phillyb
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| Spatial Audio Labs I own the Sapphire M3s. Coming from many good speakers including Quad ESL's, the M3's sound as good and better than many costing much more. They give you what you feed them and any changes will be easily heard. Room acoustics I had to work with wh... | |
| Mark Levinson 326s Update. I purchased the matching ML 532H amp. What I can say about gain is the improvement it can make to your system. I have an ML amp and 326S preamp, and I can set the preamp to o gain, 6db, 12db, and 18db. Each step up from zero improves the s... | |
| Passive preamp vs. powered What I can say about gain is the improvement it can make to your system. I have an ML amp and 326S preamp, and I can set the preamp to o gain, 6db, 12db, and 18db. Each step up from zero improves the sound, I like the 12db, but I recently tried th... | |
| PreAmp Gain and Impact on Amp What I can say about gain is the improvement it can make to your system. I have an ML amp and 326S preamp, and I can set the preamp to o gain, 6db, 12db, and 18db. Each step up from zero improves the sound, I like the 12db, but I recently tried th... | |
| Preamp gain vs. poweramp sensitivity What I can say about gain is the improvement it can make to your system. I have an ML amp and 326S preamp, and I can set the preamp to o gain, 6db, 12db, and 18db. Each step up from zero improves the sound, I like the 12db, but I recently tried th... | |
| Audiophile AC Outlets I tried all the names mentioned, but the most balanced was a cheaper outlet, yet the best balanced and noisy floor of them all or as good. Tight fit for power cords also. Hubbell Wiring Systems IG8300 | |
| New Spatial Audio M4 Ultra Clayton has had many ongoing health issues so understanding is needed. His speakers are superb not just for the money but superb reproduction period. On top of that Clayton is a straight shooter. | |
| To couple, or not to couple, that is the question Every speaker is different the floor you're setting them on etc. I liked speakers without spikes due to more body, inter detail, and natural highs. A few with them on. One show setup specialist wants no spikes on any speaker and much due to what I... | |
| Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why .... What you hear is correct. CD sounds better, as does watching a Blu-ray movie from Disc compared to streaming the movie in UHD or 4K, there is no comparison due to bandwidth limitations from the streaming companies and of course our internet servic... | |
| CD or Streaming... am I missing out? I am a vinyl guy, then I went to CD and never looked back. Yes, early CD sound was iffy, but then early LPs were also bad sounding fidelity wise, both improved over time. I tried streaming, burning CDs, and gone to audio stores to hear the latest ... | |
| How many plays can you get out of a good record? The general rule from the time I started collecting vinyl was to buy 1st pressing after that quality went down, 2nd have your arm and cartridge setup properly back then they used scopes and took 2 hours or more to aline both. Then store your LPs i... | |
| Audioquest Dragon Powercord vs Hurricane Which power cords will sound better would depend on your room acoustics and speakers, and then lastly gear. But the room rules. Dragon is so balanced from top to bottom, the bass is deep but tight, but if you have speakers that can go to 30Hz that... | |
| Marantz SA-KI Ruby vs Denon DCS-A110 Anniversary Edition Marantz SA-10 replaced my Esoteric K-01. Never looked back. SA-10 is that good sonically, well worth the money. I use XLR outs. settings, Dither 1, Noiseshaping 3-1, headphone amp off, Gain set to low (does make a difference for some reason, mid i... | |
| Torus vs AudioQuest Niagara Having owned both I wound up with the PS Audio AC-12 for my front gear. Does what it claims it does, natural, best mico detail, lowest of them all noise floor thus details, vocals to die for. Just keep the setting simple, sinewave setting, high re... | |
| New equipment Call age but after 40 years I’ve learned a few things in this hobby, once you nail it with the sound you enjoy, then after that, it’s like cooking, you change something for a "different sound" or as I say spice and flavor to the sound. I have seen... |