jhills
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| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? Just my 2 cents: Worked with several internationals from India (all very intelligent and well educated) some had family come over from India for a tour of USA and spent a few days at our work site. Joquime introduced his family visitors by name a... | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? @Ryder In general, I think your assessment is pretty accurate. Regardless of cost or allocation of costs, I think, aside from one's overall budget, some important things to consider: 1) Matching your speakers to the size, aesthetics, and overa... | |
| Intergrated Amp suggestions for B&W 805d4 Sorry if already mentioned and I missed, but, if you can find used anywhere available to you, an Ayre AX-5 or AX-5e (not the newer 20 series) The original AX-5, to my ears, for ultra detailed diamond speakers like the B&W Ds and the Raidho dia... | |
| Fedex and Ups Damage thread @coltrane1 Even with very good packing, trusting the shipment of high dollar Jazz Archtop guitars to Fedx or UPS and never having an issue, I would say not only were you lucky but maybe charmed. Except for the speakers mentioned, which were total... | |
| Fedex and Ups Damage thread Small, double boxes well packaged items ie. CDPs, CD transports, etc I’ve had good luck with. Several years ago I bought, from a seller with a record of good feedback, a pair of B&W 802, Matrix II Speakers, to be shipped half way across the c... | |
| Electric cars will ruin late night listening? Sometimes I think we spend more time listening for and obsessing about noise than we do listening to music. I live in sunny hot AZ where everyone has large power hungry HVAC units. I also have one that, in the summer, day and night, runs most of ... | |
| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? I found that with detail to set up and positioning (using measurements and tape tape to mark changes) and by positioning with the tweeter section of my Maggies to the outside rather than inside, I was able to get very good and detailed imaging and... | |
| Magnepan and Bob Carver Raven amps Was running my Maggie 1.7s with my Rogue Cronus Mag.II until last AZ Summer persuaded me to switch away from extra heat of tubes back to my old stand-by ADCOM 200/350 W SS amp. I don’t listen at ear numbing levels, so the Rogue @100W per channel,... | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality Makes you wonder how the designers, engineers and builders of the (some very expensive) audio equipment we've had over the past 50 or 60 years, were able to develop a single thing without the use of a special high dollar magic cable to let them kn... | |
| What is Tight Bass? +++@artemus_5 Bass is not sharp, quick or tight. Bass is more rounded with body and a slight amount of sustain which I call overhang. When I hear someone say they want quick, tight or fast bass, I kind of scratch my head a bit. There is nothing ... | |
| Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas? +1secretguy For what it’s worth: I have my 1.7s out 42" from front wall, 5’ between speakers (6’3" center to center) tweeters to the outside, very slight toe in and listening position approx. 9’ from speakers. The entire front wall, behind the s... | |
| Am I nuts? On the unit/units you are considering - do your research. The internet is a great source of info. for personal reviews regarding the reliability of performance of just about any unit you may be considering. A few years back I purchased a used Cal... | |
| Dedicated Circuits - Subpanel importance? If your equipment does not have a cord/cable or, from the the manufacture, is required to have a cord/cable with a 20A plug then it was designed and built to operate and perform properly on a standard 15A, 120V circuit. What makes anyone think tha... | |
| Feel free to talk me off the ledge Congratulations, You may find that you like both speakers for different reasons, as the two are both great speakers but each of a different character. Maybe over time you could build separate systems around each - complementing and bringing out ... | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing @pinthrift I get your post and appreciate where you are coming from. Myself and quite a few others on the forum have been, to one extent or another, involved in and have had a love for audio and good music for many years and like you, have enjo... |