nyev
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| Ideal power cord lengths? @tablejockey, I actually know of specific people doing this in the US! Or at least, convincingly local power companies to upgrade their pole transformer at their cost! I do draw the line somewhere, and some point long before this type of upgrade….... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? Regarding getting back to enjoying the music…. I’m actually at the point where I am enjoying considering how to improve my system, as opposed to stressing over certain aspects of my system that sounded bad to me, and not knowing how to resolve tho... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? I definitely hear perfection, mostly due to my 10AWG wire I am certain ;) 10AWG wire over 14AWG costs an extreme, totally outlandish premium of $150 extra, for my lower resistance and greater access to instantaneous peak current. Sounds fantastic... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? Well, the results were done with a blind test, so not so subjective actually! You can try the test as well, if you are interested. You may very well not have the same results as me, given differences in systems. Had I started out upgrading cables... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? Anyone else done A-B tests of like cables of different lengths? It’s a power cord thread; welcome to the party, lol! | |
| My Major System Upgrades in 2022 and Impact of Each @lanx0003 , I doubt the D2 generation of B&W is better. But, it sounds better to me. Most other speakers have too lean of a balance when playing all ranges of music I listen to, especially hard rock (eg Pearl Jam). Ends up sounding too thin an... | |
| Sound quality of Roon @grannyring yep I disable Roon when I flip over to Sense. I was going to aske if you were running Squeezebox experimental mode! Because without it I would say Sense sounds better than Roon. But things get more dimensional for me running Roon in... | |
| My Major System Upgrades in 2022 and Impact of Each @boxer12 , thanks, and I wouldn’t really care if the entire world hated the 802 Diamonds; I spent so much effort before I found upgraded speakers I could be happy with, and they are exactly what I was looking for. I didn’t even consider the looks... | |
| Positioning B&W 802’s with spikes in hardwood? @soix , will do! | |
| My Major System Upgrades in 2022 and Impact of Each Regarding my speaker choice, I TRIED leave B&W, or even move to the new generations of B&W. I tested Wilson Sasha DAW, Magico A5, Audiovector R6, Sonus Faber Amati, and B&W 801 D4, but found that I wouldn’t be able to listen to ALL ran... | |
| Sound quality of Roon @grannyring , I know I am the outlier with my experience but the way you describe Sense over Roon is precisely the inverse of what I hear on my system. Roon is far more nuanced and detailed and Sense sounds flat by comparison. I have the Zenith ... | |
| My Major System Upgrades in 2022 and Impact of Each @bimmerman2 , room treatments are next. Not 100% sure how to go about it; I don’t want to hire a consultant that just wants to sell foam. I don’t detect any “problems” in my room, and whenever I experiment putting 5 or so moving blankets and/or ... | |
| Positioning B&W 802’s with spikes in hardwood? I’m going to give Herbie’s a shot. It seems that almost 100% of people who post about them are very happy with them, say they are the “best tweak” available etc, and they make speakers easy to move, permanently. Plus, they are half the cost of ... | |
| Anybody have both Herbie's Cone/Spike Pucks and isoacoustics gaia's Burn-in for gliders, sheesh! Hard to believe but I guess I've experienced weird stuff in this hobby before. I've read a LOT of good things about Herbie's gliders at this point. More people seem to be raving about them than Isoacoustics. Maybe ... | |
| Positioning B&W 802’s with spikes in hardwood? Just learned about Herbie’s decoupling gliders. Claim that leaving the gliders in place with the spikes improves sound. Anyone have any experience with this? I like the major sound improvements when spikes go direct into the floor, so hopef... |