lemonhaze
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| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point @herman, well said, I fully agree, measurements alone mean zero. ASR states that he does not need to listen because the measurements tell him what it will sound like! @romanesq For those who want to go the R2R route, it certainly sounds like t... | |
| Help wanted spending money and improving my system. Hey OP ??? Equaliser ??? Where and why are you needing one?You can replace your DAC which although good value can easily be bettered by a number of units, at 2 to 3 times the price. Also consider the streamer is as or more important than the DAC.Y... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point True value is out there but look at older units. Manley, Theta Gen. V or Wadia. I have a Wadia 15 that 'only' plays redbook and it is spectacular, not just for it's age but against anything available today. I also own a Bryston that somebody menti... | |
| Advice on dedicated room Hey Terry, I don't disagree with you disagreeing but in his smallish room it's the lesser of two evils. It was a popular consideration for awhile but lost momentum. I unfortunately lost a lot of links and papers when my computer died, I would like... | |
| Advice on dedicated room I would not add a wall reducing the limited space you have. It is entirely possible to treat the room and have superb acoustical performance, even if the room is a perfect cube. The idea of building a new wall to provide non parallel walls I would... | |
| Looking for Speaker Input OP, nothing wrong with your kit. The room has been mentioned as possible cause.If your room has not been treated which I must assume is the case because you haven't provided any info to the contrary, then that aspect should be addressed before any... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? @ mahgister, yes a misunderstanding. All good.The timbre of a sound is formed in it's entirety and does not depend on the room but is influenced by the room. By that I mean any instrument could play a note in an anechoic chamber or out in an open ... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? @mahgister I usually enjoy and mostly agree with your posts except this: Timbre perceptive experience cannot be reduced to a mathematical additive bunch of frequencies and harmonics only ... Acoustic of small room play a great role more than th... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? kijanki, lets look at what you said I said 😕 You don't like very detailed sound .. I don't think I said that, I said I don't like the result of combining components that major in detail. You don't like perfect imaging .. I did not say that eithe... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? kijanki, this thread is not about you and your Benchmark.Musicality is a rather vague and nebulous term but I think coined to differentiate between a system that is overly detailed and a system that has detail but does not slap you alongside the h... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) OP you are getting advice from jasonbourne and his ilk which I suggest you completely disregard if you are after 'high end digital' That poor horse has been beaten to death. You also mentioned something about measurements. If you are not familiar ... | |
| Hook-up Wire: Duelund DCA16GA vs Neotech STDCT-16 vs Cardas 15.5 AWG Point 1: Those are budget speakers so expect budget components. Stay 1mH but upgrade to 18 or 16 AWG air-core. Look for a coil that has been dipped or uses baked varnish. Do NOT add series resistor. The bigger 16 AWG will have a lower resistance, ... | |
| Which component to upgrade to improve bass control? You don't say why subs and room treatment are out. I have a friend who was in a similar position to you in a square room (the worst) with all hard surfaces and his expensive kit sounded horrible, I don't know how else to describe it, certainly bro... | |
| Is bass the most important frequency band? OP, all frequencies are important as that is what constitutes music and your proposition that bass should be optimised is solid. Achieving optimal bass is the quest and is what stymies the vast majority of enthusiasts mainly because of a lack of u... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics I'm sure there are a large number of experienced members who seldom post now because of all the vitriol spewed around. It never used to be like this , I remember avidly reading new posts of interest and looking forward to the next Thursday's Weekl... |