o_holter
Responses from o_holter
| Is lack of xlr connects on preamp ok if streaming? I would use xlr if possible, especially if the manufacturer says so. Maybe not a big deal - it depends - but in my experience, balanced usually sounds better. | |
| So damn hard deciding which tube preamp to buy! I agree. It is hard. What I did, was to start from my general experience of preamps and amps. Products I know. Do I like tubes better than solid state? Yes. Do I like OTL? Yes. Should it be truly balanced? Yes. And so on. Plus, a good match both w... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences I have not heard the Lambda versions of the Atlas (or other Lambda versions of the Lyra models). What I know, is that the standard Atlas that I got from Lyra in 2018, after an accident with the 2013 model I had before, sounds great, and works perf... | |
| Desktop single-driver speakers? @dekay - I contacted the Ebay Arche Fr2 seller, but got no answer. Maybe not operative? I wonder if anyone on Audiogon has tried the speakers. One thing that makes me hesitate, is that one of the reviewers wrote that they need quite a bit of volum... | |
| New set up in asymmetrical room - speaker placement etc @millercarbon wrote "Need a different room layout for different listening levels? Fascinating." Um, yes, I am dreaming about a mansion with a 75 db listening room, a 85 db room, and then a maxed-out 95 db huge room... : - )Just joking. I am not in... | |
| New set up in asymmetrical room - speaker placement etc I am not sure - what means "fascinating"...I do believe that volume plays a main role, yes. And in the need for "system within a system" amp - speakers - room integration. Reflection points will always be present in a room, but their importance wi... | |
| New set up in asymmetrical room - speaker placement etc Millercarbon - thanks for the decware link. Interesting paper, but mainly tuned to high volume listening - ? I mean, if you have a fairly large room, and / or turn the volume down, second and third etc reflection points will mean less, won't it?In... | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? Re: Bose 901I’d like to nuance the Bose 901 evaluation in this thread - intrigued also by the ’super bose’ system described above by g_nakamoto . I used 901 mk 2 in the 70s and 80s. Were they bad? Well, in some respects, not others. I eventually c... | |
| Desktop single-driver speakers? Again, thanks, to @dekay and @danager especially, with suggestions closer to what I ask for. The Arche seems like a single driver with a bit of bass port innovation, somewhat like in my current Sonys. The Decware tiny radials, and the Betsy, is up... | |
| Desktop single-driver speakers? Thank you @soix and @russ69 - I will check out your suggestions! | |
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? I am mainly in "the source" camp, but also a strong believer in system/room integration, which has to do with the speakers/amps match as well as the room. I also agree with priority to good electricity. If I could design a sound room and system to... | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Lptocd - yes, active speakers is one way to go. Not always, though. I did an experiment the other day. The 'master' speaker of my Elac AM 50 no longer drives the 'slave' speaker. I wondered if the slave was broken, and connected it to my main amp... | |
| TEAC NT-505 FUNCTIONAL REVIEW See also https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=6033 | |
| TEAC NT-505 FUNCTIONAL REVIEW If you use Minimserver and it shows up as Offline, check the firewall on your home network server. In my case, Windows Defender had switched my home network from 'private' to 'public', meaning that I could no longer access my Minimserver music lib... | |
| Near field monitor advice please You could investigate single driver speakers and connect them to an OTL amp. Get rid of two problems - the speaker crossover and the amp transformer. It won't be perfect but it might get you closer to happy nearfield listening. In my experience yo... |