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| What makes / defines an audiophile ? Carl, your post has warmed me to this topic. What did it was your reference to the non-audiophiles - because that is where I think the secret lies. You see, I notice that what seems to distinguish non-audiophiles for me is that they never actually... | |
| CD Transport to DAC Timing/Jitter Kacz, that is a hard one. Sometimes it makes the sound soft and mushy, sometimes it makes it harsh and edgy. But it always reduces the focus and resolution. I guess ther must be different forms of jitter which interact with DACs in different ways.... | |
| Shelf Material Thanks for your kind words and advice Cornfedboy. The sad reality is that the only racks/shelves that reach these shores are of the basic variety, with the exceptions being Mana Acoustics and Townshend (and I own examples of each - most of which a... | |
| Shelf Material Wow, those last two posts sound on the right track to me - I will check them out. Many thanks to all that posted. | |
| Musicality v. Resolution -- Extremes? I agree that the Meridian's generally avoid digital nasties, but the ones I have owned (Meridian 508-24 and the 500/566-24 combo) lack pace and have an annoying upper mid-range sheen that has a congealed quality to it. The only way I have come clo... | |
| Shelf Material My thoughts are that you want a shelf to be dead rather than resonant, but that it released its energy very quickly. Dead means the least effect on tonality - ie. no resonant peaks. Releasing its energy quickly means no perceived slowing of the mu... | |
| Biggest hype-worst tweak I agree guys - the CD mats are the worst. I found the Blacklight thing made a difference all right - but it just warmed things up by removing detail. I guess if you had a bright system you might find this beneficial - but it is about as close to t... | |
| What makes / defines an audiophile ? The wife's just going to bed, and you wonder.... Do I go to bed too and maybe get lucky? Or do I listen to some music? - because getting lucky isn't a sure thing. And choosing the music. | |
| Burn-in time Vs. Getting used to a sound Both are present, but getting used to the sound is the lesser of the two. A significant part of the burn-in seems to relate to how dialectrics form, whether in cables or in capacitors. The reason why I think burn-in is the larger is this: I hear t... | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment After reading this forum for months now, I still cannot quite get over the fact that people seem to need an engineering explanation of why something makes a difference before they can believe there is a difference. There are two reasons for my inc... | |
| Interconnects for Tube amps The Coincident had a very similar effect on me Leafs - Once I had run the Coincident in, I stopped thinking I needed to try another interconnect - that has got to be a good thing (at least for my pocket), whatever small faults it may possess. | |
| Preamp for Classe CA400 and Confidence 5 Markmc, I own the latest version of the SA250 and use it to drive Thiel 3.6 in one of my systems. Frankly I prefer valves to either the SA250 of the Classe CA400. But if you have speakers that demand solid state - as the Thiels tend to, and I susp... | |
| what is everybody listening to right now Patricia Barber's latest (after Companion), and Eric Bibb's latest called Roadworks. Garfish, really glad to see you have discovered the riches Shirley Horn offers. | |
| Preamp for Classe CA400 and Confidence 5 Tubes for sure. Even with a Sonic Frontiers Line 2, I found the midrange of the Classe CA400 to have a dry and wiry quality that needed some fleshing out harmonically. This will of course depend on the rest of your system and room. C-J strikes me ... | |
| Interconnects for Tube amps In my opinion the best is from Coincident Speaker Technology - particularly considering the decent price charged. Some prefer other cables, but usually at a higher price, and very very few people have ever had anything bad to say about them. In my... |