ivan_nosnibor
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| Taming edge from remastered CDs? Actually, the idea that digital edginess or harshness must therefore be the result of a digital problem is currently one of the biggest myths in all of audio. The recognition of the impact of successful power conditioning solutions on this problem... | |
| Taming edge from remastered CDs? Percentage of CD's in my collection that were noticeably bright or edgy before a successful amount of power conditioning was applied: 30-40%. After: Z-E-R-O!!!Understand?? :)Also have a digital, 10-band parametric EQ in my rig...an otherwise extre... | |
| Taming edge from remastered CDs? Agree with Sabai, a good power conditioning solution makes ALL your CD's sound right. For me, it not only "took the edge off", but in fact made all digital playback sound like analog, and I mean finally and once and for all, not like the empty pro... | |
| what to choose? Possibly not the Naim (for dynamics maybe, but the Naim sound has always been more about PRAT and tonality than soundstaging in particular). Dunno about the Densen. I know some people like the Audiolab, but I've not heard it. The Oppo would be a g... | |
| Where's Alan Maher? Try "alan maher designs" on facebook. Once you find him, all you have to do is friend him on facebook and you're in. I deal with him all the time. | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? Geoff, nope, not the "radio receiver" that you say is out of your control, but that last nth degree of soundstage dimensionality on a revealing system??...just possibly might be missed the first time around...who knows.Doug, my point, and it's rea... | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? While were at it and FWIW, I may as well bring up yet one more variable to consider. And another admittedly intractable one, at that. This one often either goes unnoticed or un-discussed. But, let me start by saying I, too, believe in break in an... | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks Geoff, my bad, didn't dawn on me you had included your introduction until I was away from my computer. John Robinson(no credentials worth mentioning ;-)Thanks, looking forward to more. | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? Donjr, don't get me wrong, your comments are entirely welcome. My system (and I've not yet been in a position just yet to finally post it on Agon and let everybody know what I'm working from) is a somewhat minimal CD-only, ss rig that cost less th... | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks Goeffkait wrote:"We should implement a don't ask don't tell policy. ;-)"OK, then I won't ask you. ;-) | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks I know, I know, everybody has that reaction these days (including me!) :P | |
| should I notice the upsampling? Forgot to say, if you are not already doing so, be sure to use a decent coax from the transport to the DAC and NOT a TosLink (even a pretty good one really) - IME a TosLink will more than likely act like a bottle-neck for this kind of sound differ... | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks Geoffkait wrote:"It's much more likely, rather than lowering resistance, crystals simply reduce vibration and/or reduce RFI in the system. I.e., wider audio bandwidth and lower noise result from better signal to noise ratio."That is indeed how his... | |
| should I notice the upsampling? Upsampling should make for noticeably smoother sounding highs for the most part and it may also help some with imaging and/or soundstaging. Sometimes in budget systems other components can mostly mask the difference...from the looks of it, I would... | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks Geoffkait, didn't mean to imply that makers were totally untrustworthy, but was responding in part to Sabai's comments:"Some cable makers and tweak makers produce more verbiage than you can shake a stick at to describe what their products do. How ... |