pcrhkr
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| Hi-end audio is a big zero I went to one dealer. I heard 50K speakers on a 30K system.My 45yr old equipment at home blew it away for sound. It was not matched and in a bad room. I went to a different dealer, listened to several integrated amps on $4500 speakers and all was... | |
| Neutral Dac? I am not sure what neutral sounding is because that is subjective. I personally like my Shiit audio Byfrost DAC, which is very outclassed in this forum. | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? In my opinion, if you have a large collection of CDs, then yes! I would upgrade. Something to consider is to burn to something like a bluesound HD or innuous HD burner player if you have the $$$$$$. The burners sound really nice and you have all y... | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? I was using 10ga speaker wire from the hardware store. I thought it sounded good until I bought more expensive oxygen free copper 10ga Speaker cable. The highs were much more defined. More clarity and detail in the midrange. The bass was about the... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps The advantage of tubes. 1. When you have a sound change because of worn drivers or outputs you pop in a new tube and presto, like a new amp. 2. You can change the sound for your new speakers by changing tubes. For me tradin... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? I can purchase a couple of nice sounding cables for under $100. Room, speaker placement, component matching all matter more. Most situations do not involve throwing $10,000 in cables to get a noticeable improvement in sound. If you spend $10,000 o... | |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME DOMAIN RESPONSE MUST READ Speaker starting and stopping. A large factor is also the Damping factor of the amplifier and the amount of back emf produced as the coil is being energized by power going through it and at the same time producing its own back current. Electrosta... | |
| Primaluna or not Primaluna Before I bought the Primaluna EVO 100 integrated I compared it at the showroom on $4,500 / pair Paradigm speakers with a Hegel H390. I picked the EVO 100 integrated Hands down. Then I took it home and compared it against a Shitt audio Freya, Vidar... | |
| Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts I highly respect Audio Science Review. I highly respect the expertise and measurement tools they have mastered to do analysis on audio equipment. The measurements tell how well the signal propagates in then effectively the signal is amplified. Hu... | |
| Router for Audio Streaming I have no recommendation for a router because netgear makes good products. A UPS might be a good idea for the next router. I am running Netgear AC 1200 network from my router. It is 1ghz and the throughput is Plenty for my bluesound node II. I h... | |
| Inherited a pair of JBL 4350 -- Need Advice OMG, Those JBL 4350s would be great in a large room or home theater. Wow! I cannot imagine that you will have them for long if put up for sale. Grills can be made without much pain. | |
| different people may hear the same sound differently... Ha,ha! It's not only the ears that matter, but what's between them. | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? Your absolutely right. Preamps have their own characteristic sound. When I did a demo in my first home system with 3 preamps before I purchased. All were on my turntable and speakers in my room. What matters is what type of sound do you like and ... | |
| Listening after your entire system was powered off cold for a week+ Most of what I notice is slowness getting Ethernet connected again with the network sreamer and innuos needing an IP refresh. As far as sound, once everything is updated sound has been the same for me. I'm on comast if that matters. | |
| Speakers I am experienced at DYI speaker builder. Many good suggestions on this thread. 1. The wrench could be stuck to the magnet. Be aware of buzzing or any unusual sound if the wrench stuck in the spider it could vibrate a hole in the woofer. I am no... |