mapman
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| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did There are two categories of "tweaks" which based on science must have some effect on how a piece performs:1) a tweak to anything in the signal path from source to ears2) a tweak that isolates a piece of equipment whose performance is affected by e... | |
| Are Ohm Walsh Speakers the Poor Man's MBLs? I would not see much benefit in biamping Walsh speakers in any case. Most of the sound except the extreme top end comes from a single driver. | |
| Amps for Ohm Walsh 100S3 I have been very pleased using a a very cost effective high current used Musical Fidelity amp with both my OHMs. I half expected to have to upgrade immediately again when I decided to give it a try but that never materialized. It has been a huge o... | |
| DAC with the best midrange ever..... "time after time, the tube line stage is the make or break link in the system when it comes to capturing midrange textures, harmonic overtones, ambiance, etc."Swirching the Audio Research sp 16 into my system has convinced me of this finally as we... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did I tend to be very skeptical of the value of many elaborate high cost tweaks and that skepticism has served me well over the years. Still, I do not doubt that many make a difference of some sort, but not all differences are necessarily "better", ju... | |
| Overshadowed by bandmates Frankly, I'm sure the Beatles would have achieved the level of popularity they did without Ringo. What other drummer would have performed better?Nor was he totally overshadowed though. He drew a lot of attention with the Beatles however more so as... | |
| Best floorstanders under $600 You got a point there Mike! | |
| Wi-Fi Limitations and Sample rates...16/44.1 Pr,Makes sense to me.Cheers! | |
| The Great Speaker Quest Adding a good sub to the Arros might be just what the doctor ordered. | |
| Wi-Fi Limitations and Sample rates...16/44.1 PR,I recall the issue was with certain core programs/components bundled into Windows that dealt specifically with sound, not windows IO functionality in general. It had to do with maintaining throughput with older, slower computers not necessarily... | |
| Stacking Linn Gear Agree with Markphd. The power supply in the amp can induct audible or subtle hum or distortion in the pre-amp. | |
| Squeezebox Mods Effective On Digital Output? What DAC do you use?My first thought is to look at that first.Jitter reduction device second. Some DACs may accomplish that for you.I'd only do mods to the SB after all else fails, but I suspect it should not have to come to this. | |
| Best floorstanders under $600 Second Klipsch Forte II | |
| Sibilance in recordings: your experience the same? I have zero tolerance for artificially produced sibilance in my system.In almost all instances I've had sibilance issues over the years, it was related to either poorly configured phono setup or worn stylii on cartridges (these do need to be repla... | |
| Wi-Fi Limitations and Sample rates...16/44.1 Prpixel,I do know the difference between the two but not the details of which MS software does what when, so that is helpful.I only recall reading that it was an issue with the older versions of Windows in general but not XP.Since it is very diffi... |