mapman
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| Why do digital cables sound different? Kijanki, I am with you to date in terms of not hearing any noticeable difference using various cables with various sources. I also compare to phono source in my system and find most any good quality digital wire tends to work similarly well. | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Thanks for that but I am wondering what the specific noticeable effect to the sound is for this amp specifically by changing the rectifier tube as suggested. | |
| New Vandersteen oil cooled hybrid amplifiers My take is its a unique product targeting Vandersteen speaker owners seeking no holds barred ultimate performance from Vandersteen rather than mixing or matching.It might well work great with other speakers as well, but it seems the group most lik... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? What is it exactly that changing the rectifier tube improves?Thanks. | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Kijanki, I am also interested if you hear differences using the same source with different cables and your jitter resistant Benchmark DAC. | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Jim, can you provide more details? What kind of digital cables? How were they different? Construction? Length? Brand? How did the one sound different? Better? Worse? Did all seem in good condition? I'm still trying to find out what does matter mos... | |
| HH Scott 350 fm tuner There are some modern ICs that are minimalist design and not overbuilt and will work fine with vintage gear, FWIW.DNM Reson is my preferred IC and will fit most anything if desired. Would work nicely with vintage gear FWIW. | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? I am convinced that digital cables can make a difference, but in practice to date, I find that the differences attributable to cables I have used alone are not nearly as significant as many other factors and that once I have a handle on the big fi... | |
| What is Musicality? "some people are very musical by nature and don't need great sound to enjoy music"Yes, its a very interesting and valid point.Just one more reason why pursuit of the absolute sound is mostly a technical endeavor of little interest to many music lo... | |
| Tube Friendly High End "Big" speakers The reason I like the Audiokinesis option, despite having never had a chance to hear these, is the designer's (Duke's) mindset and approach. He does a lot of pro audio I believe and looks to leverage what works there for home audio. Pro audio is a... | |
| Great, Physically Unobtrusive High-end Speakers? A lot of Totem and Dynaudio speakers.OHM Walsh also deliver a lot of bang for their size and never sound strained. I think the Walsh driver operation and how the sound leaves the driver differently than with normal pistonic driver operation helps ... | |
| What is Musicality? "it got my foot tapping"That's as good an indicator as any." I often wonder if it's just me?"Its possible.PErsonally I;ve found deciding what to chose to listen to with so much to choose from these days a chore. When that happens, I put my music s... | |
| Law of Accelerating Returns When a setup is good I agree most of the difference from there comes from the recording unless perhaps you move into a better venue/room. That' s the real way to avoid those diminishing returns. | |
| Law of Accelerating Returns Hey that's a pretty good argument for buying more audio stuff. Let me try it on my wife and report back. | |
| "Slam"--what is it, is it really accurate? MT,Just wanted to point out that the very act of reattaching the wires alone could result in a better connection than prior, though the folding part probably can't hurt. |