mikelavigne
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| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? My biggest issue is with the claim listening purely for the music is the highest/best mode or goal of the audiophile. How can this be when the very essence of this hobby/obsession is sound quality. So now we’re supposed to ignore sound quality an... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? there is a right time for critical listening. sometimes we need answers. especially to set up a phono cartridge, or dial in speaker or listening position placement. or many more obvious sonic questions. we need to develop the listening skills to u... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? I think non-critical listening is what most people do with blue tooth speakers on the patio, Spotify on the soundbar while they are cleaning, and listening to music in the car @ozzy62 if you can’t get to the neutral floating ’zen’ state unles... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? here is what Webster says about the word ’Critical’ for sure NOT where i want my head for the majority of my listening. crit·i·cal /ˈkridək(ə)l/ adjective 1. expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments. "he was critical ... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? we have a large degree of semantic disagreement on this thread. my viewpoint..... critical listening = listening with some sort of discovery in mind. non-critical listening = focused listening without distractions. i think the cautionary aspec... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? the concept of doing ’critical listening’ is simply listening with some sort of specific discovery in mind. as opposed to listening just to listen and enjoy the music, enjoy the musical journey, and having your mind free of the need to discover so... | |
| Solutions for converting vinyl to 256 DSD? one thing i will add is that vinyl ripped files will display some smoothing and blunting to dynamics which can be pleasing and desired in some systems. so the more neutral tape transfer streaming files might not be preferred in particular systems.... | |
| Solutions for converting vinyl to 256 DSD? @davide256 agree that streaming files are never going to be close to the vinyl. but ripped files are going to not be that great either. and every little thing in the ripping chain will be added to the vinyl source information. garbage in, garbag... | |
| Solutions for converting vinyl to 256 DSD? my opinion is that to surpass widely accessible streaming file sources for most vinyl you will need superior level vinyl playback as well as a high quality adc. looking at your system such an adc device such as the Merging Technologies Horus will ... | |
| Best DAC you ever heard list. 1.Budget under 1k 2. Mid Under 5k 3. Cost no Object. in recent times i’ve certainly heard plenty of budget dacs and under $5k dacs that i liked at shows. lots of great digital at very reasonable prices. but i don’t have a feel for those dacs to identify the best ones. i’ve focused on more cost no o... | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers @phusis agree that DSP is more than room correction, and can be the right choice for an all digital DIY horn system, assuming you have the skills to execute it, where you have active crossovers. especially where you are using modestly priced dig... | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers DSP is a tool. it’s neither good nor bad. and can make perfect sense when it is the best approach to solve the problem. but DSP is not free. it costs musical essence. and there is the 2 channel case, and the multi-channel home theater case. they a... | |
| Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000? under $50k usd Wadax Studio Player hard to beat.... https://landing.wadax.eu/studio-player/ review by Robert Harley but truthfully there are plenty of ’good’ dacs under $50k, even well under $50k. but at around $50k up to much more the new Wada... | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? that J.S. Bach guy..... i have over 100 nice J.S.Bach pressings, and unlimited digital streaming files, and never tire of it.... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? here is a similar thread i started 2 weeks ago on What's Best Forum..... How do you know when you are done? |