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| Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind? These days it is really hard to come across a "bad" dac acoustically by listening. Maybe that is why the asr solely rely on the measurement possibly because all dacs sound the same to his ears. Just maybe... | |
| Primaluna. Evo 400 - bass issues The tube amplifier like Evo 400 has in general higher output impedance which gives lower damping factor. For example, in its ultralinear mode the output impedance measured 2.3Ω, giving a damping factor (DF) of 3.4, while in its triode mode the DF... | |
| 2.1 Stereo System for TV Listening My two main speakers were 14 ft apart with minor toe-in for music listening. As such the person not sitting in the middle listening position could not get clear dialouge when watching movie without a Center channel... | |
| 2.1 Stereo System for TV Listening The 2.1 system for movie does not do well primarily because of the less clear / focus dialogue that was distributed to the central channel speaker in the 5.1 or 7.1 AVR system. Creating / wiring a "phantom" center channel into a 2.1 system is tric... | |
| Recommendations for good sounding streamer I went with the "ZS is better in SQ than Node" flow and was very happy with it. | |
| Better music player alternative to Mac Air / laptop Yep, I plan to try iFi iPower 2 or possibly LPS 12 volts next. Let me know please if you have positive experience with them. | |
| Thought I’d share: Nicely done and practical DAC review I like Darko's reviews too but I won't put all eggs in one basket when it comes to the purchase decision. I will cross reference with other reviews by the reviewers I thrust. | |
| Better music player alternative to Mac Air / laptop Finally, I tried out the iFi Zen Streamer when it is on sale for $299. I still has not streamed hi-res music from those music providers but simply played out the flac files from HDD. Wow, I wish I try earlier. The SQ is improved in every way as co... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll I purposely avoided Class A because of the heat and chose high bias Class A / AB amp as a compromise. I enjoy the sound and anticipate a longer service cycle out of them (electrical charge was not the concern). I was also aware of class D technolo... | |
| Advice? Less than $4k, solid state preamp, neutral to gentle It is all about personal taste. According to Thomas (& Stereo), Pre90 is a colored preamp offering more forward, sharpening sound. When paired with a system that is already revealing, it might be too much of a good thing. It pushes the deta... | |
| Advice? Less than $4k, solid state preamp, neutral to gentle The impedance matches between preamp and amp and between dac and preamp are essential. The ratio of the successor input impedance to the predecessor output imp. should be as high as possible. As a rule of thumb, 10 is the minimum, 100 is preferrab... | |
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| I've been selling heavier gear for lighter gear I came across a pair of Legacy Focus SE and a pair of Vandersteen 3A at very good condition and affordable prices. Each speaker weighs 185 lb and 90 lb, respectively, however. Very tempting but decide to pass them on just because of weight fact... | |
| Just how many options does 1 need in a 2 way bookshelf design? Interestingly, the original 3-way Dovedale (1960) uses 12" woofer. Honey i shrunk the Dove ... https://www.petervis.com/gallery/Vintage%20Advertisements/wharfedale-hi-fi/wharfedale-dovedale-3.html | |
| Digital enhancement I am admittedly very confused. I actually paid close attention to Bacch-SP for a short while but could not get a good sense out of whether the processor/dac is doing something different or better out of recordings that are already great in soundst... |