millercarbon
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| Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? When listening to a system you feel images well, how do you perceive the sound stage? With my ears.Do you perceive it as a rectangular space on which the speakers sit, or does it sound like an arc, going further back towards the middle? With w... | |
| Good Old Chipboard I've built the same turntable using different materials for the plinth. Also made cones, footers, shelves and racks using different materials. After a while you gain enough experience you realize you can get a pretty good idea what something will ... | |
| Searching for matching(?) Subwoofer solution Mijostyn, just totally dead wrong yet again:Come on clio you can be more honest than that! Cable risers are for people who want to show off their silly $10,000 speaker wires. Anything they do to the sound is purely psychological. Chris Brady, of ... | |
| $40,000: What 2-channel system would you build? jo1mtb: @millercarbon I like your thinking. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, especially on the TT. I know almost nothing about that, so thanks again.I also really like you're more balanced spending approach. I could be guilty of putting half... | |
| $40,000: What 2-channel system would you build? Well first of all it would have to be based on a turntable. Ideally the best used Teres Audio or Origin Live or maybe Sota I could get for around $5k, with the best arm preferably Origin Live and as much Koetsu as I could get new or used for aroun... | |
| Best used turntable(s) around $1500.00 for playing metal and rock +1 Origin Live table. Simply based on how good my OL arm is. And +1 tooblue, when it comes to styles of music your best bet for that is the cartridge.But also you mentioned speakers and subs. By far your biggest improvement there will be to add th... | |
| Transducers like ECT from Synergistic Research +1First ECT went on my turntables motor pod. Not anything like where SR recommends. Yet I heard improved detail and dynamics, a bit less grain, better image focus with more air and greater depth. Not by a huge amount but impressive for just one. E... | |
| Interconnects and Speaker Cable, What in your history hit your pleasure button? Liquid metal. Don't Bogart that joint. And maybe cut back on the Terminator. | |
| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? No need to get angry here. I think I have achieved parity with a modestly priced, and virtually unknown--hence no hype, very slightly modified Chinese DAC. Who can be angry reading jokes like this? Is "you slay me" still a thing?The gold standard... | |
| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? Oh yeah, totally possible. Theoretically. If you want to believe the hype. Plenty do. They will tell you the latest $20k digital dac or whatever has done it. Better, even. Whatever. This works on people with no memory, or ability to use the search... | |
| Interconnects and Speaker Cable, What in your history hit your pleasure button? I've compared and had a lot over the years. Only ones that really did it for me were all Synergistic. The first ones that really amazed were Synergistic Research Element Copper Tungsten Silver speaker cables. The CTS replaced some nearly 20 year o... | |
| Subwoofer recommendation for swarm Bigger is better. Bigger magnet, bigger voice coil, better faster response. Bigger cone, more bass. Bigger box, well you get the idea bigger is better.That said, impedance and efficiency are important. Especially if you will be driving all 4 off t... | |
| Good receiver for Infinity Cascade Speakers There are no good receivers. The more bells and whistles the worse the sound. $500 will however get you a wide selection of integrated amps any of which will be a lot better than any receiver. By any I mean any, regardless of price. | |
| Subwoofer recommendation for swarm How do you distribute the subs? Can they all be on the same side of the room or on just two walls? Well mine are just on two walls and work just great. I've moved them around experimenting a bit but with my system its almost impossible to have ... | |
| Subwoofer recommendation for swarm My DIY Swarm was built earlier this year. Based on Duke's and using two of the Dayton amps he recommended above, together with four 10" Morel woofers from Parts-Express the total cost excluding Rosewood veneer was not much more than $2k. You could... |