mlsstl
Responses from mlsstl
| Aiff or Flac I’m also a FLAC user. I compared FLAC rips directly to the original CDs before settling on FLAC for my music storage and was unable to tell a difference. However, as someone else previously noted, while lossless, FLAC does involve file size compre... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 speakers (asking for a friend) Some years back I had a set of Maggie 1.6QRs that I drove with a pair of refurbed Dynaco Mk III mono amps which were 60 watts apiece. They did very nicely and I had no problems getting good volume (85 dB average) in a room that was roughly14 X 25.... | |
| Thoughts on the most difficult instruments for speakers to reproduce? Lots of good comments in this thread, but the one wild card in all of this is how was the recording made? What kind of microphones and preamps were used? Where were they placed? Was dynamic limiting or compression used? What other processing effec... | |
| I am indecisive about choice due to room size Two questions:1) Have you specifically identified what you think is inadequate about your existing speakers?2) As others have noted, a 12X12 room is problematic from due to standing wave issues at specific frequencies. Do you have any acoustic roo... | |
| Help me decide my next amp @celestial__sound I bought my Hypex amp from VTV Amplifiers in Ohio. It is a NCore NC252MP which is 250 watts/ch at 4 ohms and 150 watts/ch at 8 ohms. This is basically a bit more than double the output of the Bel Canto C5i integrated that I used ... | |
| Help me decide my next amp I got a Hypex amp about a month ago. I've been very impressed by it. | |
| SPDIF SOUND ISSUE Looks like a Windows computer problem. I doubt you are going to get much help on this forum, but it sounds like a setup or configuration problem for the Realtek console. For whatever reason, it seems it is currently not controlling your PC's audio... | |
| Baby Proof Floorstanding Speakers How close are your current speakers to the wall? One option might be to use the wall ties used for earthquake-proofing other items than could be tipped over. | |
| USB vs Coax Is one better than the other? Rather than pinning all of the differences only on the USB cable vs the SPDIF one, which are passive components, keep in mind that we also have two substantially different active circuits involved, as antigrunge2 has already noted. I'd give it goo... | |
| Wireless pickle Here's another option. Use a music server than runs LMS (Logitech Media Server). Then, get two Raspberry Pi players and set them up with the PiCorePlayer OS and a suitable DAC HAT on each one, and enable the WiFi networks. Then, in the LMS softwar... | |
| Versatile, non-fatiguing speakers for a small room under $1500 used or new: advice needed! I'll throw out the Golden Ear line of bookshelf/standmount speakers for the OP's consideration. I have a set of Aon 2s that I've been very pleased with. They are quite neutral sounding with surprisingly deep bass, very smooth treble and a lifelike... | |
| Tube amp bias adjustment advice Room acoustics can be a bear to deal with, especially so when the room has to serve other family uses, or, for example, meet the decorating needs of a spouse. That said, small changes in speaker position and adjusting things like toe-in can often ... | |
| Hi-res streaming on Qobuz I have a Topping E30 DAC that shows the bit rate of the stream being played. It reliably matches what Qobuz says it is sending. That said, just because a recording has been done in high-rez doesn't mean it will always sound better or even be notic... | |
| Speakers which always sound good I just moved and my Ohm 1000s went from a smallish 13X14X10' room to a larger open-plan room that is 18' long with vaulted ceilings and open to a dining room at one side. They still sound great. That said, as with the original room, I had to exper... | |
| Streamers, servers, players - woefully overpriced?? They are like any other product on the market. If you have any DIY ability, you can get pretty dang good results. For example, you can get a Raspberry Pi streamer going for under $100. Fancy up the power supply for a bit more. Then add your prefer... |