mashif
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| What exactly is PRaT??? @soix As a drummer, you know you can push the beat or play more relaxed and still be "on time". It's a feel thing. I notice it most on plucked strings. Acoustic guitar, mandolin, pizz strings. I think it's mostly about transient response on th... | |
| analyzing sound I have my favorites but I recall seeing a list from Crutchfield of several songs with notes about what each one features and I've become familiar enough with those songs to use them as well. | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? I've always interpreted it as speed and clarity. The attack and decay of notes are distinct and on time. Some speakers excel at this. I'm less clear about what it means for electronics but I assume the electronics play a role in creating that. I... | |
| The Museum vs. Galleries I devote some afternoon time to music discovery. That might be new artists or new releases from familiar ones. If I don't find anything interesting in 30 minutes or so, I'll listen to Internet radio for a while. Nighttime is comfort time with musi... | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear I was exclusively into vintage gear until 3 years ago. My only tech retired and I decided to go modern. Except for my speakers. I love my JBL 4311s and built my new system around them. I'm still in the process but it's going well. The 4311s, like ... | |
| Mark Knopfler & James Taylor Love Knofler. I just listened to One Deep River, Deluxe. | |
| Qobuz That happened to me while I was auditioning Quboz. Fortunately I had all my playlists saved in Amazon Music and was able to retransfer them. Quboz responded to my inquiry and said they could not restore them, and transferring was the only choice. ... | |
| How do you add remote control to a preamp, here's how. I run my actives into my passive. One preamp I can run wide open with no audible distortion and use the passive volume control. The other has a remote but has too much gain to run wide open without distortion. If I'm playing a complete album I run... | |
| How do you add remote control to a preamp, here's how. Another feature of the Schiit Kara is the output impedance is the same in active and passive modes. | |
| Alternative absorbent acoustic material? When I built my panels I got Rockwool and 703 from my local insulation supply business at about 40% less than the price from online suppliers. | |
| How do you add remote control to a preamp, here's how. I think Schiit just came out with a new preamp with similar features at half the price. | |
| How do you add remote control to a preamp, here's how. I do a similar thing with a Schiit Kara. It's volume control is a resistor ladder so no pot. Wherever I set the volume it's just adding a couple of resistors to the path. | |
| Any owners of Schitt Bifrost 2? I have a Bitfrost 2/64 and I like it a lot. It's somewhat unique use of 4 chips to split the conversion chores allows it to perform way above its price. PS Audio recently came out with a similar architecture. But it's not end game. I plan to upgr... | |
| External crossovers for subs I recently went that route with a HPF from Merchand Electronics. It's 24db/oct at 80hz. Its a vast improvement in bass control and essentially turns my 3 way speakers into 4 way. Once I heard the result I added a 2nd Sub. I have a small room and c... | |
| Can You Trust a Shipper? (UPS, Fed-Ex, etc) With our ubiquitous cameras, the delivery companies should be offering photo evidence of delivery. Amazon often does it and the food delivery companies almost always do. They could have body mounted cameras and take a photo of the building locati... |