o_holter
Responses from o_holter
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Steven Wilson: The Harmony Codex sounds good streaming in all formats I’ve heard so far. This is an artist AND an expert producer. It was bound to sound good. I bought the LP. Was it worth it? Yes. It sounds even better than the streaming version. | |
| Playing DSD files @fuzztone and @milpai - thanks. I already have a dac/streamer in my main system (Teac NT-505) which does the job fine - streaming PCM e g from Qobuz, AND playing my 5,6mhz DSD files. The question now is just playback of the DSD files, from my lap... | |
| Review of TEAC NT-505 Yes, different levels, I know. The Eversolo dmp-a6 is more comparable to nt-505. A Norwegian audio forum has a detailed report on the Eversolo compared to the Topping e30ii. He found that the Eversolo sounded noticeably better, with a larger music... | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? With some rearrangement of furnishing etc in the room you may be able to create more of a long side and a short side. Place speakers so they fire along the long side of the room. Let the speakers breathe - have space on all sides, and work with ex... | |
| Review of TEAC NT-505 Have anyone compared the NT-505 to a newer low price DAC like the Topping E30ii? | |
| Radical toe in once more Just to be sure I tested with my Hifi News test LP, side 1 track 2, voice in and out of phase. Test: passed. No problem. The in phase sound is clearly centered between the speakers, while the out of phase sound is not, but rather floating around. ... | |
| Radical toe in once more Newbee, thanks again, I get it now. What you say about recorded sound is mostly known to me, although it is nice to get it so well and briefly formulated. On one level I agree that in and out of phase recorded sound has nothing to do with speak... | |
| Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)? I tried my "DAAD test". I have DAAD acoustic devices, two columns ca 3 feet high, one side diffusion two sides absorption so you can turn/tune them to the room. I placed them with the absorption towards the speaker, on the line from the speakers t... | |
| Radical toe in once more @newbee wrote: "I see a lot of folks who think crossed axis’ compromise the sound stage." Yes, I've recently read some of this myself. "What I think they hear are 1st reflection points and think that is part of a normal sound stage. They think ... | |
| Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)? @mijostyn you got a point and I will investigate some more. Maybe I've been too lazy since my room is quite wide, and placing some mattress or similar on the sidewalls doesn't lead to big improvement. I should do the 'mirror trick' (its been years... | |
| Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)? @mijostyn " A dipole is special because it radiates in a figure 8 pattern. It radiates very little to the sides. A bipole is omnidirectional radiating in a circular pattern. The dipole limits early reflections in the room." I have bipole speakers... | |
| Horn speakers with Imaging? A big plus with my bipole speakers is that they sound good from a larger listening zone, not just a small sweet spot. Especially when setup with radical toe-in, so the sound crosses a bit in front of the listeners. Is this detrimental to imaging?... | |
| Horn speakers with Imaging? @phusis - thanks, very informative, although I havent measured the 'radiation bubble' in front of my bipoles I can well imagine that it changes like you say. But what do you mean by 'life sized' imaging? That images should not be too tall? Or too... | |
| Horn speakers with Imaging? Checking a ’standard’ LP in terms of sound, Stones: tattoo you, I find that the sound is quite good and coherent, but here also, the recording is a bit too hot when the band sings and plays at full throttle. This is a remarkably "thoughtful" album... | |
| Horn speakers with Imaging? The main thing that hinders imaging in my systems, is wrong cues, nonharmonic distortion especially in the high treble. It the treble is wrong the image gets blurred. This is a problem with many causes, including bad recordings and production, use... |