larrybou
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| Is the Audience AR1P a decent surge protector? I have a brickwall unit I tried in my system but it changes the sound too much. Tilts it to the high end and removes warmth. I'm looking for quality non mov supressor that doesn't affect the sound if there is such a thing. | |
| Surge Protection Advice Brickwall is supposed to be an excellent surge protector but it drains my system of warmth. Too bad the power cord isn't detachable. | |
| Purist Audio Speaker cable question I've had an all Musaeus system until a lightening strike fried the works. I always liked the deep, weightier, darker Musaeus sound. After auditioning lots of speaker cables from Cable Company, I ended up with a similar but even better Voodoo speak... | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed Lets not forget that magazines charge the equipment manufacturers for equipment reviews via advertising contracts. This is why overtly bad reviews are rarely seen (and when they happen you can be sure no such contract was signed). | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? The Aurender X-100s does look like what I'm looking for. But without a DAC the $3K price tag seems pricey at least in sub 12K systems like mine. | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed "Short-term tests ignore the mechanism of mental schemas, whereby we build mental models of everything we sense. A short test ignores the mind's need to build schemas to understand constructions of various concepts (e.g., sonic signatures, musical... | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed "Larrybou - what you need to do after listening to cables for days at a time and then declaring a winner is to have someone else switch the losing cable back in without you knowing."Maybe so. But I wouldn't trust the conclusion until I was able to... | |
| Why blind listening tests are flawed I've been comparing multiple speaker wire lately and found the only way I could come to any kind of strong conclusions about their overall was to listen to each one several days at a time in my system.It could have saved lots of time if a couple h... | |
| Voodoo Evolution Speaker Cable Review Update: Before pulling the trigger I also tried AudioQuest Rocket 88's since they available locally and a couple hundred less. Even AQ claims there's no break required because of the battery pack (forgot the specific term), the Rocket 88's did imp... | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? No idea why Wadia also runs the analog through the internal DAC. But it sounds quite good and natural in any case. They jammed lots of good technology into a small unit - and it works very well. | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? Very interesting. Unfortunately one quirk of the Wadia is that all the inputs (analog or digital) are up sampled through the DAC. Fortunately the DAC is very natural and organic sounding. Typically though the digital input sounds better than analo... | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? Jon2020 - Do you know if it's possible to pass digital out before the DAC on the Marantz. And what kind of digital out does it have? The problem is my Wadia integrated also does an automatic uprez with it's DAC tho not to a full DSD. I'm not sure ... | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? Come to think of it, USB out would work also as long as there aren't any resolution limitations. What are the options for high res music servers with USB out? | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? So no media servers capable of DSD with a digital out? That's surprising given the popularity of DAC's these days. | |
| Improvements to OPPO 105 DARBEE? Even on my Oppo 103D concert blu-rays are a treat. In my case it's HDMI out to the projector and digital coax out to my Wadia intuition amp. And to my ears the DAC on the Wadia is more natural sounding than Oppo Sabre DAC. And the picture (usually... |