jjss49
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| About users with hidden agendas for whatever faults, and harking back (as we always should) to the title and premise of the original post... ted denney for all his writings here, states on all substantive posts exactly who he is, not in the form of a a-gon handle, but in real l... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? alan shaw often doesn’t do himself (nor his speaker owners) favors in how he issues goofy (usually self serving) blanket statements about amps, cables, stands and how they add/detract from the speakers’ performance... he thinks he is being ’strate... | |
| Upgrade from modified Bluesound Node 2i and linear power supply (LPS) ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FitnVQYWmgs&t=1125s if you want to deep-dive into linear power supplies for dacs, here is more info than you may want... 😁 my three comments on this reviewer - 1) i think his listening is often enhanced with t... | |
| Brand new Lyra Delos - skewed cantilever well done @jcarr | |
| Experiencing speaker imbalance, while amp headphone output is fine. Any ideas? might be room acoustics... is the room and speaker placement and reflective surfaces symmetrical? or else it may be the amp... try swapping tubes in one channel to the other, one at a time, see if the imbalance shifts tighten, redo all wiring/co... | |
| Tidal vs Qubuz - Steely Dan "Jack of Speed" op what level of qobuz vs tidal did you use? were you listening to redbook resolution or higher, on one or both services? did you listen to other tracks, other music? for popular music, both services have highly overlapping libraries i think... | |
| Totally overwhelmed (speakers under $5k) it is very true that in this day and age, it is harder and harder to actually demo speakers in retail stores, or in home - perhaps impossible if one lives far from a metro center this is where a community of enthusiasts can help each other and al... | |
| Best Bang for the Buck Upgrade as usual i support the wisdom of @soix asking the key question... what are the specific improvements sought? hard to travel with purpose without specifying the destination... | |
| Power Conditioners op they are very situation and component dependent ime there is a lot of snake oil in this category so i think the best advice is to try in your own system with a right to return for full purchase price | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? a few additional points to add to the discussion Avoid the older models and start from SHL5+ or SHL5+ 40th Anniversary, M30.2 Anniversary, 40.1 or 40.2 Anniversary etc. i understand the logic behind @ryder ’s statement but i think it is too st... | |
| Denefrips Pontus "burn in" period? @jin78 How long is your Coax cable? According to the "tech" experts here, it should be at least 2 feet long. Some else can explain the technical details. it is commonly understood and accepted that the best length for digital coax 75 ohm spdif ... | |
| Spatial M3 Sapphire or Klipsch Forte 4 How loud do I listen? Ive never gotten a db reading on it. But if I had to guess, I’d say around 90 to 95 db. op https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/parents/too-loud-too-long there are free smartphone apps to check db levels, average and pe... | |
| Upgrade from modified Bluesound Node 2i and linear power supply (LPS) ? @audiotroy you are entitled to your opinion but its just an opinion bro... lots more to the spdif vs usb debate than asynchronous transfer and jitter... jitter is but one form of digital noise, important as it is to manage... people own use a ... | |
| Best streamers WITHOUT a DAC many excellent sounding options out there, all more expensive, for very high resolution systems where one can hear the nuanced improvement... innuos aurender auralic sotm sonore lumin | |
| Upgrade from modified Bluesound Node 2i and linear power supply (LPS) ? depends on the resolution of the rest of your system the node 2i works pretty well as streamer but even with power supply upgrade, the onboard dac is mediocre and can easily be improved upon |