lanx0003
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| Solid State Low powered Amplifiers While it may appear logical to pair a speaker of high sensitivity like the Cornwall IV with lower-power amplifiers, experience suggests that more power can result in better performance. See the following review (but not limited to). With technolo... | |
| DAC suggestion for PC @jheppe815 what is the very high-quality USB cable, do you mind? Thx. When I started this whole computer audio thing, I went from a $6 printer USB cable to a cheap name brand USB cable and finally to a very high-quality USB cable and it made a... | |
| Anyone have experience with using de-esser for sibilance in home audio system? My tinnitus started almost a year ago, and it bothers me throughout the day. Fortunately, I haven't noticed a change in the sibilance level from my audio systems. Does this rule out tinnitus as the cause? I don't know, but I want to emphasize that... | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... @kennyc @dave_b Other than the qualitative description of removing undesirable capacitance, resistance, etc., Masterbuilt and/or Transparent cable manufactures seem not being transparent about the technical specifications. While it is not uncommon... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. Yes, spades do have more surface area than banana plugs in general, but if one does not make good contact you are still going to have more contact resistance. | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... Thank you for going through the process and reporting the results, which did not surprise me. The rule of thumb is to judge by their capacitance specs between conductors (see below). Mogami 2549 (standard dual conductors) has substantially lower c... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Thank you for checking it out, OP. May reach out to Archimago and/or Miller AR for a possible answer. | |
| Looking for recommendations for integrated with a more “organic” sound. @chenry and many other Many recommendations here for Sugden A21 get me interested mainly because of its value proposition. I am always craving for Class A sound. There are several version here: A21 (23 wpc to 8 ohms), A21ai (25 wpc to 8 ohms), A2... | |
| 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... |