ltmandella
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| Analogue clipping from digital sources @antigrunge2: please do your own research. | |
| Analogue clipping from digital sources Are you referring to clipping? I think it has been mathematically demonstrated that it is possible for PCM to clip during playback even though never detected during encoding... | |
| Ken Fritz article I think there may be a bit of Ken Fritz in many of us. How many of the people close to us feel we have gone overboard in equipment acquisition and or obsessing with the sound of our systems? | |
| Why do people like reel to reel players? I own two RT-909s and two RT-707s. Never owned any other RtR decks. I bought my first 707 around 1980. IIRC, this was prior to - or near to - the invention of cassettes, so if you wanted to record, tape was the option. Why do I keep them all ... | |
| Anything new with digital room correction? [[The biggest problem is (as you say) it robs the sound of dynamics and subtlety. The frequencies that suffer the most are the midrange and treble.]] Yep, that was exactly my experience with the DEQ2496. And I _really_ wanted a digital EQ/roo... | |
| digital equalizers After reading this thread, I pulled my DEQ2496 out of the closet and gave it another try. Nope, made my system sound dead and dynamically compressed. I was using optical in and optical out on the 2496, then the optical out into my DAC. Back in... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system Understood. Any crappy component in the signal path can possibly do more harm than good. But then again, compared to the distortion in frequency response from speakers and room modes, seems like at least room correction done properly would be b... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system Pretty much every track we ever listen to gets run through something like this dude before we ever hear it. So why would a little EQ in the home listening room upset any purists? I don't get it. schiit mega ;) | |
| What to expect if I import an amp and preamp from a Japan seller via US eBay I would not send more than $100 or so out of the country. You'll never get your money back no matter what unless _maybe_ if you use a CC that will protect you. The risk is 10X what it is for U.S. only transactions. No wire fraud, no U.S. po... | |
| Old records. There were some beautifully recorded, mixed, mastered, and stamped vinly productions from the 60s on, and there were some poorly done also (ABCO for example). Take a listen to Steely Dan's AJA from many decades ago. I'd match that LP against any... | |
| How best to arrange cables in this room... Here.s what I did in a similiar situation and it works for me 😋 SORRY, couldn't resist... | |
| Should I graduate to floor standers or will larger bookshelves suffice? @secretguy: Nah | |
| Should I graduate to floor standers or will larger bookshelves suffice? There is a middle ground between floor standers and bookshelf speakers. Stand mounts they are called. I own a pair of Reference3A DeCapo I "stand mounters". Way too big for bookshelves, but half the height of floorstanders. Surprisingly copiou... | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? I use a particular recording to compare components in my system: She's the One from Born to Run. Once you get to know a particular recording - it's good areas and it's bad areas - it is easier to compare components for differences in sound. I us... | |
| looking for an integrated amp in the $1500 range I have always adored the sound of my Musical Fidelity A1 (2008) version Class A integrated. But it does run HOT. I listen with Reference 3A DeCapo I speakers, 90 db and no crossover, the midwoofer rolls off naturally so just a high pass cap on t... |