mopsauce
Responses from mopsauce
| Do I need upgraded power cables? A 16 pound power supply in a DAC. I love over engineering of electrical devices. | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? Wool is best. | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype I stopped the annoying bloke from talking after his third logical fallacy. Please don’t post anymore garbage like this. | |
| Somebody Please Make This Already... Feel like a Parasound Halo 6 comes close. You want closer? Then I’m with BigKidz. Build your own. There are some great tutorials on doing this. I don’t have steady hands and can’t do what a preamp manufacturer can do with those little British fing... | |
| Qobuz vs Tidal Thanks for a straight forward comparison of the two top products. I tend to agree with everything. However some tracks on Tidal and the some of the Videos have an otherworldly sound. Objectively I can’t say better or worse. But the experience is a... | |
| Treating the ceiling and floor, who else has had great results? Ceiling. Huge. Think of symphony hall. When designing, the ceiling isn’t a constraint like most people’s listening rooms. The changes need to be structural like a soffits in the right places. Or at very least large and otherwise effective hanging ... | |
| What do the statistics say about the age of Audiophiles and the replacement rate? @secretguy maybe like um lack of discernment instead of lack of discrimination. My attempts at bliss ended long ago. I’m autistic. A classically trained pianist with perfect pitch and rhythm. I need my music loud. I don’t listen to pop. Or not m... | |
| What do the statistics say about the age of Audiophiles and the replacement rate? I love new music. There is so much. I buy gear that lets me maximize it. New music is more full that yesterday’s. Most older folks here have stopped deep diving into new artists. Classically trained passionate artists who produce electronic and ho... | |
| SPEAKERS THAT SOUND ALIVE & DYNAMIC AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS It might help to know what you listen to. Is it music? Can you give some examples? Did they use instruments and human voices? It’s hard to play a violin or acoustic guitar in my studio without it hitting well above your preferred volume. Crescendo... | |
| What % Of Your System Are Your Cables? Just did the math. 7%. Higher than I thought. I prefer DIY, but my time has also become increasingly scarce with youth hockey. Analog interconnects are more than digital and I don’t have much in the digital front. I use the dac in the streamer wh... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital I like the MMW albums. Not expensive. The Jordan Hamilton is really good too. Project Freedom shines both streaming and vinyl. When the mood is right, nothing beats vinyl for me. Mindfulness or something. Shuteen Erdenebaatar’s album Rising Sun wa... | |
| New speakers for 15*12 room powered by Lamm 1.2s? Jeepers. Room size with dialed in treatment and Theil 7.2s. Can I listen to please? On paper a presentation that’s near perfect. Coherent AF. (Bob) put his finger right on it. You might need to decide how much of that perfect timing is critical. M... | |
| Half-Speed Masters - are they worth double dipping? It is if you are near a radar tower while doing these R2R recordings. I love the R2R crowd. Yep the sound is fire. But every single other aspect is nerds. Unless you are in the music biz, these things are giant hassles. So many moving parts. Never... | |
| Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo I like Prince and the Revolution’s “Baby I’m a Star” off the Purple Rain album. It’s the soundtrack to the movie by the same name. The Paisley Park remaster is the way to go. And any format is good. It shows off a system in a number of ways. And a... | |
| Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why? Others mentioned BJC. They are good. Cables are where Amazon’s return policy is helpful. I ended up keeping a .75m AQ Cinnamon. This seems a fledgling market with new products launching every month. When asking what “Ethernet cable people use” it’... |