pwerahera
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| Help me pick a Dac I can highly recommend Audio Research DAC2 for you. Currently there two units available, one here in Audiogon and the other other at High Performance stereo. I believe unit from High Performance Stereo has new caps installed. AR DAC2 is a solid ... | |
| Ken Fritz article I am happy for Ken for reaching his goal of putting together the ultimate hi-fi audio system. In doing so he must have sacrificed a lot, but the his health robbed him the joy of listening to his system. May He Rest In Peace As we grow old, our he... | |
| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! Without any reservation I can say purchase of Thiel 3.6 speakers and pairing it with a Mark Levinson 23.5 amp were the greatest purchases. Rest of the system was assembled around those two to fit my listening tastes. And I never looked back. For t... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results Being there done that. I played my Cary Audio 303/200 CDP directly connected to the Mark Levinson 23.5 via RCA connectors. Used the built-in digital volume control to adjust the volume. At first, music sounded immediate, up front with "better" dyn... | |
| Building a dedicated listening room The best room shapes for acoustics are irregular shapes ones. Symmetrical rooms with parallel walls are sub-optimal due to standing waves. So a box shape room can be problematic even though dimensions fit the classic golden ratio of 1 x 1.6 x 2.56... | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle I am having second thoughts about replacing carpets with hard wood floor in my listening area after reading this thread and one other thread where low rumbles are a major problems and headaches. My wife wants to replace carpet with hardwood floori... | |
| What to do with a large collection I still collect classical CDs and LPs. I find there gaps in my collection with regards to certain composers and conductors. Please contact me directly so that I can find out more about your collection. I am not in to streaming. I still find somet... | |
| Anyone listen to Music on a FM tuner anymore? Yes and yes. I listen to FM radio in Denver, Colorado. Mostly I listen to NPR on 90.1 FM and Classical Music on 88.1 FM. My son loves to listen to KOSI 101.1 FM and was bugging me to put that channel which played Christmas songs soon after Thanksg... | |
| Wilson Audio Duette / Custom Crossover Upgrade I don't think stereophile review of this speaker is great. Summary says Sophia 3 is better value. Whenever the reviewer bring another model into the summary, the model reviewed is pretty much a dead duck. And your own experience says very much the... | |
| Phono preamp, all suggestions welcome I can highly recommend Audio Research PH3, a tube phono preamp which I once owned. There is one currently available for $825 which is a bargain compared to what I paid. It uses 3 tubes from 6DJ8/6922/7308 dual-triodes tubes. There is a lot of NOS ... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @hiphiphan I understand what Paul is saying about near-field subwoofers, but he also point out piratical implementation of this is challenging. Subwoofer reproduce bass by bouncing the sound from walls, roof, etc. Assumption is one cannot localize... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @o_holter Every speaker whether it is small or or large has a critical listening distance independent of the electronics or room. For an example, speakers with first order crossovers require one to sit at least 8 ft from the center of the two spea... | |
| Where does music come from that streams? @carlsbad2 After reading your post, I had no choice, but to listen to Gene Ammons - Boss tenor LP. He is one of my favorites. Recording engineer for this Blue Note LP was Rudy Van Gelder. Link you posted says the first three tracks were remastere... | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 @atmasphere Appreciate your response. I am curious to know why won't manufacturers follow the AES48 standard. Do you think Audio Research, Mark Levinson, Cary Audio, Krell, and most of BAT all (Balanced Audio technology) don't follow this standard... | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 I just don’t get it. The reason behind using XLR connectors is to eliminate noise, hum and whatever other signals coming from alien planets from the audio signal. "This process is called Common Mode Rejection Ratio or CMRR and it is used to elimi... |