mike_in_nc
Responses from mike_in_nc
| New to computer audio Look here. Roon has pretty good online information. | |
| Duplex outlet next to speaker cable Doesn't matter. Speaker connections are very low impedance and relatively high voltage so EMI in this circumstance will be inconsequential. | |
| Question about Audioengine speakers... A2 or A5+? If you want even a simulacrum of bass, get the bigger ones (A5+). I've had a pair for years and think they are a tremendous value. The sound is quite non-irritatating and enjoyable. Perhaps a little polite, but I find that far better than the oppo... | |
| SQ or performance? @mahgister - I am another who finds most audiophile recordings, as you said, "boring, non creative, and without interest." Does no one else remember Holt's Law? -- the idea that the better the recording, the worse the musical performance—and vice... | |
| When You Buy The Whole Album And Only Like One Song. This is what's so great about Qobuz et al. | |
| Roon/Bluesound Node - adding new DAC (non Roon-Ready) Different users will prefer Roon or not. It’s worth a trial IMO. In the trial, try to use it extensively, as there is a learning curve. Roon’s at its best for finding music related to what you already like and for providing tons of metadata for a ... | |
| SQ or performance? @rvpiano - Like you, I find both sound quality and performance quality contribute to my enjoyment. I’m especially averse to old piano recordings where the instrument warbles due to its analog origins -- even the best tape recorders were never as s... | |
| Roon/Bluesound Node - adding new DAC (non Roon-Ready) If @painter24 is connecting his new DAC to the Node, and the Node (not the DAC) is connected to the Roon Core by networking, it is irrelevant whether the DAC itself is Roon-Ready. Roon-Ready applies to devices that Roon will control directly. In t... | |
| Roon/Bluesound Node - adding new DAC (non Roon-Ready) If the Node is connected over the network, it seems to me that Roon will see the Node as the endpoint, and it doesn’t matter what is connected to the Node’s digital outputs. I have an Auralic Aries in my network and Roon recognizes it as Roon Rea... | |
| High quality CDs Many (but not all) BIS CDs are well recorded and mixed. They are not minimalist recordings but are clean. If you get them as downloads from eClassical.com, you can get a refund if you don’t like a particular release. Oddly enough, given their ori... | |
| Connecting Amp to speakers I had my monblocks fitted with SpeakONs (as mentioned by Erik) and love them. Benchmark Systems says they provide the lowest measurable distortion of connectors they tried; they are easy to connect and disconnect; they are impossible to short out;... | |
| Connecting monoblock tube amps to single subwoofer. Please let us know what you think after you've tried it. Though REL has pushed hard on the idea of speaker-level connections, I am doubtful that it provides any demonstrable benefits. | |
| Neutral, transparent, warm To me, "neutral" means flat in FR and with very low distortion. A component with nonflat frequency response I'd call "colored." "Transparent" implies low noise and distortion. A transparent component is not necessarily neutral. "Warm" implies a ... | |
| Is mixing RCA and XLR cables bad? @testpilot : Exactly, why not just connect the unit via XLR cable??? I agree. Balanced cables made with Mogami W2549 and Neutrik gold XLRs will give very good performance indeed. In my comparisons, they were less colored than an "audiophile" cabl... | |
| Is mixing RCA and XLR cables bad? By lifting pin 3, you are using only half the signal the Lyngdorf is putting out. That will lower the S/N ratio, which may or may not be audible. Using a transformer like the Jensen will better preserve the S/N ratio in the conversion. I have had... |