jond
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| Seeking ideas about how to improve my system It’s not that headphones necessarily show what your speakers are lacking it’s that phones take the room entirely out of the equation. Your gear seems fine I would work on your room if you want to improve things. | |
| Habituation to system changes: the Audiophiles' curse... The ear always adapts if you really like the sound you're getting you will be happy. If you start to wonder likely not all is well or maybe you just crave something different? One thing to always remember different is different it's not always bet... | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? A good active preamp sounds better emphasis on good. Whether it's impedance matching or gain related or something else it just sounds better. | |
| ProAc Response 2.5 vs Totem Mani 2 I will say that the Proac are an order of magnitude easier to drive than the Mani-2's. You have many more amp choices with the Proacs and they are very fine speakers. | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk I owned an Air Tight ATM-1 myself back in the day it was indeed a lovely looking amp. I wish I knew then what I know now about tube rolling as it never really thrilled me. Much happier with my current custom amp but I did get a twinge of gearlust ... | |
| Minimum Broadband Speed Necessary For Uninterrupted Qobuz and/or Tidal Listening? Agreed on a few points if you're streaming movies and music at the same time your speed is a bit too low. And also the channel 5G is often much less crowded than 2.4G its worth checking out. | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well @charles1dad You are so right about that and the guy I sold my Yamamoto Dac to raved over it so much I almost wanted it back ;) And yes analog output stages and power supplies are probably more important than the Dac chip and its implementation. | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well @erik_squires Why 2010? | |
| Is louder better? "In this world louder is better David." | |
| Pass, Bryston or Accuphase for Magnepans? Accuphase it just sounds better. | |
| From the Batmobile to highend electronics @millercarbon Politeness is free and appreciated try harder next time please. | |
| Red Rose Tube Amp repair in Seattle area @roxy54 You may have Red Rose confused with another brand. Red Rose was Mark Levinson's brand prior to that it was AudioPrism Both iterations of the brand were made in the USA. I used to own an Audioprism Mantissa preamp. | |
| Is this an right time to buy hifi? @onhwy61 well said indeed! And it's as good a time as any to buy gear if you can afford it. | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well I am listening to a Dac built in 1995 and it sounds sublime. There's a lot more to Dacs than the latest digital technology. | |
| Gripped By Upgrade Fever Get into your new room before you do anything. Also don't assume that floorstanding speakers will be an upgrade over standmounts. |