mgrif104
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| No bass on B&W 800D2 @seb_audio any progress or resolution on your speakers? Did you try a new amp, or move them around the room to see if it was a node issue? Hoping you’ve got it resolved and would like to hear an update if you have one. Best, | |
| dCS Mosaic Vs Roon Nucleus Plus - Titan Like @audphile1 , I found the native app (Lightning DS) to sound significantly better on my Auralic gear than Roon. I wasn’t initially expecting that result, but it was clear. While i greatly preferred the UI of Roon, I also preferred the sound of... | |
| Retirement System Finally Completed: Impression of the Mola Mola Tambaqui Earlier in this thread, @ghdprentice mentioned “The Great Courses” as a retirement activity. It was a great suggestion and I heartily concur. There are a few lectures in the catalog specific to listening to and understanding music by Dr. Greenberg... | |
| No bass on B&W 800D2 I think @testpilot makes a great suggestion to check to ensure the speakers are internally wired correctly. It’s most likely a room interaction issue, but I also think you should explore your amplifier choice as those speakers are hard to drive. ... | |
| No bass on B&W 800D2 Curious. I remember auditioning these very speakers in an audio store and was astonished at the challenges in bass they had in the audition. The speakers were interacting with the room to cause serious phase cancellations in the bass region. The ... | |
| Music server recommendations needed. @russbutton yes, most of us realize that these streamers are Linux machines. But there is so much more to it than that. I started with an optimized PC, auditioned an Aurender N100H years ago which trounced it sonically. I’ve since moved up from ... | |
| Matthew Bond Audio speaker cables - observations @mclinnguy I put a couple of pictures up. You can see the challenge in my setup. Itl sounds quite nice but it would be helpful to get the speakers out another foot or so. I’m still impressed with the Matthew Bond speaker cables. They really ar... | |
| Matthew Bond Audio speaker cables - observations @audioquest4life - the retail price of these is between Valhalla 2s and Odin 2s, but I was able to able to purchase them new for better than that after chatting with Matthew and I’m guessing you could do the same easily enough if you were interest... | |
| Matthew Bond Audio speaker cables - observations @mclinnguy Yeah. I’m finally getting the hint. I’ll try to get some pictures up in the virtual system in a few weeks when I get back there. While I’m loving the system, I’ve pushed it as far as the room will let it go as it’s our living room - sma... | |
| Integrated Amplifiers - Esoteric F-01, Esoteric F-02 or Dan D'Agostino Progression It would help if you also mentioned your sonic priorities and feature sets you need. All amplifiers in this range are likely to be good. Given that you have stand mount speakers (I assume I have the correct), you probably don’t listen at super hi... | |
| why expensive streamers We do live in a post-truth world. But you also did not show me factual information of virtually no jitter. You showed me factual information of little jitter - two different things. And, I’ve read scientific studies that show the ear is sensitive ... | |
| why expensive streamers @mdalton I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree. Perhaps it’s not jitter that makes the difference I’m hearing, but, a difference (for the better) exists. And, it’s been a worthwhile pursuit for me and many others. Nevertheless, I would al... | |
| why expensive streamers @mdalton I didn’t attribute the difference to noise. I suggested that noise may be part of the equation. A subtle, but important difference. I did, however, suggest that the difference may be due to the rise and slope of the analogue waveform re... | |
| why expensive streamers @mdalton Like others, I cannot explain why you didn’t perceive differences. I already know you can explain why i do - you believe it confirmation bias. I have explored that in depth as I’m quite aware of that tendency in my own line of work so I... | |
| Looking for a streaming DAC around 4k I would suggest you reach out to Juan @blisshifi who has an Auralic Vega G2.1 he took in on trade. I’m quite familiar with Auralic and this particular model. It’s streaming function is quite good and its DAC section is fully competitive with other... |