o_holter
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| Nearfield listening - once more Testing nearfield listening in my main system. First, I drag and push my heavy listener chair much closer to the speakers than I am used to. I then change the position from very close, to medium close, to not so close. The test deserves one of m... | |
| Anyone Here Ever Purchased A Tube Tester? I bought a Beck Elektroakustik RM-1 tube tester in 2015. It was customized for the main tube types I use in my system. It works well and the support is good. However it does not test the tubes for background noise. | |
| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? Native / pure DSD - yes, it sounds good. Upsampling - so so. I don't bother with it (using a Teac NT-505, Topping E30ii, etc DAC). | |
| Nearfield listening - once more I also have a further question regarding nearfield listening. Do you find that it works better with streaming, than with other sources (especially, analog / LP)? If nearfield tends to sound especially good when streaming, there could be many cau... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more I'd like to clarify my statement on bass, above. Of course it matters, also for nearfield listening, although maybe a bit of the deep bass is lost. It is only that, in my experience with subs, I like them best when they are positioned like speaker... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @jkevinoc - good to hear the Kans and the Classic are still working so well. I have never heard them, but have been impressed by other Linn gear. I am testing single driver speakers in my desk system - Arche Audio FR2 speakers and Arche D50A s-st... | |
| phono preamp to power amp An amp with a volume control seems like an integrated amp...it includes a preamp? Anyway, try it. | |
| Nearfield listening - once more Wow what a load of information! Thanks! Just a quick reply. I suggest that we leave deep bass out of the discussion, for now. Not because we dont need it! On the contrary I understand very well the idea of going from below, when tuning the system... | |
| HoloAudio Spring 3 Kitsune DAC NOS @paqua123 You can download dsd music from sites like NativeDSD. One of their sample downloads costs little and will test your DAC and give you a feel for the sound. Yet it is hard to find DSD downloads of well-known artists. Why? Maybe because t... | |
| Effects of concrete as base for subs, speakers and potentially equipment The best idea is to stabilize the wooden floor from below, if you are able to do that, e g with a beam in the basement like I described above. If not possible, you can try weight springs etc, but it will all be placed on an unstable floor. | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @mahgister Thanks for comments - I agre with much of what you say. You wrote: "Room acoustic cannot be replaced or being disposed of because we listen nearfield ..." Exactly! But you also write "the result will be a no existing soundstage or... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @pwerahera thanks! Seems reasonable. Basically I think you are right. Yet these are not the only laws of physics. Bi- or omnidirectional speakers sound different and work differently from traditional front-firers. I would say that room treatment i... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @hiphiphan Height - is it always the case that ears are best served by height = the centre of the tweeter? I sometimes feel, somewhere between the tweeter and woofer (or bass port, in case of single driver speakers) is better. | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @hiphiphan Yes, sitting closer to the speakers, my face/head blocks more of the sound from the other speaker. Do you find that the best result is related to the toe-in of the speakers? @steve59 > 2 to 1. 2 ft apart for 1 foot back. Interest... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more Thank you all for very interesting and positive responses! I will consider a bit, and come back. |