mike_in_nc
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| Technical sophistication For really useful information without woo-woo, I recommend Jim Smith’s book, "Get Better Sound." A set of videos with the same name is also available. The focus of these is on optimizing your current system without additional expense, rather than ... | |
| Technical sophistication I’m a retired quantitative biologist.I agree with @millercarbon that you need to trust your own ears. A few tips from my perspective:Audiophiles have many "secret" techniques for improving sound. A few of them actually work. Most work their effect... | |
| Suggestions for Balanced cable between Luxman C900U and M900U. A lovely system, the Luxman components.For balanced interconnects, I’ve had great results with Mogami 2459 and Neutrik XLRs fabricated into cable assemblies to order from ProAudioLA. I compared the result to a pair of $2200 "boutique" cables from ... | |
| Special pressing LPs when the master was digitally recorded? It is a nice thing to have if you are fond of LPs. | |
| Planned to upgrade to DeVore Gibbon X, but concerned about comment of base leanness I have not heard them. You can stop reading there, if you want.Any speaker whose woofer is far off the floor will be subject to floor-bounce cancellation, which typically occurs in the 100-300 Hz range. This can cause leanness and necessitates car... | |
| Which reviewers and review sites are the ost reliable? The most reliable reviewer is one whose interests and tastes match yours. It can take a long time to figure out who those are.My music interests are mainly in classical music and other acoustic music, and my equipment interests are great sound and... | |
| Headphone Recommenations Via BT, the sound quality is very much determined by the codec used, as Bluetooth is a lossy transmission method. The best SQ seems to come with the LDAC codec, as in the Sony headphones mentioned by @big_greg. I have a pair of the immediately pre... | |
| PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC upgrade to DSD? It affects us all: Impressions of speakers change over time, as we listen to them more. What seemed impressive at first can become irritating after six months' listening. I have no magic bullet for dealing with that (but I'm pretty sure the answe... | |
| PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC upgrade to DSD? @thosb -- Thanks for the reply!I’ve been in a situation where auditioning speakers required a 4-hour car trip. It’s tough. After buying, I found that what had impressed me were the acoustics of the listening room, not only the speakers. So my jour... | |
| PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC upgrade to DSD? Room treatments: really good idea. And please look at those measurement in Stereophile and think about whether the speakers should stay in your system, given the issue you have mentioned. | |
| Is there such a thing as a bluetooth receiver w/ usb output? OTG ("on the go") is a special type of USB cable, needed for some devices to output signals through the USB connection. For example, I needed one with an older tablet I wanted to use as a source (running a player program on the tablet). My newer p... | |
| Is there such a thing as a bluetooth receiver w/ usb output? Many of the newer Android phones don’t even need an OTG cable -- a simple USB to USB cable works fine. At least it does with my LG V20, now about 3 years old.I've had good results using the app "USB Audio Player Pro," which I had to pay a few buck... | |
| PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC upgrade to DSD? The Stereophile measurements of the CS 2.3 show an irregular frequency response above the bass, including a lack of energy around 1 kHz and an sizeable rise in the higher frequencies. If you are having issues with sibilance -- it’s not you, it’s t... | |
| System synergies: Chaotic or predictable? Troy, Yes, sometimes great results are by mixing manufacturers. Still, I’m surprised at how many don’t even try the matching gear, which at least the designer thinks are good together.BTW, I heard the BP26 and 4BSST2 combination you didn’t like, a... | |
| System synergies: Chaotic or predictable? When I had a Classe preamp, I auditioned an Classe amp. The combination was great. That made me think that there can be an advantage to trying the preamp and amp from the same company. |