lowrider57
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| Something I made :) I just had a seizure...🤯It's pretty cool. | |
| 30 Watts of class A power: What Speakers are you using and suggesting? What price range?Devore or Audio Note speakers; 8 ohms nominal and very efficient. | |
| New to classical music @elizabeth , two really great recommendations; Beethovenand Rachmaninoff piano concerti. But I have to strongly disagree with your opinion of Mahler. I would say that it's not for beginners. | |
| Herbie's Audio Lab Very sorry to hear that. Although we never met, it felt like I knew him. That's the way to run a business. | |
| Vacuum tubes: Radio tubes, TV tubes, Audio tubes And Russia will be manufacturing tubes for a long time since their military electronics still use tube circuits. | |
| Vacuum tubes: Radio tubes, TV tubes, Audio tubes In the days of tube designed FM radio and TV, there were millions of tubes manufactured to service these components. Now, in modern times these original tubes are coveted due to the small supply of NOS tubes that test well. NIB (new in box) is wha... | |
| Vacuum tubes: Radio tubes, TV tubes, Audio tubes Many of the tubes from radio and TV are used in audio components. Designers through experimentation found these tubes had the pleasant qualities needed to play music. There are so many TV tubes that became the central design of high-end audio circ... | |
| Ifi Spdif purifier @kalalihttp://www.swagmanlab.com/Product_PSU?product_id=631This is the stock 5V unit. You have to special order the 5V Signature Edition.http://www.swagmanlab.com/SEIt comes with the standard cable. The iFi comes with a USB adapter and plugs into ... | |
| Ifi Spdif purifier What the review doesn't mention is how the S/PDIF coax cable can affect jitter and the overall SQ. In my system using a PS Audio PWT and Audio Note NOS dac, the iFi plus LPS made a noticeable improvement. Music's more organic, spacious, has more w... | |
| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? @jaferdMy Nuwave sounded pretty good as well. Large soundstage, good dynamics. But there was no mistaking that I was listening to digital. | |
| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? @jaferd. I owned the Nuwave DSD DAC and was never able to remove the harshness or "edge" from my digital sources. I played mostly CD and some files from my Mac. It would help if you told us what your digital source is.I tried different CD players ... | |
| Speaker Volume A subwoofer crossed over at about 80Hz will provide the bass frequencies you are currently missing. Then your music will have more weight to it, sound fuller and louder.A subwoofer will also relieve your Paradigms of providing all the sound, resul... | |
| Speaker Volume Yes, 105 dB IS loud. IMO, @mrdecibel has a solution. According to the specs he has researched, your speakers are not presenting the bass frequencies which would be responsible for "loudness." Add a subwoofer. There are dealers who have trial peri... | |
| Confused Musical Presentation I doubt this is a case of hyperacusis. As a longtime sufferer, the symptoms are sensitivity to sound pressure levels resulting in pain. The OP, and myself, would not be able to continue listening to music once this condition kicks in. With hyperac... | |
| Tool Fear Inoculum impressions @burndonesinkchairI don’t like the way Tool’s albums are mixed; they seem to go for the "wall of sound" type of mix, rather than placing the musicians on the soundstage.I’m listening to the 1993 Undertow CD which has low compression and excellent ... |