mceljo
Responses from mceljo
| Are cables additive or subtractive? Another way to ask the original questions is: How can a cable add anything to the electrical signal? The scientifically perfect cable would pass the signal unaltered. Every cable changes the signal. Here's an over simplified example: If cable... | |
| A Cool Opportunity to Help @jond - I’ve had my really last name slaughtered many times, but mcjello is a classic! Made me laugh. | |
| Morrow Audio 1m MA4 Balanced Interconnect (1/3/2023) I've stopped tracking hours on the Morrow Audio and also have gone back to my normal routine of turning off my system daily. I'm home sick today, so have had some hours to spend listening when I wasn't dozing off. If I have a refer... | |
| Cable advice Using Audioquest as an example, they are very clear that listening is a significant part of their product development, so it seems that if I like the sound characteristics of one of their cables, I'm likely to also appreciate their other products ... | |
| Should I upgrade my Advent 5002 speakers? I think my dad may have a pair of these, I only know them as "Large Advents". When I was home last I was impressed with their sound even though they are connected to less than ideal electronics. You can always pick up a second pair of speakers, ... | |
| Are cables additive or subtractive? @jasonbourne52 - My experience aligns with yours and the box somewhat because I find that differences are very small when switching back and forth. I find the biggest difference when I’ve made a change in my system after listening to it for months... | |
| Are cables additive or subtractive? Cables can only subtract from the original signal because they are passive devices. From a purely theoretical perspective, all audio equipment is intended to amplify, pass and reproduce the original signal unaltered. This is obviously which resu... | |
| Allan Taylor Thanks. I have ordered All is One and Colour to the Moon. Both are Stockfish as is Looking for You that I'd recommend to both of you. | |
| Is a highly discerning system enjoyable? I think that there's a place for a receiver and sound processing to make poor recordings more enjoyable. Whenever I've made a change that I felt was a significant change/upgrade I've found that my favorite albums and songs tend to shift a bit. T... | |
| speaker cable question I have no experience with any of these, but am curious why they are on your list? What is it that draws you to each of them? What's your hesitation for choosing each of them? | |
| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to I'm mostly disappointed that you missed the opportunity to weave "don't know why" into the topic... I'm not a fan of a lot of audiophile music, so I completely understand your sentiment. I've purchased several audiophile albums and can often rec... | |
| DAC recommendations @earthbound - I had to do a little research to understand your setup. If I'm understanding it correctly, you have a Cambridge Audio CXN V2 Streamer with a with the ModWright upgrade ($2,500) and a Topping D90 DAC ($1,000). I only list the prices... | |
| Morrow Audio 1m MA4 Balanced Interconnect (12/22/2022) I think I’m around the +350 hours at this point and thanks to a visit from COVID will have no need to turn the DAC off for close to another week. The current sound quality is stellar to my ears. I can’t definitely say that it’s unque... | |
| Custom Tuning Conspiracy @kenjit - You clearly spend time on this forum, so should be able to recognize that it's effectively impossible for any discussion to come to a consensus. Also, very few of the most dedicated audiophiles keep the same system for long periods of t... | |
| Kimber Cable Select It appears that you’re interested in Kimber Kable. I can’t speak to all of their products, but it appears that their primary design revolves about a litz braid. I do not have any personal experience with Kimber Kable, but assume them to be a quali... |