randy-11
Responses from randy-11
| Why we upgade yes, that's it - to get better SQ on the Itchy & Scratchy cartoons | |
| which receiver new $1k or under yes, those are goodadd Denon for new; Luxman & Mc for old | |
| Your advice to speakers designers My advice would be to re-vivify Roy Allison and build me a nice pair of computer speakers to fit in corners.Beyond that, I'm happy with my Maggies - unless somebody can whip up some plasma | |
| Spotify vs. Apple Music vs. Google Play vs. Tidal: Which is Best I'm a dreamer, not a streamer... but I hear that while Spotify is Low-Res, it has a lot of things that Tidal does not. | |
| Sound correction in small room yes, GIK not "E" | |
| Sound correction in small room I would get the Master Handbook of Acoustics and pay special attention to the chapters on recording studios (which are often small).how do you feel about tearing out the ceiling???panels at the reflection points are for higher freq.s not bass - th... | |
| what speakers to buy if you have WAF issues, you might want to:1. get Maggies - as they have very high SQ for the price2. or get something expensive that looks like it cost very littlean example of #2 would be xlnt mini-monitors with some "end tables" (which are reall... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Humidity, air temperature and air pressure should not be a SQ problem for anything the size of a living room or smaller.In the early days of jazz, some bands (or house parties) are said to have been heard 1.5 to 3 miles away, and some say it was p... | |
| Switched from Yggdrasil to Gungnir Multibit. I don't know much more - except that they have upgraded versions of at least some models recently to reduce or eliminate problems from loop currents, something the Eitr box is designed to domay be able to swap boards on existing ones | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Think outside the box | |
| Switched from Yggdrasil to Gungnir Multibit. makes sure they both have the new built-in galv. isolation (like the Eitr box) | |
| CD/DVD player advice So, the question is really:"Best CD-only player for $700?"R2R ladder DACs have only recently been displaced by other types, so besides reliability questions, the SQ question is what is the best Ladder DAC based CD player...The easiest thing is to ... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? It's the electronics that provides 10% of a system's quality... which can be critical to certain aspect of the listening experience, once xlnt speakers are used. | |
| CD/DVD player advice a new Oppo comes with a return privilege - I'd test one for sureotherwise there is the question of what audio you need to play?Redbook CD?HDCD?SACD?Blue-Ray?DVD-Audio? | |
| what speakers to buy you cannot listen easily at a dealers but you can 1. take road trips (or add a listening afternoon to a trip to a city), or 2. buy mailorder with a return privilegefor $5k I'd get Maggies - used 3.7i's can be had for $4k the question of what speak... |