moonwatcher
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| This e-mail has been cryogenically treated @rodman99999 thank you for those links. My undergraduate degree in the dark ages of the early 1980s was in aerospace engineering but my first job was in designing tooling for turbine blades. I believe G.E. at the time did use cryogenically cooled ... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? Tube integrateds and amps generally cost more for a given level of sound quality than comparable solid-state gear. And for a given amount of $$$ you can get more power from solid state than from tubes. If someone has a budget of say $15 to $20K fo... | |
| Isn't MCA Dead? Why is TAS touting MQA features in current emails? MQA had a reason to exist a few years ago, but now, it's lossy compression scheme (containers inside containers in a "zip file" scheme that needed to be mathematically "unfolded") simply isn't needed in a world where the Internet is fast enough to... | |
| Perplexed on how single driver speakers can cover such a large Hz range Then you have transmission line cabinets with single drivers that can go low. Sibelius is one such speaker. But yeah, it isn't for playing crazy loud. All speaker designs are compromises. I can't remember but Zu or Tekton have a two-driver speake... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? Order some 43-year-old speakers from Reverb dot com. That sounds safe doesn't it? Hmmm, maybe not. | |
| When Will the DAC Singularity Be Reached? The real question for those of us on the fence a bit is what DAC to invest in at any price point? Are R2R based DACs the "holy grail" all the YouTube reviewers say they are? Is that "wide and deep soundstage with natural tonality" they say R2R D... | |
| When Will the DAC Singularity Be Reached? ASR lost me when they have some Topping DAC rated higher than the Tambaqui in his hierarchy list. Sorry, but I’ll take the Tambaqui all day. Lower cost DACs have reached a "pretty doggone good" level in the $500 to $1600 range (from say a Geshell... | |
| What happened to all the highend stereo shops Yeah. We have to face the fact that the music industry was eclipsed both in popularity and financially, long ago by the video game industry and THAT is where it is at today for anyone 35 and younger. Music that sounds disposable (today’s pop, rap,... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? You can take what any reviewer says with a grain of salt regarding sound quality, but reviewers can also tell you much about the feature set of a device, how well those features worked, how snappy any software was, and if it had issues connecting ... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? Try driving a set of Maggies with a 2W Decware Zen Triode. Not going to work. | |
| When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi??? Keep in mind, the term "Mid-Fi" was invented by gear salesmen to yep, up sale customers on more expensive gear. There is no "Mid-Fi". It's all "Fi", some is better than others, some worse. It's up to you and your own personal preferences to dec... | |
| Would It Be Possible To Get Help Finding This Song? Based on the show, and the network you were watching, I would have to conclude that the song you are looking for is a really good one. Good luck finding it. If all else fails, send an email directed toward the producer of the show. If that fails,... | |
| Inexpensive streaming amplifier +1 for the idea of a sub-$1000 AVR that has streaming capabilities (i.e. Airplay for Apple Music). Having a few HDMI inputs would allow for growth (Blu-ray, Gaming console, Firestick, Apple TV, etc.) Even better with eArc for the TV. Heck, she mig... | |
| So many YouTube clips to evaluate sound quality. Why??? @bruce19 your post is what audio formats YouTube accepts, not what it actually provides on the viewer end. It takes your source files and transcodes them to whatever lossy codec they use as part of H.264 or VP9 video encoding. Knowing they accept ... | |
| Schiit Audio feedback I’ve got a Schitt stack for headphone listening in my den, feeding a Vali 2 and a Modi 3+ (AKM chip) with a cheap WiiM Pro streamer. Has worked fine so far over the last couple of years. Have loved tube rolling the Vali 2+, currently have some 692... |