mapman
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| Dynaudio C1 II owners - how loud can you go? The severity of teh problem as you describe could likely indicate a defect or problem somewhere with teh gear or their conenctions. First thing though I would check all wires and connections as well to make sure there are no shorted connections et... | |
| Dynaudio C1 II owners - how loud can you go? Don't know about your case specifically but for comparison I have 500w/ch Bel Canto ref1000m Class D that run my Dynaudio Contour 1.3mkII and other speakers I own. These Dynaudios like every bit of power you can through at them. I have yet to prac... | |
| Should Equalizers make a comeback? They already have. Well, at least in non high end audio circles. Except now they are digital not analog, done with software, not hardware and bundled into various devices. For example My desktop PC has more elaborate equalization and sound process... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days? In line with the thread, are any of those bargains? | |
| Polling Magnepan Users - Room Size I've had them in rooms that size and also find they do their best in larger rooms with distance between and to front wall.I heard mine at Jim Smith's Audition shop in Birmingham AL back in the 80's set up along those lines in a similarly sized roo... | |
| Looking for a small, good receiver Advent 300 might fit if you can find one in good operating condition. | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers ZD, I agree. The process to get one's absolute sound is really pretty simple.1) know what your target/goal is/sounds like2) Take a shot. Then tweak until you hit the target.Sometimes the target will move but with some experience and lots of exposu... | |
| Audiophile Fakery Stakes are highest assuming audiophile "fakery" with high end audio no doubt in that high end infers large chunks of money being thrown around in the pursuit of always better sound, more so than the alternatives. It is no doubt fertile grounds for... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state Sometimes different, sometimes similar, sometimes hard to tell apart at all.Like most things, it all depends.In general, the sound of "good quality" tube gear is more variable than good quality SS. If you like a certain flavor of sound, tube or SS... | |
| Audiophile Fakery They really do thatt with cars? I like mine quiet.There may be some smoke and mirrors that goes into marketing to audiophiles for sure but placebo tubes seems a bit far fetched. I doubt that would get very far even if tried. Why bother as a maker ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days? Asynchronous is a USB mode. If its USB to DAC, then you definitely want a good Asynchronous USB implementation that allows the clock designed for high performance on the DAC to be in control. Its becoming more common with USB DACs to operate this ... | |
| Anyone else own EPI/Epicure "back in the day?" Of the speaker lines I recall liking from back then, I would categorize the EPIs as having very good performance characterized by the most polite top end and perhaps generally being most easy on the ears overall. And I mean that in only a good way... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days? When I say "really good", what I really mean is good performance, ie low jitter. That puts you in the league. However, much like cartridges, most DACs will sound different to some extent still. This is more where judgements about what sounds good ... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days? I think there are many really good ones for very modest cost these days, especially over the last 3-5 years or so. I consider both mhdt DACs I use to be exceptional bargains. SO much so that I have not been inclined to shop around. Even the DACs i... | |
| Anyone else own EPI/Epicure "back in the day?" I remember them well from my time at Tech Hifi circa 1978-1980. There were many EPIs there among the others. Eventually I got to demo and sell to customers. The EPIS Advents and OHMs were the lines I liked, not so much JBL, Infinity and others. TH... |