mapman
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| has anybody else noticed this about flac audio? 1) You are making absolute statements about sound quality based solely on your personal experience which may or may not be limited. That is a mistake. 2) digital sound stage is not 2-D. If that is what you are experiencing see 1). 3) Compressed fi... | |
| Simple question, or is it... It’s an electromagnetic field. Read all about it:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_field | |
| Has anyone heard the new Audio Technica AT-OC9X series of cartridges? Audiophiles should pay more attention to Audio Technical products in general IMHO. They tend to provide very good sound for good value. | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? Preamps are for volume controls and switching between source. Some add things like filters, tone controls or extra gain for phono sources. Preamps typically introduce a particular sound of their own. Some might like to use a preamp for that alone ... | |
| Location of computer relative to system Keep it 5 to six feet away or more and use a longer wire or go wireless to be safe. You generally don’t want noisy commercial computers near your hifi electronics. However they work very well as streaming sources if good isolation is maintained. I... | |
| Can you hear or tell difference? I hear differences in many things including wires and power cords and conditioners but have heard less difference between streamers than perhaps any other component.So we are in the same boat there it seems. | |
| Fitz Carrera BE B what was the rest of the system you ran them with?I heard these at CAF two years back and was similarly taken. Off a flea powered tube headphone amp there even as I recall. | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world “Canned Wheat” The Guess Who | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world “Stationary Traveller”. Andrew Latimer always knows exactly the right notes to play on guitar | |
| Is room treatment a science? Yes of course acoustics is based on science and nothing else. Lots of good books on how to tackle it correctly. Applying it to a specific room to achieve a specific goal is the challenge. | |
| If you had to start all over again in this day and age I’m good. Always considering technical innovation when buying. | |
| Tube Dac ? Help with what specifically? Also which tube DAC are you considering? | |
| Opinions on the current market I was in a local hifi shop just before things started shutting down. The owner was saying how shipments out of China were coming to a halt due to the pandemic at the source. I would think most every maker in most any country must be affected that... | |
| Opinions on the current market The big difference of late is there is no place to go to listen to hear before buying. No shops or shows. Not sure what effect of any that has on the market overall but has to be bad for anyone selling new stuff. | |
| INPUT/OUTPUT IMPEDANCE Ok but practically to keep tube preamp options open it’s much safer to go with an amp explicitly designed to handle that which spec wise means higher input impedance than 10kohm more like 60-100kohm typically with most products I have seen. Bel Ca... |