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| Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers? FWIW, here is the list of the on-line reviewers ordered by the number of subscribers. It does not suggest the quality of contents they have presented but give you some idea on their popularity. The ones highlighted are those I listen periodically.... | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... Today $700 can be spent wisely to attain a hi-fi bookshelf stereo system. A good example is like: - Wharfedale Diamond 225, $280 - Smsl Ao200, $223, (50wpc 8Ω, 90wpc 4Ω, 150wpc 2Ω; 2 German Infineon class D chips) - Schiit Modius DAC, $230 incl... | |
| Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers? Some youtubers do give useful technical information. You just need to listen to them selectively. Audiophiles are not blind. If the youtuber raves something that is not really up to expectation and misleads people to make wrong buying decision, th... | |
| amp upgrade Although B&W D4 is rated 89 dB sensitivity and 8 ohms (seemingly a relatively high sensitivity speakers), larger wattage with clean high current amp is required to reach its potential. In particular, if you want to explore its the low ends (do... | |
| Problems with the IFI Zen Stream.. What's a better Alternative? These are some suggestions with sound comparable to Ifi below $1k. You might have watched some of these reviews already. Take a grain of salt as always but I found iiwi’s recommendation is quite reliable. - Matrix mini-i 4 ($650) with optional re... | |
| Klipsch RP-600M II The spec. on the two-way bookshelf speakers like Sierra 2 looks impressive (34hz-27khz) but be cautioned that, with a ribbon tweeter, its mid-range frequency response might be compromised. Ascend is certainly doing a better job. This similar lim... | |
| Klipsch RP-600M II Relatively speaking, RP 600M Mk I has certain limitations despite of rave reviews from HR. The high ends are bright, edgy and forward and the bass is a bit bloated. The unbalanced, overly presence of highs and lows covers up the midrange. Fatique ... | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... 2019 Grammy best engineering award was given to three engineers Shawn Murphy et al. for Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons. You could see how the multiple microphones of diff... | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... I wish the quality of recording for live classic music can be enhanced. Often time, you could observe only one microphone hanging from the ceiling in the middle of stage is used to record the entire orchestra. That is simply inadequate for hi fid... | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... $200? which one? | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... Logically speaking (neither objectively nor subjectively), if a DAC is neutrally transparent without any particular "sound", its SQ can be assessed in several dimensions of criteria such as (1) high ends are open, ary and articulated without tread... | |
| DAC contest: Border Patrol Sei or Chord Qutest? Those who are familiar with TDA 1541 chip and its use in many popular CD players 30 years ago made by Philips, Marantz, Rotel, Sony, Naim, Arcam, Sudgen and Cambridge probably know the SQ of this DAC chip better than I am. As with all DACs, the SQ... | |
| Can this vibration isolator Iso Puck Mini support my ATC SCM 11? Op, When I experiment with spring isolator (by Nobsound), I found the bass is reduced too so I returned them. Rubber feet / drum pads actually perform much better in that regard. Noted that rubber feet will still transfer some bass energy to the ... | |
| Front or Back wall diffusers I would agree in that trend of treatment. The most benefit I have found in my room is from the bass trap. I have high ceiling (10 ft) and also the WAF so I did not install the bass trap all the way but the immediate sonic improvement from only th... | |
| Front or Back wall diffusers yes, it can still have standing wave, nodes, etc., issues in the bass region. I apologize for the misspoken. |