moonwatcher
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| Totally Ridiculous....Auditions on YouTube! Just too many variables to draw any real world conclusions. Microphones sound different at various price points and the preamps they are plugged into are just as important. And you have to wonder does the YouTuber even know how to properly operate... | |
| HELP!!!! Newbie looking for a decent 2 channel power amp in the $1,000 range Outlaw Audio’s RR2160 MKII Stereo Receiver. $999. Plenty of power, a decent DAC, and a good phono stage. 110W/channel into 8 Ohms, 165W/channel into 4 Ohms. | |
| DAC recommendations I've often wondered if Steve Jobs were still alive, would Apple have spent the money out of their loaded saddlebags and developed an "Apple Music Connect" app? Steve always wanted to keep things easy and a "no brainer" for consumers, but the curr... | |
| Why is everyone so down on MQA? Engineering wunderkind Bob Carver was not impressed. That's enough for me. He says only a bat might hear a slight difference now. That MQA was changed from its demonstration algorithm when it first rolled out to how it is being currently implement... | |
| The revolution has begun! " It changes PCM to PWM in software and then drives a GaN based class D output stage." So, only PCM? Can't just take in the more analog sounding (your mileage may vary) DSD and be done with it? And if it can drive a GaN based class D output sta... | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? @cd318 indeed. This Fletcher-Munson curve has been discussed on here several times. Hence the need (if we are honest) for either an EQ or what used to be termed a "Loudness Button" that would compensate for how the human ear perceives the frequenc... | |
| Vinyl record cleaning Use Cascade Dishwasher Detergent. It has better surfactants than Tide and won't leave a residue behind. Note that this method works best if you live in an area with soft water instead of hard water. Do NOT use a Brillo Pad. | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? "The ear hears from a range of 20-20,000HZ, but mid-range is certainly not at the 10,000HZ level.". You need to think in terms of octaves, not the full frequency range. 20Hz to 40Hz is an octave, 40Hz to 80Hz is an octave, 80Hz to 160Hz is an oc... | |
| Reliable Mid-Priced 7.2 Channel Receiver I have an OLD Denon 5.1 AVR in the den and it does everything I could hope. Yeah, my old TV is only 4K, not one of the newer 8K models. I can only comment that the Denon just works and this after more than a few firmware updates where I held my ... | |
| What am I missing? I love my CDs and I love streaming. CD quality at 16-bits/44.1KHz was not arrived at lightly. In the late 1970s much research was done on how "good" digital needed to be in order to sound, well, "good". At the same time the technology of the day h... | |
| HoloAudio STREAMER is out now The blurb on their website says this, "This audio device is using a Pi Compute Module 4 it only uses the Pi4 as core system. It differs from a standard Raspberry Pi because it does not have all peripheral components on board, but has been develop... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! @mjmcubfn Tidal’s search is just as bad. Leave out anything and it won’t find it. They really do need to incorporate a level of "intelligent closeness" and offer suggestions better. And oftentimes I do better by searching for the song title rather... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! All good suggestions. I’m trying to think of only TWO songs that can provide all of the following: 1. Dynamics. 2. Soundstage and imaging. 3. Frequency response. 4. Bass textures. 5. The critical midrange - female and male vocalists and most inst... | |
| Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there? To be less flippant, your assertion that a sphere is somehow "perfect" is fundamentally in error. ALL designs, including spheres, are engineering tradeoffs. Look at it this way, even if the U.S. military wanted to spend a BILLION dollars develop... | |
| Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there? LOL. We just had a rather long thread on this previously. No, spheres are not "perfect" and neither are boxes. Open baffle speakers (no box at all) rule for audio quality other than perhaps needing a larger woofer and more power. See previous dis... |