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| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @wolf_garcia wrote: "each and every live acoustic event is more or less "holy" in and of itself"...even when they sound bad? I’m not a religious person but maybe I should be to understand the "Holliness" of events, but some sound better than ... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @frogman -- Well stated. | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @wolf_garcia wrote: Over 5 plus decades I’ve mixed many live concerts, performed both as a solo player and as part of live bands, done studio work for my own stuff and commercial recording gigs, own my own studio...blah blah blah...none of which... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @wolf_garcia wrote: I often wonder what the deal is with the live sound reference as the benchmark for high quality in audio. Do live things always sound right? If I play an acoustic guitar which clearly sounds different to the player than someb... | |
| Maybe this is the winter you build something! Building is indeed fun. I’ve made my own power cables, IC’s and speaker cables that I’m now currently using, and have for some time now. My subs are DIY, though I had a pro cabinet maker assembling them for me, and he again had the 13-ply panels C... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @sfcfran wrote: [...] I’ve enjoyed watching live bands at small venues for over 3 decades. Anything from a pianist, to cover bands, to original artists of anything from rock, blues, jazz, etc. My personal listening preference for home audio is ... | |
| Background noise. @panzrwagn wrote: Also, regarding high efficiency systems, they benefit greatly from being properly gain staged so that you don’t hear noise when the system is idling. Ideally, you want your preamp/line stage to clip within 3-6 db after the powe... | |
| Background noise. @ghdprentice wrote: I had the same problems with the fans on my amp. While really small, I could hear them. So, I put a line of bolster pillows along the wall behind my system… problem gone. It was all reflection from the wall. Nice solution a... | |
| Background noise. I have two background noise sources: the (low noise) fans on my LabGruppen amp, and a slight hiss coming from the EV horns that’s due to their 111dB sensitivity and being coupled directly to a Belles SA30 amp (such that noise down stream is expose... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? @kennyc wrote: Some members seem to advocate whether high efficiency speakers are better or not. Sonics is my priority not speaker efficiency. I only address speaker efficiency if it is required/driven by a sonic goal- wanting to hear flea wa... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? @alexberger wrote: In my experience, each pair of speakers that isn’t driven easily by 30 Watt amplifier - sounds too compressed to me. That outcome is also very much dependent on the specific amplifier used. I’ve heard a very good 30W pure cl... | |
| Why do so many members seem afraid of making an audio decision? @ghdprentice wrote: It depends on your objective. Is this a process for learning and experimentation where the process is your goal or do you want a high-end sound system soon… and spend most of your life listening to great systems and music. ... | |
| Why do so many members seem afraid of making an audio decision? @russbutton -- +1 There’s an emphasis in this thread on ’learning,’ while I would as well stress the importance of unlearning. Depending on the breadth of information gathered through years a lot of what’s accumulated can set one on a course tha... | |
| Bragging rights..... @mapman wrote: Also I think I no longer would lay any claim to being an "audiophile" anymore having made things so relatively simple. I will call myself an "audio enthusiast" now, however I still will always want to keep an eye on what else is o... | |
| Listening after your entire system was powered off cold for a week+ My setup is rarely powered off for more than a few days. That is, the DAC/preamp and digital XO is running 24/7, and so normally the sound has that sense of presence and fullness immediately after powering up the amps (3 of them; one class A and t... |