nonoise
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| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? Here we go again..... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Good ol' Slippin' Jimmy. đ | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 I think people (myself included) have to reconcile the fact that the Kinki can and does generate heat but not unduly so. I thought it was a Class A/B design that operated in Class A for the first few watts and both Alvin and Mike have pointed out ... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? Another way to facilitate burn in is to use a CD test/break in treatment like Ayre's Irrational but Efficacious CD Treatment. I can get impatient with break in and plopping the CD in and letting it run for an hour or two on repeat can greatly spee... | |
| Do speaker cables need a burn in period? Yes. Heed the advice of everyone here. You'll notice the biggest changes in the first few days to a week and gradual changes thereafter but it will take time.All the best,Nonoise | |
| Neutral or Detailed. You can't have both @erik_squires ,The speakers that I consider neutral (or close to) are my JBL 4319 monitors. Factor in the incredibly neutral sounding Kinki EX-M1 (ever so slightly warm) and some Darwin Truth II ICs and one can easily hear how detail and neutralit... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 The resolving prowess of the Darwins are nothing short fo amazing, to my ears. The gauge of the individual wires (one for each leg) are very small, which makes them very labor intensive to work with. You can't just grab any old wire from a parts s... | |
| Neutral or Detailed. You can't have both I consider my present system to be the most neutral sounding I've ever had and as a result, I can play it at quite a low setting and get excellent detail retrieval, or resolution as some may call it. The only thing that's not up to the same level ... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 @benlzy,Thanks for the detailed comparison of the JOB INT and the Kinki.  As @david_ten says, that power cord should make a difference on the DAC and may go a long way add some of that warmth you're missing.When I upgraded the power cord on my SAC... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 @martine51,I'd never steer you wrong. đ Not after the Kinki recommendation. I feel that what works for me can be of benefit to others.@benlzy,I don't have the newer version with the gain switch but even then, I've only had to turn it up to 80-90 w... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? cd318,I wasn't implying that tube gear would help in getting rich timbre. I was agreeing that the whole chain of gear must be taken into consideration. You can swap out speakers until you run out of patience and won't get rich timbre if what is up... | |
| How good is your hearing ? And how do you know ? I'd wager that  90% of Porsche owners don't drive their cars fast, or know how to. | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? Speakers don't do math. Nor are they polymaths given the numbers of instruments, materials, musicians, tuning, styles, etc. etc. in existence.Yes it's fair to say that all speakers must either be adding or subtracting to timbreTimbre is the human ... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Since my last posting I plopped in that Arye CD treatment disc again and let it run for another couple of hours and put on some Devil Doll and then some Stacey Kent and found myself sitting glued to my seat (more like melted into it).The combo of ... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 The base I had with my Marantz was thicker sounding but not as deep, tight, detailed and textured as my Kinki. I'm getting mid range guitar notes that excite my wall heater that used to be excited only by the base. It leads me to believe that what... |