jaytor
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| GR Research/ Jays iyagi speaker cable blind test I tried these cables and thought they sounded quite good. I compared them to a few other cables including some that were considerably more expensive (Iconoclast series 2 SPTPC) and it wasn't until I tried Kimber Select KS-3035 that I found somethi... | |
| Spending a month's salary I'll add my vote to splitting your funds between speakers, DAC and room treatments. Assuming you haven't already invested in room treatments, this make make a big improvement for the dollars invested. The DAC in the Node is not up to the level o... | |
| Pass x260.8 v. Parasound JC1+? I heard the KEF blades with JC1+ amps at the Pacific Audio Fest last summer. I thought they sounded nice, but I don't think they lived up to the price point. But these were "show" conditions. I've owned the JC5 and the XA60.8, and the Pass amps ... | |
| How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system? Since covid, I mostly work from home. I set up my home office desk directly behind my listening couch so the imaging is fairly good. I have music on whenever I'm not on the phone or in zoom meetings, so I average around 6 hours/day. Most of this... | |
| We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often As @bdp24 noted, if you can drive the bottom 2-3 octaves with a separate amplifier, it provides many more options for the rest of the range. I have planar-magnetic dipole line arrays which are ~98db/w sensitivity, nominally 8 ohms with a minimum ... | |
| How does a speaker blow out? As others have said, clipping generally causes damage to the tweeters before the woofers. If you heard a bad noise from the woofer, then it seems likely it is a mechanical failure, not an electrical failure. Does the speaker make any sound when ... | |
| PS Audio Power Plant P3 to P12 @audphile1 - PS Audio is not offering a trade-in on the P12 during the promotion since they are offering it at a significant discount. But I'm sure I can get a reasonable price for the P3 if I go this route. I don't really need the extra capacit... | |
| PS Audio Power Plant P3 to P12 I have been very pleased with my PowerPlant 3 so I have no interest in switching to another brand. I really don't want this thread to devolve into another objective vs subjective debate. As an electronics engineer, I think measurements have th... | |
| The problem with absorption panels- it kills the fine details As many responders to your previous thread mentioned, you need a combination of diffusion and absorption to achieve optimal results. Absorption panels can be very helpful if used judiciously and appropriately. | |
| diffuser or absorption panels, which would you choose? My experience matches what others have said. Too much absorption will make the music sound dead, but some absorption is likely necessary. I tried the GIK Diffusor/Absorbers behind my speakers to start with and found the sound to be kind of flat. ... | |
| Audio Note Amplifier Kits Nice bikes. IF makes an excellent steel frame. I don't own any steel frame bikes at the moment - mostly high-end carbon road race bikes and a couple gravel bikes. I've got to pare down my stable at some point. Here's a decent book to start with.... | |
| Audio Note Amplifier Kits @johnah5 - I own a lot of bikes (I own an e-commerce cycling business), but the one in the photo is one of my oldest - a Serotta ti with S&S couplers, SRAM red etap. This is the one I usually take to Europe since it fits in a small 24"x24"x10"... | |
| Audio Note Amplifier Kits @charles1dad - Thanks Charles. I used the AN non-magnetic Silver Tantalums for all the parts in the audio path. These are the white-colored ones in the photo above. | |
| Audio Note Amplifier Kits @changeout - I bought the upgraded resistors/caps and the TentLabs DHT filament supplies from HiFiCollective.com. The Jensen line input transformers came from PartsExpress.com. I built the heater supply for the input tube using a pmillet PCB I b... | |
| DA Krell not nearly as good as DA DA, or was it? In the late 80s, early 90s, I had a pair of Krell MDA-300 monoblocks. I really liked them but they generated a lot of heat. I replaced them with an FPB-300 which I also liked a lot. I owned this amp for over 20 years until it started having proble... |