lemonhaze
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| What is wrong with my system? B&W are voiced for a ’noticeable’ top-end so in a demo against other speakers they stand out. Today the race is on for detail,detail and detail and you unfortunately have a system that is showcasing this.The advice to change caps can be ignore... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Hi OP, I would be extremely interested if you could somehow get your hands on an Mojo Mystique V3 or one of the newer models. They are in a similar price range. I am looking for a modern replacement for my ancient Wadia 15 (redbook only) DAC, whic... | |
| Problem Solvers Needed-Got my New XOs installed and am worried.... Hi chorus, some good info supplied and also some not so good. There appears to be a means of adjusting the overall balance of sound with jumpers and something there might be the cause of your problem. What is not the cause is break-in. Initially ... | |
| Best kept secret in AC line filtering conditioning cleeds, fair enough. So it’s not the power cord that needs to be changed but just the connector that plugs into the wall? I have lived in countries that use one voltage only. South Africa, UK and now Ireland which are all +/_ 230V The potatoes are... | |
| Best kept secret in AC line filtering conditioning @cleeds, you not only have things backwards but upside down, back to front and inside out :)You also state: " And of course the power cord will need to be changed to have the proper connector for the 240VAC service."The IEC receptacle is an indust... | |
| Best kept secret in AC line filtering conditioning @thyce, if your 15 amp breakers are tripping then change them for ones with a different trip-curve. The breakers are thermomagnetic devices. The magnetic side will cause instantaneous trip like in a lightening strike, the thermo side will heat up ... | |
| What are the current useless terms in this "audio world" The most meaningless, ridiculous and all out absurd is to try and equate a difference heard as a percentage! A poster might say the new speaker cables were 8 to 10% better or the upgraded DAC sounded 15% more detailed. Really.I think this is b... | |
| My Apologies to Miller Carbon What's with all the post removal?Most electronic devices will last longer if left permanently on. Consider that a PCB contracts and expands as it cycles through the warm and cool/cold periods with different coefficients of expansion and you have ... | |
| Vintage vs New @mijostyn states: 'you aught to know by now I don't pull punches' It seems you don't pull your toilet chain either!Get a plumber to fit a new one and try and keep it clean. Basic hygiene? | |
| Distributed Bass Array configuration Tim yes correct. If I walk into a room with somebody bowing the low string on a cello, which is 41Hz, I can tell where it is. If the first 2 octaves can’t be localised then how is this possible?It’s the harmonic overtones providing the spatial clu... | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. The Denafrips Pontus to me is better than the much more expensive (overpriced) Terminator and a used one makes sense. Not mentioned here are the Monarchy DACs, they have been around awhile, can be found at a good price and sound great. The bulk of... | |
| What Are Your Reference Discs? or Specific Reference Tracks There is a difference between a Demo and a Reference track. One of my reference tracks is a nostalgic favourite of mine but sounds lousy on most systems, even very expensive ones. 10CC's I'm not in love. Great performance but just seems to have a ... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt Hey @coltrane1, I fondly remember listening to a Plinius and was very impressed. Can't remember the model but it did everything right. My ML23.5 is about 30 years old. I wonder if the Legacy amp mentioned will go the distance. | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt I am not prepared to pay $6K for Doug-Shredders Class-D love affair. My Mark Levinson 23.5 is Kick-ass, paid about $1000 and I enjoy my sound a lot. Jim Bongiorno's designs are also great and I still have a Son of Ampzilla. My 'The Nine', about 6... | |
| Townshend Audio F1 Fractal Speaker Cables Supertweeter: what it does is complete the harmonic structure which is missing when regular tweeters fade away. All instruments produce complex high frequency harmonics which extend way beyond the industry standard of 20Khz, it is these harmonics ... |