markalarsen
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| Are you operating in the correct SPL window for high-fidelity listening? This thread reminds me of conversations I have had with employees. I would give them an assignment. They would return and tell me it could not be done. I told them I was not interested in the ten ways it could not be done but only in the one way i... | |
| Impedance Loading for SS Hyperion The Soundsmith Hyperion II ES is everything ChatGPT promised and more. Consistent with the reviews. Amazing. | |
| Impedance Loading for SS Hyperion Even though ChatGPT does not own a system, it can summarize what everyone else said about cartridges I have never owned or played in my system. Yes, I have heard them at a consumer show using unfamiliar equipment and speakers at double the price o... | |
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? 3 x $5,477.36 | |
| Impedance Loading for SS Hyperion You changed my mind. After switching them back and forth on the same song, I settled on 1000 ohms. 47K seemed to have a slight sibilance. | |
| Are you operating in the correct SPL window for high-fidelity listening? My fault for not asking a clear question. I wonder if others have found a minimum volume where the bass, midrange and treble all sound the same volume. An effort to overcome the Fletcher-Munson curves and make the audio spectrum sound flat. | |
| Last night the Music took over…. Exactly the experience we all chase. | |
| Are you operating in the correct SPL window for high-fidelity listening? I use an old Radio Shack SPL meter set on C weighted and on slow. I measure from my seated position on my systems: always an equilateral triangle. I understand that not all instruments measurements are as accurate as others, but even a iPhone g... | |
| Are you operating in the correct SPL window for high-fidelity listening? @gdaddy1 ”Quality over quantity might be something to consider as an audiophile.” I am looking for the quantity that gives the best quality. 45db is not it. 110 db is not it. What is your preferred db range? | |
| Are you operating in the correct SPL window for high-fidelity listening? I only asked for preferences, not facts. | |
| Impedance Loading for SS Hyperion @dover. You can set yours at 470 ohms. I will set mine at 47k ohms based on how it sounds to me on my system in my house. You vastly underestimate how useful ChatGPT can be in this area. | |
| Turntable Setup Consultant Fidelis is wonderful. Ask for Mark | |
| Vinyl playback - lack of bass? @skads_187 LOL. Sounds like something I would do. | |
| Vinyl playback - lack of bass? my guess is that VTA is the issue | |
| Vinyl playback - lack of bass? Have you tried a 45 rpm 12” alblum? |