onhwy61
Responses from onhwy61
| How Happy Am I Gonna Be?? In the end you'll probably be happy, but I suspect there will be a slew of posts asking for suggestions about why it doesn't sound quite as impressive as you thought it would. IMO going beyond what you already have results in very minor improvemen... | |
| Stereophile claims about Magico It may sound egotistical, but if he didn't truly believe he was advancing speaker design and build then he wouldn't be building loudspeakers at all. It takes a big ego to make something and ask the price Magico charges. | |
| Is it possible to divide digital output ? Kr4's suggestion is a good starting point. Try it and see if works well enough. If not, you'll need something like a Z-Systems or tc electronics digital patchbay. | |
| C45 vs C220 premplifier The 4kHz EQ setting is very well chosen by McIntosh. It's very effective at removing treble harshness and forwardness without unduly truncating very high frequency content, if used moderately. | |
| The use of equipment as "tone controls" Rather than using equipment as "tone controls" it is far more efficient to actually get a preamp with tone controls or an outboard parametric EQ. | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? In decibels, what volume level are you trying to achieve? The titanium or any other tweeter material didn't cause your tinnitus, it was exposure to very loud sound. | |
| Lack of depth problem On what basis are you making the judgment that your setup lacks image depth? What are you listening to that you know images deeper, but isn't happening on your current system? | |
| Why are all the Virtual Systems mega-assaults now? Somewhat off topic, but related. Why do people who have quite expensive systems (and I understand expensive to be in the eyes of the beholder), but not an all-out, megabuck, SOTA, climbing new heights, mother of all assaults system put their syste... | |
| Bitstream? Or Jittery, Polluted, Kernel Stream? Yes digital data streams can be mathematically manipulated to adjust volume levels. | |
| Do you pull A/C plugs during thunder storms? No. I've lost equipment to a nearby lightning strike, but I think of that as a freak happenstance and I don't think the added protection is worth the trouble everytime it rains. | |
| I walked into a dealer and got a shock.... The person went into the dealer with a known problem and in the course of a discussion described the rest of his system. Nothing unusual there. At that point I think it's fair game for the dealer to comment on the system and to make suggestions. I... | |
| Best short-lived band? Dreams So Real. The other band from Athens, GA. | |
| Most pleasing sound vs most hifi sound I think you may be on the edge of realizing that the mental attitude you bring to a listening session can easily outweigh the quality of the system. You are the most important, and most variable, component in any system. | |
| XLR cable with RCA output I wouldn't notice the difference, but that's me, not you. Try it and see what you hear.As an alternative you could have Straight Wire reterminate the cable. | |
| Bass traps? (to solve a suck out) Everyone, thanks for the info. Although I haven't tried any yet, I'm now convinced that my earlier opinion regarding bass nulls and bass traps was completely wrong. |