phomchick
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| Should Subwoofer Be Plugged Into Same Circuit? It should be a law of audiophiles that everything should be plugged into one outlet. That is the best way to eliminate ground loops. And sometimes the only way. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @jim204 your excellent PS Audio Direct Stream DAC buffers and then reclocks the digital data. Any jitter earlier in the stream will not make any difference. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I had not even considered SSD, interesting that you say they have better sound quality. Music stored on and retrieved from an SSD will sound exactly the same as music stored on and retrieved from an HDD. However, an SSD uses less electricity, an... | |
| Brave man, McGowan... I've been thinking about this for a bit. Is PM claiming his power regenerators are not actually the best thing since sliced bread?? If what PMcG says about his power generators is true, there is no possible way a power cord going INTO a power gene... | |
| Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)? Pure Audio Project.http://www.pureaudioproject.com/ | |
| Jazz for aficionados I am quite fond of Polarity by the Hoff Ensemble on 2L recordings. it is an incredibly fine recording, and the music is creative, aurally and intellectually enticing. | |
| how important is it to use crossovers when adding subwoofers to a system? It depends on the speaker and the amplifier. Examples - If you’re using a low powered Class A amp on the speakers, it might be a good idea to use a crossover to create more head room for the amp. Or, if you are using small speakers that don’t go v... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Take TwoIt’s hard to put into words what a fantastic and creative talent this woman is.Mark Swed, classical music critic of the Los Angeles Times, wrote a very entertaining (and accurate) review:https://www.latimes.com/ent... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Take Two | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Normally I am more interested in pieces of music and less interested in who is performing. But there are exceptions. Last December I saw one of the most remarkable and memorable recitals of my concert-going career. It was a violin and piano duo co... | |
| Is there any Streamer/DAC/Preamp good enough to replace a dedicated standalone preamp? @audiotroy Phomchick, you are under a couple of false assumptions.Not false, you just don’t agree with them...1: A straight line [wire] with gain is desirableOf course it is. If all of our electronics behaved like straight wires with gain, it wou... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations John Atkinson’s eye-popping measurements of the Klipsch AK6 speakers in the September 2019 issue of Stereophile show that we have come a long ways, baby; but Klipsch has not. | |
| Is there any Streamer/DAC/Preamp good enough to replace a dedicated standalone preamp? If you plug a DAC into a preamp, doesn't the sound of the DAC go through the preamp?If you remove the preamp and run directly from the DAC, isn't the difference in sound removing the coloration of the preamp?Do high end preamps add magic fairy dus... | |
| Is there any Streamer/DAC/Preamp good enough to replace a dedicated standalone preamp? I have an Oppo Sonica DAC. I no longer use a preamp. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Now listeningMartha Argerich and Sergei Babayan, Prokofiev For TwoRomeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, Hamlet, Queen of Spades, War and PeaceSuperb!It’s beyond superb. It’s one of the best recordings I’ve ever heard, and one of very very few that soun... |