jsalerno277
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| Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist Angus Obel - eclectic, spacey compositions that are a fusion of classical chamber, jazz, electronic and pop music. Classically trained with a haunting, elegant, and flowing voice. Try her albums Aventine and Philharmonics. Katja Werka, Conta... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? I agree with @ghdprentice that musicality includes the properties of rhythm & pace and midrange bloom but as I stated, it is an intimately subjective criterion. I consider timbral accuracy first and foremost, then the ability to reproduce the... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? @freediver Your question is very difficult to articulate a reply to. I will take a chance on being judged mentally infirm and attempt to explain my process, expressed as recommendation or steps to judge musicality. Since this is intimately subj... | |
| Looking for new speaker cables My usual recommendation that meets all of your goals - WyWires Platinum or Diamond series. Read published reviews. Long term sale is ongoing making them more affordable. Alex (President/CEO) is just a good person. I recommend you add them to ... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? The equipment’s grip on the reproduction of the emotion of the composition and performance. +1 for @ghdprentice term - musicality and his recommendation to not focus on the usual audiophile criteria. The prerequisite is to experience the emotio... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes @devinplombier Thank you. However, as I explained in a later post, I believe I was unclear and misunderstood, for I never said the streaming ITCP protocol assure transmission of anything less than bit perfect files. I said it is not “unscathed” ... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes @jeffbij I never said sequence of ones and zeros were corrupted. I said the signal is has errors including jitter, transmission impairments, and EMI. None of these involve a corrupted sequence, additional or absent digits or sequences. We are ... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes I do not understand your post and believe your conclusion false. You have attempted to use syllogistic deductive reasoning. Let me attempt to explain where this fails. Please forgive in advance my philosophical pontification for I am a product ... | |
| Mid level listening Sorry, nimble fingers hit send by mistake. The psychology of becoming dissatisfied has many causes including, without limitation, reward processing (constantly seeking reward pleasure), hedonic adaptation (diminishing joy over time), consumeris... | |
| Mid level listening @rvpiano You have published before on critical listen vs music appreciation as well as becoming dissatisfied with rig sound quality over time. I will respond in a similar way as before. An audiophile should first and foremost be someone who appr... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound Add Vivid Giya G3 or G2 to your audition list. I recommend looking no further. True timbre, balanced frequency response, fast, dynamic, excellent leading edge and decay, holographic sound stage. Get past their eccentric form, the lack of horns,... | |
| Guitar lacking bite, vocal lacking presence @jetter You are correct that some find the Theil aluminum dome tweeter to be “hot”. Its frequency balance is extended up to my ears when I was considering both the 2.4 and 3.4 designs. But, to my ears and others, there is a lack of air on top. ... | |
| Guitar lacking bite, vocal lacking presence PS. Is that a hardware store grade power strip//surge protector? Make sure is is rated for the current draw of all equipment hooked up to it simply from a safety perspective, and this may be affecting sound quality by limiting current below dema... | |
| Guitar lacking bite, vocal lacking presence Attention to setup detail as described by @mrdecibel is critical to optimizing SQ. I would start with his recommendations. Your speakers are known to be musical but without the extended high end of others. Therefore, your observation on treble ... | |
| Soft-dome tweeter damage - NBD or permanently compromised? I did experience a slightly crushed dome tweeter on transport of a preowned off warray speaker. The manufacturer’s literature indicates this does not affect SQ. The dome will vibrate within its frequency range without additional distortion. Theo... |