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| Looking for recommendations for integrated with a more “organic” sound. Cambridge Azur 851A. Class XD (bet. class A & B). No phono but Stereophile referenced it with Class A traits. It throws a ’sweet’ sounding and ’bouncing’ bass at low volume level in my room compared to my other Class AB Parasound PA. I experie... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Jitter in audio or video streams is indeed measured in milliseconds (ms), representing the variation in the time it takes for data to travel from the source to the destination. The acceptable level of jitter before causing distortion can vary depe... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Yeah, we get it. Bits are bits, but why do we hear differences in sound from different devices? It can't all be fictitious, right? | |
| Old phones as streaming sources It's strange. While it is understandable that the perception of sound quality is subjective, it cannot deviate too much. I wonder if this has something to do with the settings? https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-improve-sound-quality-on-iphone/ | |
| Old phones as streaming sources I have started using iphone (13) as a streamer a long while ago before purchasing Ifi ZS as a dedicated streamer. When playing music through an iphone and an external DAC, its SQ is better than the following different setups: iphone > window l... | |
| Started with $1k speakers … what now? Acoustic Reality http://web.archive.org/web/20110902214134/http:/arhifi.dk/store/product.php?id_product=22 | |
| Started with $1k speakers … what now? @balooo2 Fritz discloses the crossover design because it is a well-known public domain property of AR, which has received various good and mixed reviews. These issues are known to DIYers, who either appreciate them or modify them to enhance the s... | |
| Best Audiophile desktop for under $2500? @jhnnrrs First, I have close to three times of the collection. Yes, the initial index is long because it only have 1GB ram but you just leave it doing its own thing. Each time when you incrementally add in songs on top of the existing like mine, t... | |
| Best Audiophile desktop for under $2500? @jhnnrrs I play hi-rez music directly from a local SSD as well. The significant change I made was shifting from using a laptop/PC/Mac to the ifi Zen Streamer. One of the primary reasons for this switch was to eliminate the audible fan noise that... | |
| Started with $1k speakers … what now? @hilde45 @balooo2 Thank you for sharing your review on Fritz. It’s a great review, and kudos to Dave. I carefully examined the AR series crossover used in the Carbon 7 SE Mk2. Now, I can better understand what Nemo means by ’less bass quantity,’ a... | |
| Started with $1k speakers … what now? Hi, @hilde45, is this your review? (if not, please share the link) Based on this review, the Carbon 7 easily outperforms the Burchardt S400 mk II, Dynaudio S40, and SF Sonata2, which are three terrific bookshelf speakers I owned or have audition... | |
| list of speakers @grislybutter Great. Let me expand my preliminary investigation of the SSW index to include all speakers that have polar plots, and correlate them with either reviewers' assessments of the perceived SS width or my own experiences. If you could pr... | |
| list of speakers I overlook Erin's Audio Corner, whose state-of-the-art Klippel measurement does not rely on anechoic room either as claimed due to the nearfield mic. placement. Thank you for bringing the spinorama site to our attention. Yours is still a great s... | |
| list of speakers @grislybutter You possess more knowledge in the realm of audiophiles, and you're likely aware of how manufacturers measure and publish frequency response (FR) performance data. I'm uncertain whether they use an acoustic anechoic chamber or send th... | |
| list of speakers @grislybutter a lot of information are available on line right at your fingertips. For example, TAD Compact Reference One (TAD CR1TX) https://www.technicalaudiodevices.com/compact-reference-one-tx/, where you could find general spec. and detai... |