system - and it would be a single-sourced system at that. Never really had the extra home space or the extra cash for another rig and didn't feel I could afford ... | |
| Moto_Man's Scam Of The Week Geoff, I think I see what you're getting at when you talk about interference. I will try keeping a more open mind on it. Appreciate the heads up though. | |
| Moto_Man's Scam Of The Week We spend so much money on sympathetic vibration (mostly trying to kill it...tone arm design, speaker cabinets, component chassis, etc)...and then to turn around and say that injecting more of it (even if in an attempt to control it) is somehow bet... | |
| Learning the hard way about AC power solutions I agree with Kenny, Miguel and others that the AC game is very challenging (but worthwhile) to get right. Personally, I would say that the face of that game has been changing all along and is now going more in the direction of "quantum" physics th... | |
| Conversion to DSD: Does It Eliminate Digital Glare? DSD conversion cannot reduce glare on its own. Nor can any other digital format, process or protocol reduce glare on its own, period - hirez, lowrez or norez. The only thing a digital format, process or protocol can guarantee is the presence of no... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Roger,"I believe you can have both a neutral system and a natural system. After all - if your understanding of "neutral" means no top end or bottom end exaggerations or no coloration's etc., wouldn't the default term be "natural" as well - meaning... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Understood. Last I checked, I believe my system was full differentially balanced, but since some of it is modified I should 'triple check' that, to be sure. But, to make clear for anyone else, I've certainly found balanced lines to make an audible... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Atmasphere, the real ’good and valid point’ I felt Geoff to be making there (and I didn’t fully make this clear above) is simply that magnetic fields do have an adverse impact on sound. Who is right or not on the theoretical details I’m not really... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... Neutral IS attainable...very much so; as a valid audio concept it is alive and well, even if only in a purely subjective sense. But, brightness, darkness or bass-heavy etc, are nothing more than frequency response issues and can be fully corrected... |