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| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? Interesting thread. I’m an audiophile voyeur but a mid-fi owner…and think my hobby benefits measurably from many threads here. From the perspective of available time, budget and living space size, I’m locked into making the most from digital sourc... | |
| Full range speakers, 40"-44" max height Wharfedale and Mission (both IAG companies now with British roots) are both now marketing very nice Mid-Fi heritage bookshelf speakers with come with stands that place them near your target height. These are really clever, well designed big battl... | |
| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? Fun thread. I live in a zone between new and old with a restomod assemblage of modern separates supporting a system based on serviced and recapped Crown PS-200 amp from a little church in Virginia. A good DAC with bright 2549 interconnects, Mogami... | |
| Mogami 2549 (Standard) vs 2534 (Quad) etc Same experience with banana clipped 3103 cables into big baffle Wharfedale Lintons. Immediate and noticeable increase in voltage to the speakers. I had to tweak a bit to recover the imaging and sound stage. There was some distortion in my signal c... | |
| Mogami 2549 (Standard) vs 2534 (Quad) etc Thanks! | |
| Mogami 2549 (Standard) vs 2534 (Quad) etc Question for resident technicians, have heard in several discussions that Wogami cables carry signal with a low capacitance floor. Is that a key thing to low noise? Is that connected to low resistance and /or less current loss over distance? My de... | |
| Mogami 2549 (Standard) vs 2534 (Quad) etc Use W3103 for my Wharfedale speakers and about to swap in W2549 interconnects gathered on-line from several assemblers who offered my various oddball specs…3 ft RCA to 1/4” jack, pairs of 2ft RCA, and a three spade REL cable. FWIW, I believe in ca... | |
| New speaker cables - now audio seems panned right and left Problem solved! Love happy endings. I’m about to swap in new medium priced Mogami interconnects and a beefed up REL sub cable and am making a mental post it to keep everything in phase and ground the REL three pole correctly :) | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? Great question. Quite possibly the answer is yes. In other forums, fans of throwback Wharfedale Lintons actively explore the same question. Fan favorites there include the full featured Cambridge AX81, Leak 230 and the interesting Vincent hybrids,... | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey PS: Just winding down a forty year career in marketing communications, I’ve had the good fortune to promote many successful outdoor events including large music festivals, motorsports, international whitewater championships and indoor sports and c... | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey Interesting thoughts on % investment here. Current mid-fi rig with very enjoyable performance. Vintage solid state pro audio power and wide baffle box speakers are my “hobby within a hobby” can ya tell :) Wharfedale Linton 85 Heritage speakers $1... | |
| UPS. Friend Or Foe? FWIW my best HiFi shipper award goes to Upscale Audio :) | |
| UPS. Friend Or Foe? For all the bad buzz about “the Amazon effect” on the economy, they are genius in effective delivery customer support. My take is that they’ve done the math that prompt shipping claims resolution, no questions asked is best for their bottom line. ... | |
| Loud Snap at High Volume As an beginner at the actual mechanics behind amplification "snapping" would scare me that it would be voltage discharge from amp capacitors or something else in the output stage, rather than something inside the speaker. I may be missing somethin... |