lanx0003
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| Pleasurably better, not measurably better The effect of your mixing is quite similar to the follwoing speakers placements and wiring suggested by one of the members here (sorry I do not recall his name). The 1st pair of speakers are wired normally and place close together to simulate you... | |
| What is the forums opinion of SVS subs? Compared with my old AR SW30, the bass notes from SVS SB1000 are more well-defined, faster and smooth. A good value proposition at the discounted price. It has a built-in HPF fixed at 80hz, allowing one to better integrate itself into the booksh... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta @chrisld - Next I used the iFi Zen Stream (running from linear PSU) direct to the GaN1 and the Stream-iFi app to control the volume. The sound is stunning. It is so transparent, dynamic and enjoyable that it beats my much more expensive system. M... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers @rudyb - Thank you for sharing the link of the NPR site. Great web link they have created for listening test. I listen using my headphone (as always recommended for this purpose, good one) and, I got to admit, I could hardly discern the diffe... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better Technophiles: Is pleasurability measuable? | |
| To preamp or not to preamp. That is the question. Adding a decent active preamp that has a circuitry amplifying line level voltage over the unit gain and a good volume attenuator will likely give better, more refined sound quality over a simpler path chain. Even my Dac -> Cambridge integrated ... | |
| 100% USA designed & made DAC @rsf507 Sorry have to disagree regarding Schitt, it is just ok but compared to many others it is very flat and 2 dimensional sounding IMO. @barts My experience as well. "very flat" it never caused me to become "part of the music" just my 2... | |
| How many people do you think have the same DAC, amplifier, and speakers @aewarren My ex-wife has the same system as I do, along with everything else I used to own. I guess you two got along very well until fighting for the system. Oh mine... Mine is an uniquely cheap setup that nobody here has: Wharfedale Evo 4.2,... | |
| Most underrated female recording artists.. I guess Jen Chapin is underrated here. The recording in her albums "Reckoning", "The Songs of Stevie Wonder", etc., were good too in SS / separation. Also, not mentioned so far is Halie Loren. Many good recording albums too. | |
| Used gear prices and the state of the hobby. 50% off msrp is a fair starting point for a one year old piece of gear. Wait until the buyer throws the low ball on you to think about what you have said ... | |
| Better music player alternative to Mac Air / laptop Thanks, @ghdprentice. Thanks to this fellow’s review on Aurender N150 and the comparison with the Mac Air as the player, I was finally convinced thru my ears that noticeable part of spatial / SS information was indeed missing from using Mac Air as... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? Every profession has jargon and this is one of them in audiophile world. A practical definition of "neutral" imho is "all frequencies are measured in approximately similar sound pressure levels (SPL) within the specified tolerance between the low ... | |
| Better music player alternative to Mac Air / laptop Yes, as mentioned, I was using the Mac Air with external DAC but wonder if the circuitry inside the Mac / laptop is "dirty" as claimed and switching to cleaner streamer/player will render better SQ. So, are you saying that switching to streamer as... | |
| Better music player alternative to Mac Air / laptop Thank you all for the advices. Before proceeding with streaming route, I would like to explore the use of the streamer / file server for playing music out of the HDD / SSD. Based on my research, most of the streamer comes with the USB port for con... | |
| Bookshelf speakers that renders 3D soundstage Thank you and several others for recommending BRX which, to be honest, was under my radar but was hesitated to pull the trigger due to the following reasons. It is a quite interesting design speaker. Similar to Evo 4.2, it uses AMT and hence rem... |