mike_in_nc
Responses from mike_in_nc
| Power cord - 5 ft vs 10 ft ? Dear @jumia, If you’ve heard "many things" about the length of power cables, you may be reading too many audio boards! 😉 There really isn’t that much to say! If this is an effect at all, it’s vanishingly small compared to things such as speaker a... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? Hey @musicfan2349 If you are "worshipping at the church of St. Miles, Art Blakey, John Coltrane, etc. " that is great. It's old music that is new to you. I hope you also look into some of the newer jazz artists -- you know, the ones who are st... | |
| Best Liner Notes / Information delivery from Streamers & Streaming Services I share your desire to know WHO is playing the music I’m listening to, maybe even WHO composed it. Roon seems to be the best . . . it’s their main value-added in my view . . . having far more of that kind of information than other platforms I’ve u... | |
| Class H amps? It’s all in the implementation. Making a generalization about amps by class is . . . well . . . unfounded. It’s like saying all blond(e)s are dumb. Every one I’ve met is different. I’ve heard the AHB2 (class H) in my own system (with Janszen elec... | |
| Comparing One System to Another - A + B The TL;DR version: Positioning the speakers and listener is critical to getting good sound. And perhaps you need to work on that in your LR system. You can get help from Jim Smith's book and video, Get Better Sound. - - - - - - >> The sp... | |
| Streaming Services Besides audio performance per se, there are other things a streamer might or might not have or do that can be useful to the user: Have a useful display. The current Auralics by default display the IP address on the startup screen. That can elim... | |
| A warning about hd tracks Never had a download issue, but as documented elsewhere, the quality of many the "HD" tracks is dubious. | |
| Streaming Services Every streamer review I’ve seen where the reviewer has changed from some kind of Mac had the reviewer raving about the improvement. I don’t understand why, but just saying.... I have used many streamers, and I’m happy with my Auralic Aries G1. It... | |
| Mogami 2549 (Standard) vs 2534 (Quad) etc I have cables made with W2549 and others with W2534. Both pair have the same Neutrik connectors; both are 25 ft long. Five years ago, when my HF hearing was better, I thought that sound through the ordinary mic cable (W2549) had SLIGHTLY more HF ... | |
| KEF's meta material gimmick? | |
| active crossover recommendation Three-way is not easy to find. You might evaluate Marchand, as previously suggested. | |
| HIFI Speaker active crossovers ... I agree, JBL is doing it the right way, rather than putting the xover and amps inside the speaker cabinets. Not the case with such active speakers as those made by Genelec, KEF, and so on. | |
| HIFI Speaker active crossovers ... @ditusa -- According to the owner’s manual, those JBLs have no crossover at all and should be used with a specific external crossover and specific amplifiers. An active xover divides the signal at line level. For it to work properly, the amplifi... | |
| HIFI Speaker active crossovers ... For an active crossover to make the most sense, the speaker needs power amps built in. Historically, audiophiles have not wanted that. Maybe views are changing with a new generation. | |
| What characteristics do you listen for when purchasing amps/preamps ? I would agree with 1-3 and 5 of the list of @erik_squires But I don't want midrange sweetness that sounds too good to be true. Indeed, I returned a very expensive amp for that reason. As to not wilting under pressure, it's not bass that has trou... |