jcharvet
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| Using Dipole Speakers in a Stereo System I have a pair of ML Summits and hang thick, picture-frame style absorption panels on the wall behind it to eliminate/minimize the dipole effect. It is very effective, and you will get what you are looking for. You can "turn on/off" this effect any... | |
| Source XLR to Balanced Preamp will increase gain? This may depend because you are talking about 2 different CD players. On my CD player, which have both RCA and XLR outputs and which is directly connected to the amp, the XLR output is about 6dB louder than the RCA connection. | |
| Song With Best Beginning "Let the music in tonight ... " Give Life Back to Music, Daft Punk | |
| Do I need to re-rip? In my experience, there are improvements converting from ALAC to WAV. I am quite sure ripping directly to WAV is best as Simon puts it, although I have not done so simply because I started ripping to ALAC many years ago, and my CD library is too b... | |
| Your choice for budget analog to digital converter The Wadia 150 ADC (discontinued) will fit the specifications and price. It sounds really good too. I just sold mine and, unfortunately, they don't come by often. | |
| Basic Foobar Question My files are organized the same as you have it. Because iTunes is easier to manage, I keep my Apple lossless files that way and convert them to WAV files in Foobar. A playlist for the day will be a matter of seconds to convert - that will be the o... | |
| Wadia 781i vs 381i No other problems. I only have original CDs and SACDs and cannot answer your questions regarding other disc types. Also, I am not sure why they will be any different with respect to generating heat. Wadias are not universal players but will play X... | |
| Wadia 781i vs 381i I have the 781i and love it. The 381i may not have the punch and snap because you are not using the correct power cord. Wadia CD players generally have excellent low end presentation, I experienced that on an older 861i.If going with the 781i, mak... | |
| Hearing Aid Confusion The question asked by the original poster is addressed to audiophiles. The chances of finding an audiophile in the other forum suggested in this thread is most likely slim. | |
| Martin Logan works when not plugged in The Ascent does not have a powered sub like the Summit, which draws power for it. I realized the Cinema does not either. | |
| What About Loom Theory? There is no technical justification in the Nordost explanation, just a digestable analogy. | |
| Slow speaker cables? I just looked up Chuck's comment on our ability to perceive sound in terms of speed, I found an excerpt that might be helpful ...Human auditory perception has its limits as well the minimum time in between sonic events to be distinguished separa... | |
| Slow speaker cables? I think you are referring to the decay of the sound. The room design also plays a role so different frequencies can decay differently. It's hard to tell if the speaker cables can affect the "speed" of various frequencies differently, like you said... | |
| Why no as many post about music vs equipment...... This may be because we can relate to the experiences we have with the sound produced by the equipment but not necessarily connect with the music preferences (style, genre, etc) themselves. | |
| Martin Logan works when not plugged in The power is needed to drive the woofers. The panels derive their power from the speaker cables. Same with my Summit. If you play something with a lower frequency than speech, you should notice a difference. |