mike_in_nc
Responses from mike_in_nc
| Aurender N20 Great to hear you are enjoying it so much! | |
| Audiolab 6000N going Gapless - FINALLY Glad to hear it sounds great. That's what I expected from Audiolab. | |
| Experienced only: What have you done with room correction? I’ve used TacT, Dirac, and Anthem. A few things: DRC can be fantastic, especially when using digital xovers for subs. It can smooth bass response, and the good products can also remove excess brightness if you tell them to. The better the digi... | |
| Audiolab 6000N going Gapless - FINALLY I think that any stream renderer not supporting gapless playback is badly broken. So yes, an important step for the product. | |
| Room correction room system vs ears…. A lot of good advice has been offered so far. One additional point: automatic DSP systems are powerful but don’t always come up with the result you will like best. (I use an Anthem STR Preamp with Anthem’s ARC to help smooth bass response in my ba... | |
| DAC Input Topology Like @jasonbourne52 , 1. " I felt for a long time that the LP beat the CD. More listening has reversed this! The inherently higher noise floor, inner groove tracking problems, dynamic range limits and summed bass are serious restrictions of LP pl... | |
| questions about buying/selling It is only gain (profit) that is taxable. If you lose money, you don’t pay taxes. However, there may be more paperwork and you might need to consult a tax professional to handle that correctly on your tax return. PP friends/family specifically ex... | |
| Cost break down of hifi system @hilde45 -- You are not the first person I consider sensible who has found that changing cables was an improvement. Since now my (balanced) interconnects are 7 m long and the speaker cables 50 cm, it is too expensive to try many different ICs, an... | |
| Cost break down of hifi system +1 to the recommendations of @hilde45 Speakers and room are a system unto themselves, and the positions of the speakers and listener(s) in the room are part of that. As are any acoustic treatments you add -- and their importance in many rooms is... | |
| Things I don‘t know I had an MC-3+ Smart Clock USB. The REF10 is more than I was willing to pay for something that I might or might not consider an improvement. My conclusion was that differences caused by reclocking will be system-specific (a pretty bland and safe c... | |
| Things I don‘t know I used a Mutec reclocker for a while. It helped an older piece of gear appreciably, at least to my ears, but the reclocking degraded the sound of a newer, better (but less expensive) piece. Why, I don't know. The main use of external clocking (ot... | |
| Balanced Streamer/DAC to Unbalanced Preamp As others have said, just use the RCA connection. If you ever get a pre with balanced input, you can try using balanced and see if it is an improvement to your ears. (Even if not, you might find, as I do, that XLR connectors are better designed an... | |
| Mofi Controversy @Iwin - I agree with your assessment. In my view, this whole affair is the definition of a tempest in a teapot. People are getting wired up about nothing. It also reflects something that's been increasing for years: Audiophiles confusing how some... | |
| 100% USA designed & made DAC Well, if you count all of North America, there are several great Canadian manufacturers. Bryson and Simaudio come to mind. | |
| Things I don‘t know (1) Many listeners can’t hear polarity reversal, even listeners with good systems and musical knowledge. As to why hardware doesn’t always offer it, it’s another feature that costs money to include. Why don’t (most) preamps have tone controls? (2... |