mswale
Responses from mswale
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers Have yet to hear DSP work well for 2ch. It usually make the soundstage smaller, and makes everything sound compressed. I'm sure it's smoother, cleaner, optimized, but it takes all the emotion out of it, feeling sterile. Yes, DSP for my 9.4.2, (1... | |
| Is my Dynaco Stereo 400 worth repairing for resale? @curiousjim LOL, fancy caps. Well, I used audio caps (Nichicon Muse ES, Gold) for the signal path, and regular caps for everything else. Also replaced all carbon comp, and fuse resistors with metal film. Yes, it made a very noticeable improvem... | |
| Is my Dynaco Stereo 400 worth repairing for resale? @curiousjim I get there is little room inside, however, all new caps of the same value will be much smaller. At times I have had to check the values again, they are less then 1/2 the old caps size for the same value. In fact have gone up in volt... | |
| Listening Room or Components or my ears? Do you have anything soft in the room? Suggest getting some floor rugs, and curtains for any windows. My room has 2 big floor to ceiling windows, the reflections where harsh. Picked up some heavy home theater curtains, they transformed the spa... | |
| Mono recordings and my new respect for them Have a few vintage mono along with stereo versions of a few records. Also have a mono switch on my pre-amp, but no mono cartridge. They do sound very different, in different ways. Mono can sound very full, more kind of sound everywhere. Stereo h... | |
| HiFi Rose 250A issues with app & setting up See if you can do a "factory reset" on the unit. Then try to set it up again. On most streamers, I have found that using the streaming service app works better over using the streamers app. Most WiFi issues are usually endpoint related, if not... | |
| Music streaming @twangy57 does your streamer come with a manual? it will tell you how to use it. generally, you open either the streamers app, or the streaming service app, there will be a connect button. Click that, then select your streamer. After that click ... | |
| Is my Dynaco Stereo 400 worth repairing for resale? How much do you like it? How much would it cost to replace? How long do you plan on keeping it? If you get all the electrolytic caps replaced, along with any other out of spec part, the amp should last another 20 or so years with out issues, othe... | |
| Music streaming Surprised no one has said it yet. Bluetooth for listening to music is not good. Once you go Hi-rez audio natively one a streamer, you will never go back! Youtube is horrible for audio. But can usually be cast over bluetooth. Have done it from my ... | |
| 2 Channel system sounds weak and lackluster Lots of advice here, but none of the basics. Are the speakers in phase? That will 100% give you what you are describing. Is everything setup correctly? Do you have any EQ or tone set wrong? Any muting going on? Besides finding the best spot ... | |
| Vinyl playback - lack of bass? Many older records in general can sound thin and dull. Suggest you try newer records to compare. On my setup, my TT has just as much bass as my digital, and even my tuner (yeah, I still listen to radio). Just got an anniversary vinyl of Daft Pun... | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening PREACH! You nailed it! One thing I do, is once the record is started, you listen to the entire thing front and back. Other rituals include cleaning, putting on new sleeves, looking over the covers, and liners. Yes, purchasing is also a big par... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? YEAH, I'm totally done getting new equipment. However, looking at some used speakers, thinking about getting a new cartridge, oh, yea, want to upgrade all my interconnects, and speaker cables..... yea, I'm done getting new things...... | |
| Mike's Barn. @mikelavigne you should host a listening party, that way we can all do our own videos for everyone to comment on. Got a few records ready to go! Would love to hear how they sound on that system! | |
| Mike's Barn. He's close to me, should try to check it out, that is the most curated system I have ever seen. Yes, the video is horrible, just about unwatchable, shaky, unfocused, never showing the equipment. Think I could so better off-road with just holding... |