mapman
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| What makes a speaker sound great at low volume? Its actually the ear’s that work less well at low volumes with extreme hi and low frequencies in particular. https://ehomerecordingstudio.com/fletcher-munson-curve/Tone and loudness controls used to be provided in a lot of gear to make the needed ... | |
| Matching for Music: Speakers or Electronics? Forget about good X for Y music. Matchup the right components that mate well together and that will do allmusic right and well. After that it’s mostly all personal preferences. | |
| Is it fine to bunch together power wires? I avoid that. | |
| What the heck do these terms mean? I think those terms are often used to describe differences heard with harmonics. | |
| Is it fine to bunch together power wires? What pet said. | |
| Simple question, or is it... Kijanki is the best. No nonsense....just the facts. 👍. Quick and concise. | |
| Do we ask too much of our audio systems? The biggest trap people fall into imho is expecting their system to make everything sound exactly the way they want things to sound as opposed to allowing you to hear what is in the recording. That puts you into endless upgrade mode and is like c... | |
| has anybody else noticed this about flac audio? I listened to both streaming wireless from iPhone to Vanatoo Transparent 1 speakers. The sound was very similar did not notice any real difference. Also the level 4 compressed file is slightly larger than the level 0. I would expect the opposit... | |
| Do we ask too much of our audio systems? You can get very close. | |
| Why is it so good? Bad streaming digital is hard to find these days. | |
| 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... |