pwerahera
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| Component contributions to “sound stage” In my experience, synergy between amplifier, speaker, and the listening room play a dominant role recreating sound stage, granted it is captured and recorded. Of course, your playback system should be able to faithfully extract this information. S... | |
| Overkill for small room Those speakers will be fine in your room. But you will need a beefy amplifier to drive these. They are rated as 86dB and 4 ohms, Ouch!. An amp tat can deliver high currents should drive these comfortably. | |
| Rega P10 with Apheta 3 You got a beautiful system. There is always room for improvement when it comes to vinyl playback due to its inherent limitations. Each addition we hope will minimize these error and bring us closer to the real thing. Its tricky pulling this thing ... | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change There are many factors to consider including age, health issues, hearing capabilities, finances, time, etc. Then there are responsibilities and commitments. So based on these and many other factors audio can be a hobby some and for others it can b... | |
| Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 3 or NAD C 275BEE or Rotel RB-1582 MkII for Revel F208 F208s frequency range was not specified. Low-frequency extension: 23Hz (–10dB), 27Hz (–6dB), 31Hz (–3dB). Based on these values, one can assume F208s can safely reproduce 31hz-20kHz. Nominal impedance given as 8 Ohms, but that is not the case. Th... | |
| Help me pick a Dac @adg101 AR CD2 is based on Crystal semiconductor CS4329 – 1 bit DAC. This Delat-Sigma chip is no comparison to the UA D20400 and they are universes apart. But I get your point. I think D20400 is so out dated people who owned Stax X1T, ML 30.5, etc... | |
| 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... |