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| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy That is an interesting video that does make some valid observations about some streamers and servers. But, as he noted in the video, there are some streamers with proprietary boards and components in them that are optimized for the task. As he n... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? Erik,I've heard a lot of wide-band/full range drivers used very successfully in multiway systems. Some were, as you discuss, assisted by a woofer, others were assisted by a tweeter (most commonly with large diameter full range drivers) and some w... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? Of all the true single-driver systems I've heard, the quarter wave back loaded horn systems of Voxativ and Charney are the only ones I really liked because they had reasonably extended frequency ranges and smooth response (not excessively peaky an... | |
| Help troubleshooting: 1 speaker is playing significantly lower Start at one end of the system, like the speakers, and switch the wiring left and right. If it is the same speaker that is softer, it is the speaker that is at fault (not likely).Next switch the wiring from the amp to the speaker wire (to rule ou... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? There is the whole gamut of Chinese audio gear--original designs, designs based on existing gear from other manufacturers and outright counterfeits (meant to actually fooling someone into thinking it is an original piece from another manufacturer)... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? I saw an amazing looking linestage which had parts that looked like vintage Western Electric transformers, capacitors and resistors. The buyer paid big bucks (I think it was something like $15,000), but the parts turned out to be Chinese counterf... | |
| Grounding with a Earth box? I cannot say whether or not any improvement from using one of these grounding boxes is "worth the money," but for some context, I thought the Nordost system made a bigger improvement in the system my local dealer used to demonstrate the product (h... | |
| 300Bs - does leaving them on shorten their life? If a manufacturer ever recommended leaving tube gear on all the time in order to prevent damage from the act of turning on the gear, I would never buy from that manufacturer. It is not hard for the manufacturer to put in a soft start circuit to p... | |
| Which Component Has the Greatest Affect on Low-Level Listening Speakers make the biggest difference, followed by amplifiers. Horn systems are particularly dynamic and engaging at low volume. If you look at Japanese audio magazines, it is common to find serious audiophiles putting gigantic horn systems in th... | |
| Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image? As Tim described, you can do switching starting at either the front end and working down the line, or the other way (from speaker back to source). This will allow you to isolate the source of the problem (assuming it is in the component stream an... | |
| Decware: a worthwhile option? Decware gear is well constructed, nice looking and reasonably priced. Whether it is nice sounding would be a matter of personal taste and system matching.In the systems I've heard two of their amps, it was not for me--a bit too anemic and lifele... | |
| Grounding with a Earth box? I think the alternative to such boxes is having a solid rod planted deep in the ground outside of your house with a ground wire running to a single grounding point for all of your gear. Why this is important, I don't know. But, I do know it does... | |
| Shinjitsu Audio I have not heard this speaker (until now, I had not even heard of it), but it is interesting. I generally like AMT tweeter/midrange drivers and the idea of coupling it to a small, backloaded woofer is an interesting idea. That would mean bass th... | |
| Bruce Edgar That is very sad news. I met him at a CEDIA show. We were both listening to a speaker with a compression driver and horn. After the demonstration, he asked me about what we heard and we had a nice conversation. I had no idea who I was talking ... | |
| High Frequency Oscillation hurt resistors in Magico A5 crossovers I have no idea why extremely high frequency energy was emitted by the download process, but, Magico's explanation of what happened to the crossover is reasonable. There is no way it is a failure of the Magico crossover operating under normal circ... |