keis
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| Which DAC? Levinson, Theta, Sonic Frontiers I like the SFD-2 M3, that's the 24/96 upgrade to the unit in question. It improved detail, base, and gets ride of those sibilents. | |
| Which is better, live performance or on your system? Unfortunately for me its the stereo. I have a high class B system so it sounds very good. The emotional response I get from live performances these days tends to be negative.1. Why doent those old ladys shut up and listen to the Bach?2. Boy this h... | |
| Would You Pay $9.95 For Satillite Radio Yes I would/will. Remember guys we are not talking about something that competes with DMX or your home cable. This is a mobile system for cars. No more vast waste land while driving cross country. | |
| Is sound room on the attic bad??? 6bq5 has the right idea. The none parallel ceiling is a good thing, not a bad thing. Any rectangular room will have three big standing waves associated with the three dimensions of the room and the wavelengths generated by the speakers. If you ass... | |
| 3 player shortlist, help me make a choice..... The previous suggestions are all good. I have one concern about your existing system. The LS2 (I owned an LS2B for three years) is very bright and a better digital front end might not sound good to you through that line preamp. I replaced mine wit... | |
| Static / Fuzzy Sound in Speakers One more test. Very gently spread your fingers and press in the speaker cone about 1/4 inch and release. If you hear any scrapping sound then you have a bad winding in that voice coil. Make sure you push evenly about the speakers center axis and n... | |
| What is the Sound of Impedence Mismatch? Yes Bob I am familiar with LCR effects in cables. What's your point? I was answering the question about preamp amp interaction without considering cables. Poulkirk brings up the professional 600ohm standard which while correct is likely not answer... | |
| What is the Sound of Impedence Mismatch? The impedance mismatch is only critical when the mismatch causes the preamp to go into distortion. If the preamp's current drain into a lower impedence device puts the preamp into a clipping mode similar to a amp driving low impedence speakers at ... | |
| Thiel 3.6 vs. Spendor SP100 vs. PSB GOLD I own the Thiels and have never heard the other two in question but would add one comment blind. I love my Thiels but had to pay more then their price to get an amp to make them sound good (wonderful -Krell KSA-200s) So you might get better sound ... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Line 3 vs SE version I agree. Buy the regular Line 3. SF will be offering an upgrade to SE in the next few months so if the upgrade is less then $4K your money ahead to buy the current version. I just upgraded tubes which is most of the SE upgrade anyway (plus better ... | |
| questions Audiofile9 has it right. I'd like to add a few more footnotes.Slew rate is the slope of the curve if you change the input of an amp instantaneously from one voltage to another. Its how fast the amp is and its ability to track a complex signal. A v... | |
| What is sound floor Having a good solid non-vibrating floor would improve any stereo sound for two reasons I can imagine.1. Accoustically the speakers are better coupled and the floor doesn't give to add out of phase vibrations that kill low frequencies and muddy up ... | |
| System sounds better at night? MP your idea about humidity goes against the jist of the other postings. Humidity goes up at night as the temperature falls closer to the dew point. Everyone is saying there systems improve (at night with higher relative humidities) so a dehumidif... | |
| Solid State Preamp with Tube Amp? I use a Sonic Frontiers Line 3 into a Krell KSA-200S. Balanced tube to solid state. I find it the best of two worlds. The amp handles my Thiel 3.6 low impedence problem and gives me power and control not possible from a tube amp at twice the price... | |
| What s Your Frame of Reference? First don't use a single CD or record for your reference. As your system gets better every CD will sound different. Some better and some worse so in auditioning new audio gear listen to a lot of music. Unfortunately sometimes you don't hear all th... |