jjss49
Responses from jjss49
| Significant steps? (DAC) not sure where neat dividing lines are, this is where clever new products blur the breakpoints but better is better, without doubt, but one needs a system and setup that allows the user to hear the differences distinctly | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? gasoline powered automobiles are a most mature product technologically, presently yet some of them perform much much better than others, differences aren’t subtle technology (and its ’maturity’) are but one aspect of many that impact performance | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER short answer is it depends... blanket generalizations not useful, specifics matter | |
| I Am Not an Audio Snob can you snobs just be quiet? i can't hear the silence of my 32 bit dac in all this background noise... 🤣 | |
| What do/did you do for a living? @jerry_gt3rs could you pls pm me with your porsche repair shop info, my good friend, fellow porsche gt car owner and track buddy is moving from san fran back to boston, i think he would benefit from being acquainted with your shop thx @ozzy ... | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance Whenever you have increased detail that is also fatiguing (bright and harsh), the fatigue is often the result of distortion. You know you’re making progress when the presentation is detailed and relaxed at the same time. words of wisdom from r... | |
| Upgrading Speakers You must also consider the venue. it is not inconceivable that they might not sound a lot better in your room, perhaps with your equipment. i agree with this statement from @ghdprentice most difficult variable to factor in in any speaker 'upg... | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance I just don't agree that you can have too much resolution. What causes harshness isn't too much detail. i agree with this it isn't a tradeoff in a well built system | |
| What do/did you do for a living? i should add mine education in electrical engineering and then business administration high stress high travel corporate first career, till my early 40’s, then got into real estate development in the san fran bay area (first as a sidelight, then... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? some of my favorite interconnects are still straightwire maestro’s and purist audio colossus and musaeus from the 90’s... modern ic's may equal but won't eclipse for performance | |
| Would you choose 1 ou 2 subwoofers for a stereo set? definitely a pair | |
| What do/did you do for a living? nice to see this thread re emerge fun to hear the backgrounds of the frequent participants here (and the notable silence from the troll farm...) | |
| Intg Amps: Hegel 590 vs NAD M33 Masters vs Gryphon Diablo 120 i currently own the hegel h590 as well as the pass int60, have many hours with each into my modded maggie 1.7i’s and stock 3.7i’s i have heard the gryphon 300 at some length driving maggies but not in my own system when i recommend the hegel h59... | |
| Problems with the IFI Zen Stream.. What's a better Alternative? in my experience the zs benefits greatly from being powered by a l-p-s | |
| Intg Amps: Hegel 590 vs NAD M33 Masters vs Gryphon Diablo 120 word to the wise -- savvy buyers would snap up well-cared-for, used h590... now that hegel has introduced the h600 improvements are in the dac section, the amp section is the same (bent holter’s revised thinking on amp design was installed in the... |