randy-11
Responses from randy-11
| Most Beautiful Receiver / Integrated - Ever was... ? gold finish Marantz, Accuphase, McIntosh...ARC never made a receiver, right.... | |
| Is Spiking Necesarry? why didn't their dipole configuration work in your room? | |
| WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC? ok, looking at your components, you may want to try Uptone’s ISO REGEN (sold out until July). Call them for advice on acoustic isolation (tho I think you’ll find them tell you to do other things).A Comet Plus might help if the power supply is not ... | |
| WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC? do you have a linear power supply, or switching?Eric is steering you in the right direction - electrical isolation, ground loops and room acoustics will be far more important than acoustic effects on an electronic componentit is unlikely that a DA... | |
| 2017 Honest Cabling that doesn’t promote bankruptcy ICs don't matter; use balanced runs, not SESpeaker cables - just try one of the rental places until you find one that you like bestBEST: put monoblocks next to each speaker so the runs will be short | |
| Is Spiking Necesarry? movement of the entire box back & forth will modulate the cone movement - causing phase error and other horrible thingsso you want a way to prevent that - spike or very heavy cabinets will workor... buy electrostatics or Maggies - problem solv... | |
| Computer, CD transport or Network Player? I have seen claims that SSDs sound better than HDDs, also that the LCD drivers in a laptop create more noise in the digital stream than say a mac mini (more room between components, so the inverse square law helps quite a bit).What I have not seen... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! rather than attacking the dissenter in your little circle, you might pay attention to what he is sayingnow, I am interested in hearing the new class D from Mytek, even tho I seriously doubt they use Ga | |
| Computer, CD transport or Network Player? I agree with shadorne, but one caveat - the quality of the design and implementation will decide among any of the 3 approaches.Big money is not required, but careful attention to ground loops, noise injection and phase error will be important. U... | |
| Fastest way to correct hifi system? does the local dealer know anything?some do; some don'tyour last item might be best | |
| Naim Atom alternative? I think so - my advice would be to buy something relatively new as DACs are evolving rapidlyyou need to decide if you will need DSD and at what bit rates (tho there seems to be little SQ increment over Redbook, you are likely to get a high quality... | |
| Can the WAF Kill an Audio System? hide the components behind a false wall & run it via an IR sensorthen buy some "room dividers" - the 20.7's are best | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil foundation???any audiophile will have drilled into solid granite for a foundationyou may be a mud-fi type listener | |
| Does a flat ceiling provide the best sound? good info above - flat ceilings are much easier to deal with in terms of calculations and empirical treatments; the same is true for rectangular walls vs. trapezoids read more in the Master Handbook of Acousticsno matter what, I predict you will w... | |
| Teo Game-Changer IC's - get on the bus! meabler - How do you know it is the sound of the cables and not confirmation bias?You need to do a proper test. |