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| Keith Jarrett on the importance of audio sound quality i attended the famous/infamous solo concert at davies symphony hall in winter where he took on the whole audience on coughingdefinitely a prima donna factor here with kj - as is the case with so many musical geniuses (not to excuse his rudeness or... | |
| Versatile, non-fatiguing speakers for a small room under $1500 used or new: advice needed! @saggy agreeref 3a plus good sub is a wonderful set up | |
| Help me decide my next amp I have both the Primare I30 as well as the Belles Aria.Primare is a touch more lively in sound, but the Belles is excellent too.Primare is built more luxuriously. Heavier gauge metal, more bling factor. Belles is very sophisticated simple stylin... | |
| VPI Classic 3 Upgrades or Move On to Something New one person’s experience for you as you collect infoi have a classic three with 10.5, metal and 3d arm (running at art 9, dyna xx2 and shelter 901) - 3d arm was noticeable upgrade, then went dual pivot... cool, but not a big sq differencei still ha... | |
| What’s the best DAC match for the Cambridge Audio CXC original or V2? jim - check your digital cable... if it is a coax cable, you should replace it with one that is 1.5 m in length... shorter spdif electrical digital cables may be prone to ’reflections’ of the digital waveform, which can lead to jittery sound (hars... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC @calvinandhobbes i remember reading one of the people posting here who bought one said they do have a (shortish) money back return policy - think it was something like 10-15 daysyou wonder about break in... but better than nothing | |
| Matched interconnect cables producing different volume left and right dougyou may have measured continuity at the interconnect pins but maybe one connector is not making the proper contact with the other piece's connector on one end | |
| Obtaining new "original" boxes custom crates | |
| Matched interconnect cables producing different volume left and right yep one pole of the balanced threesome is disconnected -- 3 db down | |
| Own many mid-game speakers or a few end-game speakers. i prefer varietydifferent speakers and systems are like a different lens on the world of music, some more suited to some music than others - i have different setups in different rooms, in two homes, a main home and a second one i am lucky to havei... | |
| Who's using Harbeth with tubes, what speaker model and how many watts per channel? with respect to which tubes, perhaps i should not have made my prior statement with such ’absolute-ism’ - it obviously depends on your amp and your roommost harbeths are nominally 6 ohms, dropping to just above 4-5 ohms in the bass regionmy unders... | |
| Pass Labs int 60 vs. Luxman 590 uX ii I would look at the Naim Audio Super Nait 3 integrated. Naim and Focal are part of the same company. My dealer sells both Naim and Focal and they make an excellent pairing.wisdom here i think... | |
| What’s the best DAC match for the Cambridge Audio CXC original or V2? jimI’m looking for a warm, even sound. What do I mean by even? The Bifrost seems to have its focus 25% on the low end, 60% on the high end and 10% on everything else. I’ve had two other less expensive DAC’s that were only noticeable on the high en... | |
| What’s the best DAC match for the Cambridge Audio CXC original or V2? jim - people are asking you what type of sound are you looking forall dacs recommend will work fine with your cambridge cdtthere is a leaner. brighter, more 'transparent', rather (good) solid state sounding school of dacs then there is a more dime... | |
| Versatile, non-fatiguing speakers for a small room under $1500 used or new: advice needed! @biggreg and arafiqin the past year i have typically seen later model no-issues sets of p3’s around $1600-1900 without stands here or on us am - and hence my commentary belowobviously if one is patient, checks the sites very frequently and acts de... |