onhwy61
Responses from onhwy61
| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill Are your other components of similar quality? If the answer is yes and money truly isn't an issue, then go for it. But if your other components are not quite in the same class as the Coincident, for instance more like your turntable and cartridge,... | |
| choose a DAC to complete my system Thanks for the added info.Looking at your photo it appears that you are not giving your speaker any room to breathe. With a few exceptions, most speaker sound best when symmetrically placed out into the room and away from any large objects. Your s... | |
| choose a DAC to complete my system You should describe what you don't like about your current system sound. It would also be useful to describe your room and speaker/listener placement. How is your PC connected to the rest of your system? | |
| Polling MagnePan Users - Using a SubWoofer? That's not what Maggie's do and a sub won't help. Enjoy them for what they are. | |
| Tascam DA3000: Analog to Digital Recording That's an excellent price for new KM183s. If you're relatively new to live recording I'd recommend you rent your equipment before making expensive purchases. Are you going to be recording in only one venue? If so, you can optimize your setup for t... | |
| DSPeaker Anti Mode 2.0 evaluation By that definition an analog preamp in a digital system with digital volume control is not a necessary device. Many people have phono preamps with high gain settings, but prefer the sound with a step-up transformer and the preamp set to lo gain. I... | |
| DSPeaker Anti Mode 2.0 evaluation Could someone please define "necessary device"?Kr4 is asking the right question. | |
| Front call absorption, pls explain theory... Google "live end/dead end room acoustics". | |
| Preamp bleeding Contact the distributor/manufacturer. Could be a sign of further trouble to come. | |
| Replace Classe CA-200 with Pass X350, do it? If I had your equipment the power amp would be the next to last item I would change. I think you would a bigger bang for the buck with a better preamp and/or switching to a full ribbon Maggies. | |
| Looking to add warmth I cannot think of another thread where more useless advice has been given to a person. The OP has his system setup in a large geodesic dome. A geodesic may be the single worst type of listening space imaginable. Sounds from a loudspeaker will be b... | |
| Looking to add warmth You should provide pictures of your room. A discussion by audio engineers about geodesic domes. | |
| If you had a Benz cartridge would you let someone Just got my Benz Ruby 3H back from Soundsmith. Under 6 week turnaround. Excellent communication. | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? My apologizes to the OP for continuing to not discuss the original question.Multitrack recording and digital recorders are two separate issues. Multitrack recordings originated in the late 1950s and continued for decades with analog tape machines.... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? Learsfool, perhaps your disappointment with modern recordings is inherent with what constitutes a modern pop/rock recording. With rare exception they are purposely not trying to capture a acoustic instrument in a real space. Modern recordings are ... |