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| Are Audiophiles "Simply Guessing?" 1. There is a lot more to music reproduction than just the high frequencies. Speed, decay, tone, pace, spatial cues, etc. Listening ability and experience may be more important than acuity and frequency range in determining “quality” of reproducti... | |
| Building a listening room from scratch Cool. I am a big fan of using rock wool insulation. I used rock wool in the ceiling and interior walls and 6” regular fiberglass insulation in the exterior walls of my basement listening room. I used sheetrock but floated the ceiling sheets on alu... | |
| power cables' effect on power conditioner? Plus one for steakster. Try different cables, but high current capability is important for this application. | |
| Speaker suggestions for saround sound. FWIW, I am using Monitor Audio system Apex 40 x 3 in front and Apex 10 (Apex more similar to MA Silver line than Gold) for rears in a surround system and this is working quite well for either 2.1 or 5.1. The B&W PV1-D sub is a critical compon... | |
| Please help me find perfect dac for me Yes, Chord. Hard to go wrong there for your interest. Check out HoloAudio Spring Kitsune Tuned Edition Level 3 if you can find one where you are. Yes, Empirical Audio Overdrive. Auralic Vega. For the just the facts mam, look at Mytek Brooklyn+ or ... | |
| Robert & Alison-Raising Sand So on reading updates to thread I threw this on because I upgraded my optical cable with generally very good results and wanted to test it with this recording that I had recently been considering as a possible reference disk. Wow! So much (too muc... | |
| Yanni or Laurel? OK, here is my sociobiology explanation. More women hear Yanny because they have spent years tuning out their male partner's deep voice while listening carefully to their female friend's high voices for emotional support. Men are just the opposi... | |
| Evaluating a system - what do you listen for? Plus one to erik_squires and wolf_garcia. I am still looking to refine tonal balance and musical whole. gee-whiz? No thanks. | |
| Integrated or Receiver? Will62, the Outlaw is a good choice if you want a receiver. But since you already have a tuner, you can probably get more bang per buck in an integrated. I understand the concern about buying used given your recent experience, so that would rule o... | |
| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? "overpriced" is the key term, and determined at the ear rather than the forum. | |
| Integrated or Receiver? For your applications - you need a robust power supply that can handle essentially any impedance - preferably a toroidal supply. For that kind of money your best bet is a Cambridge Audio or especially NAD that are relatively good at handling vari... | |
| Anybody watch the Grammys tonight? Wow, we are a generous bunch. Bruno Mars is pure fun - perfect for night club, auditorium or Super Bowl. Great music? No. Fodder for an audiophile listening session? Probably not. But a lot of fun. If anything, hip hop, which is where some ... | |
| When to power off a tube amp? @almarg on the issue of leaving or not leaving equipment powered up, are you suggesting that there is no sonic advantage to be gained from leaving any equipment on except those containg a DAC? While I have not empirically tested the assumption, I... | |
| Done buying new vinyl Great thread! Yes, do us all a favor and send the lousy sounding records back with a note that they sound like crap. $25, $30, $50, $65 whatever for new pressings should definitely sound better than a $13 CD.The pressings of new releases I have a... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I like the feet, fwiw. Great to see where you are now auditioning all this gear. Clearly the room is adding or taking little away and letting the equipment shine. Thanks for sharing, add significant value to the overall thread.Question, did you... |