rbstehno
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| Borresen X3 measurements I’ll take system synergy over measurements any day. I will take my ears over any measurements. If a speaker measures good, what does that mean? What amp did they use? A tube amp? A set? An analytical sounding amp or a warm sounding amp? There are ... | |
| My wife weighed in…she wants piano white tower/bookshelf I would also recommend the Kef LS60, since you didn’t list any equipment. It you want very nice sound, just 2 speakers/no gear/minimalist/no wires except 1 Ethernet, power, and cable between the speakers, the LS60 is hard to beat. I almost went fo... | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget I used to have a small room like yours. The problem you will have is controlling the bass if you go with any floorstanding speakers except if they have small woofers like the revel m35 or revel f226be. Any floorstanding speakers except with a larg... | |
| My Comments on the Infigo Audio IS-1 Signature Streamer Let me add this info. Quite a few high end companies have created their own proprietary links between components to get the best possible sound. What did a lot of these companies use as this interface? I2s. Here is a description from Esoteric on t... | |
| My Comments on the Infigo Audio IS-1 Signature Streamer No I haven’t heard this streamer, I don’t need to. Even in 2024, usb is still flawed. Here are a couple of snippets from a 2024 paper so my standards have not changed; “let's first discuss the role of a USB connection in your audio system. In mod... | |
| My Comments on the Infigo Audio IS-1 Signature Streamer 2 issues with this streamer: * uses Intel which is the worst/out of date processor * uses usb. My dedicated streamer doesn’t even provide isb because the manufacturer knows that usb is terrible. How many demo to clocks/reclockers/cables that se... | |
| PS Audio BHK signature preamp Get the bhk preamp, also get rid of the aurender and get the ps audio airlens, this thing will sound better than the aurender and you will increase the sound quality of the dsd dac by using i2s from the airlens to the DS dac | |
| Which of my components has the better built in DAC? Neither are not that good, but the Mac would be better. rofl on the post usb being the best option. This is the worst option, and you didn’t even mention what the 2 best are. | |
| room treatment gurus, please Glass walls are the worst. A good room is a mix of absorption and diffusion. DSP won’t fix 1st reflection points whereas your panels would have. I was using dsp for a couple years trying to get the sound right with my speakers that were just too... | |
| Home network router question A lot of wrong info here. You don’t need the modem to be out in the open, the function of the modem is to connect it to a router and that router needs to be in the open for better WiFi distribution. The best setup is to have the modem and the rout... | |
| DAC connection to computer USB is flawed. Why would you go from fiber to usb? You’re going backwards. All dacs in preamps/integrateds are compromised compared to quality standalone dacs. It’s funny when people say don’t hook up a computer directly to your dac but every st... | |
| about ready to dive in to streaming... PS Audio AirLens vs Aurender N10? If you want the best sound quality, the airlens hands down. Years ago I went with Auralic over the Aurender because of sq and lightning DS is light years ahead of aurenders software. The airlens only has 2 output interfaces and you want to use th... | |
| PayPal Friends & Family listings. Why is this becoming so common? Cash and local pickup only. I’ve had people drive hundreds and over 1000 miles to pickup the item, even when I had the original boxes. When I have sold items overseas, there is no signature required option after it leaves the states, so I demanded... | |
| Looking for my End Game Speaker The small room is the problem. It is so easy to buy speakers for large rooms. My prior dedicated audio rooms were fairly large up to 26’ long with 15’ ceilings. For my smallish room, I have found that speakers with multiple smaller woofers provid... | |
| The Great DAC Mystery FPGA days are the best (I won't buy a dac that isn't fpga based) for current and future use. DSD is the best. i2s or network are the best interfaces to a dac/streamer, network into streamer, i2s to the dac, or network straight into the dac. USB i... |