jaytor
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| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs The Line Force is a new design Danny is working on that uses a line array of 16 NEO3 planar magnetic tweeters (the same one used in the NX-Otica) and six NEO10 planar magnetic mid-range drivers. This speaker design is not yet available primarily b... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really The only thing I can postulate is that the surface noise on LPs is masking the digital artifacts that we find most offensive and letting the beauty of the music come through. But if that is the case, it seems like it would be easy to add this kind... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really @millercarbon - that may be (likely is) true but it doesn't answer the question. Why do LPs sound better when the recording was mastered digitally and never converted back to analog before making the CD? It's my understanding (which may be incorre... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really In the late 80's and early 90's, I had what was then considered a fairly SOTA analog system - Goldmund Studio table (T3 arm, can't remember version) with a Koetsu MC cartridge, AR SP10 preamp. But my music collection was slowing moving toward CDs ... | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs @bdp24 - Thanks. If you are interested in hearing them sometime, send me a PM. I live nearby in Portland. It was Danny's Tuesday Tech Talk videos that got me interested in these. I had been seriously considering the Tekton Moabs, but after watchin... | |
| Distance from the front wall for magnepan mg 20.7 +1 for GR Research OB subs. Dipoles generally like diffusion on front wall. Too much absorption will ruin the beautiful imaging and makes them sound lifeless. I made that mistake with Tympani IVs in the past. | |
| rookie questions about used Bryston BDPs I bought an upgraded BDP-2 on audiogon about two years ago to use as a Roon endpoint. The only issue I have had is that I had to replace the little button battery inside which Bryston customer service helped me with. They were very responsive via ... | |
| Any “value” competitor streamers vs Bluesound Node 2i? You may be able to find a Bryston BDP-2 for around $1K used. This is definitely a step up from the Node 2i if you are feeding an external DAC and are running Roon. I've got a BDP-2, as well as several Node 2is which I use for different zones aroun... | |
| Upgrading System...Help/opinions on Parasound and others? After close to four decades using amps from Levinson, Pass, Bryston and Krell, I decided to give Parasound a try. I have to say that I'm impressed. I'm using their top-end JC2 preamp and JC5 poweramp, but the build and sound quality for the dollar... | |
| 30 Amplifiers Totaling $428,740.00 In Search of Audio Nirvana I auditioned the JC1s and JC5, and have now owned the JC5 for several months. They both have a very similar sonic signature, but I thought the JC-5 sounded a little more refined. A bit more detail and smoother mid-range. However, the JC1 was consi... | |
| Does the 'Buck' Start with the DAC? @bassdude. How are you connecting your BDP-3 to your Yggdrasil? I have a similar setup but with the BDP-2. I’m using AES/EBU currently since that’s what was recommended by Schiit, but I haven’t experimented much with other connection methods. | |
| time-aligned speakers: stepped fronts vs. sloping fronts @bdp24 +1Love Danny's videos. I've read/seen so many articles and videos over the years where the author/commentator was clearly just speaking some marketing drivel that didn't make any sense. Danny's videos are a breath of fresh air. He does a gr... | |
| Seeking help finding the weak link(s) in my system and offering suggestions please. The Cable Company (thecableco.com) has a cable lending library, but generally only has speaker cable lengths of 8-10ft. In my experience, DSP room correction is useful for tweaking speaker response to compensate for minor room issues, but only aft... | |
| Network Switches Cakyol, I didn't say there was noise on the switch. There is noise on any signal that is transmitted via an electrical connection. This doesn't mean this will affect the decoding of the digital signals. I completely concur that, with the error cor... | |
| Network Switches As an electronics engineer, I do believe that noise on the Ethernet connection (really any connection to your audio equipment) could have an audible effect on the sound quality, but trying to fix this at the network switch seems misguided. You're ... |