mapman
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| Review: MHDT Paradisea+ MHDT Paradisea+ DA converter My Paradisea with stock GE tube matches your description of the Paradisea+ stock sound pretty closely.With my current rig, I also wanted more low end extension and kick. The mhdt Constantine does that but with a nice, clean yet more SS sounding mi... | |
| Slam possible with Tubes instead of SS ?? Larger or multiple drivers optimally driven by the right matching amp is always the key to "slam".Larger rooms will require more, so room size and acoustics to some extent ( I call this the "listening environment") is another key factor. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "Either they throw away dynamics, detail, and resolution but coax out a sweet tonal balance with much of the warmth of analog.Or, they get resolution, drive and dynamics but the upper mid and high frequencies drive me from the room."When I run my ... | |
| How a turntable is like a gym membership Phaelon,I've heard modern reference RTR, vinyl and CD recently in a well set up SOTA system in virtually ideal conditions.The RTR was in a class of its own.Both vinyl and digital sounded very good also but once the RTR played, the difference was a... | |
| Slam possible with Tubes instead of SS ?? Not with your speakers for any kind or reasonable cost probably I would think for teh reasons Tvad mentioned..The speakers in my system are similar.I've gotten excellent results overall including slam using the Bel Canto ref100m amps.I go for clea... | |
| How close to the real thing? Human ears (and brains)are complex sensors and information processors of an order far exceeding science or technologies ability to model exactly.Given this truth, any hypothesis regarding being able to accurately predict the outcome of an individu... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "When is digital going to get the soul of music?"For me in my house, its got it today.Not to say it is perfect (nothing is), but close enough most of the time which cuts it for me. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Data volumes and available bandwidth of many home digital systems and associated higher costs is still a major barrier for large scale application of high res digital. It will continue get better over time.Source material may still be limited, but... | |
| How close to the real thing? Well, the whole negative feedback issue has been beaten to death pretty thoroughly already in other threads.My conclusion is that it is just one of many design and execution factors that affect results depending on how well it is executed.Having h... | |
| Guilty Pleasure recording? Milla JojovichI used to think this a guilty pleasure, then realized that it was actually quite good and others thought so as well. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Kijanki,I think your analysis is spot on!THis evidences itself as lesser detail and resolution at higher frequencies. This will offend some more than others. Those with younger highly trained ears are likely more susceptible in general since abili... | |
| How a turntable is like a gym membership Been loving Radio Paradise of late.Also my own personal channel I create when I load up 13000+ tracks from my music server on the Roku Soundbridges (one one each system) put it in random play mode, and let'er rip for hours on end with few repeats ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? No doubt there are most likely way more music lovers in the world than audiophile/techno-obsessive types.I believe most of these tendencies are well established as youths and have perhaps some but minimal chance of changing significantly as we get... | |
| The Beatles Mono CD Box Set Foster,Yes, it can!I have had to deal with some noise issues associated with power cord proximity to IC to the power amps. Also, tube noise was part of the mix.It is under control currently. But I should probably redo all my wires to provide bette... | |
| How close to the real thing? I also tend to believe that practically, in most well thought out real world setups, that a higher % of those using SS amps will sound closer to the real thing to me.I say this based on the fact that I hear more variations from what sounds rel to ... |