mrotino
Responses from mrotino
| I2S Input - Is It Better? I have a metrum acoustics ambre streamer with spdif, AES and I2s outputs and matching metrum DAC with all of those inputs. I can easily switch between them and find I2S the best sounding but not by much. The bass is a little tighter and soundsta... | |
| Technics SL-1200GAE or VPI HW-40 or …? I own the below turntable and it is much more affordable than the above discussion options and have not heard any of the above. I only compared it to the Mofi Ultra Deck and preferred the Stealth. The part time audiophile reviewer below owned th... | |
| About ready to give up on Roon and my streamer I own the Metrum ambre which is essentially the same as the Sonnet Hermes and also own the upgraded metrum onyx with latest DAC modules. Cees who designs both the Onyx and Morpheus basically said the upgraded onyx sounds the same as the Sonnet Mo... | |
| Metrum Acoustics owners experience I don't but maybe others do regarding the Octave II dac. I know once you move up the line it gets a bit more expensive as is the case with all products. | |
| Metrum Acoustics owners experience I've owned the Onyx and the Ambre for about three years now and have had no issues and the sound is as described above. The I2s connection sounds best to me. Very Organic and detailed at the same time. I recently upgraded the four modules in th... | |
| Silversmith Fidelium I had them for about two months and probably had over 300 hours on them using two different amps. The sound did not really change at all. They just did not work in my system for some reason. What really bothered me was the reduced volume compar... | |
| Silversmith Fidelium I had the same experience as Ozzy did when I tried these cables. I had to increase the volume a bit as well and I felt the dynamics and extension on both ends was a little curtailed compared to my other two speaker cables. Both of the amps I use... | |
| Subwoofer boom is too much for me... I've had full range box speakers then because of the boominess/one note of the bass moved onto high quality monitors with two rel subs supporting the low end. This was much better but still some boominess which I attribute to the subs and box spe... | |
| New to vinyl question Grateful_dad, Funny I just got back into vinyl after about 35 years and purchased the same exact turntable based on reviews and my price point. It was between this and a Rega Planar 3 but the Rega just seemed a bit flimsy compared to this so my ... | |
| Open Baffle Experience I respectfully disagree. I own the Spatial audio x5 open baffle and their woofers are powered and include DSP and a level control. I also have two rel subwoofers and have tried using them with the X5s and they detracted not improved the bass. Th... | |
| Open Baffle Experience I don't see why not. They could be three feet from the front wall and you could sit around 8 feet from the plane of the speakers with three feet or so behind you. It may not be ideal but could work. I would treat the front wall with mostly diff... | |
| Open Baffle Experience Not all OB have open back tweeters. The Spatial audio x series have open back tweeters and their M series do not. If you cannot have about three feet from the front wall then a powered open baffle such as the X series and other open baffle speak... | |
| Open Baffle Experience I purchased Spatial Audio X5 open baffle speakers about two years ago and can honestly say I will probably not go back to a box speaker. I belong to an audio club and have listened to multiple box speakers and some open baffle speakers at their h... | |
| Past or current Green Mountain C-3 owners Sure. Again you have awesome speakers and the Spatials were the first speaker that I've heard in the past 20 years that resulted in my switching brands. The only issue is it will probably be difficult to audition either of those brands prior to ... | |
| Past or current Green Mountain C-3 owners I've been a huge fan of Green Mountain audio speakers up until about two years ago and had various models including the Europas, Callistos, EOS HX and Continuum 1.5s. I've heard the C2s (very similar/same as C3s) on many occasions as well but act... |