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| My take on subjective vs. objective @edcyn , Cynthia is obviously a better cook than Edward. In my house Michael is a better cook than Gena but, I would never call myself Gemi. @asctim, you have your objectives and subjectives mixed up. One Dowel looks longer than the other is sub... | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations Sure, Magnepan 3.7i s would be perfect. They really do not take up much space because they are so thin. They are dipoles and line sources at most frequencies so they minimize the room interactions you get in smaller rooms. The tweeter is arguably ... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Great discussion! @clearthink , I owned a Revox A77 for a decade and we had a Studer at the shop I worked with down in Miami. We recorded chamber concerts with it and used it for demonstrating big systems including the HQD system. Mr Grundman's o... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @mikelavigne , My answer is simple. Bernie is wrong, dead wrong. Done in 24/192 or above transformations are transparent. The system I use operates in 64 bit floating point so volume does not matter at all. 24/192 recordings of the turntable are i... | |
| SQ difference XLR vs RCA ? @coralkong , All my analog equipment runs balanced including the tonearm and phono stage. Digital runs are AES/EBU, Optic , Thunderbolt and USB. With the volume all the way up you can only hear noise on Phono with your head in the speaker. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? In my own world objectivity leads to the best subjective results. The problem with strict analog paths is that every step degrades the end result. But, once the music is in numbers no further degradation occurs until the last analog step. Computer... | |
| 45 RPM Audiophile livestream today at 11:00 AM west coast! @sbank , Hendrix is god, Jeff Beck is the devil and Jimmy page is Peter. Eric is just too darn predictable for my taste. I always know which note is coming next. | |
| A comparable phono preamp @avanti1960 1++ You are probably overloading the NAD which would result in the sound you describe. You really do not want a MM cartridge output higher than 5 mv. Avanti's suggestions are fine but probably more expensive than you would like. It wo... | |
| Vinyl goes green! Biological products have a serious habit of degrading over time. It is highly unlikely that they will be able to match the long term durability of PVC even if they can match the sound quality. Getting the industry to switch from something they are... | |
| Placement of Components @aewarren , there certainly are absolutes but there are issues that may only pertain to certain situations. A good example is you do not want to place a turntable on anything that sits on a bouncy floor unless it's chassis design is well isolated.... | |
| Is this the entrance to my rabbit-hole? Going to MiniDSP crossovers begs the question. What would happen if you dove in all the way. The K Horn was the speaker of my desires back when I was 13 years old. With a Dynakit Stereo 70 you could rock with the best of them. At 13 I had to settl... | |
| SQ difference XLR vs RCA ? @jjss49 Yes🤪 | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? @theaudiomaniac , Yes they are higher, right where you can clearly hear them. The best solution here is to find another room in the house or move to a place that has a decent room for audio. I lived in apartments for years with rooms that were com... | |
| Using battery power to go off the City's power grid @sbayne , Sorry, I have not yet updated my system page but the Phono stage is now a Channel D Seta L plus and I have a pair of Atma-Sphere MA 2's in construction as we speak. They are class A and I just checked, They burn 1600 watts at idle. They ... | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? @analogj , That is a TERRIBLE room for a serious HiFi. You are going to have a terrible resonance problem in the bass and lower midrange. In a room like that you would be better off with headphones. |