retrocrownfan
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| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market LOL, we have as many nominees as we have posts. Perhaps testimony to a good question, right? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? St. Paul and the Broken Bones! | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain Two things. First, my listening enjoyment on a system costing only $2K between a recapped old Crown PS200 and the new Wharfedale Lintons, a Bluetooth DAC and unpowered preamp switch with a pot has benefited from all this info. Basically, pushin... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain My initial question is well solved thanks to this discussion. The practical info about gain helped. With the analog preamp pot at 50%, iTunes slider at 0 db, and amp at 25% attenuation everything was more forward at a final volume comparable to be... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain Already useful. Had a little time today for some ear tweaking. iTunes slider at 0dB, preamp analog pot at 12 o’clock, Crown attenuators at 8 o’clock. As compared to my previous setting, Wharfedales were more forward, tweeter a bit brighter, bass t... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain Boom! | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain Apple Lossless is an interesting direction…although when I read their FAQ, they seemed to note that their format works via Bluetooth, but the benefits are not applicable? | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain To be clear yoyoyaya, I'm using a BlueMe Bluetooth Receiver from my iPhone as a DAC, with its output going into an un-powered Shiit with a volume pot. I've been keeping my old Crown PS200 amp at 100% attenuation and am experimenting with varying t... | |
| Enjoying Wharfedale Linton Heritage Speakers This speaker may be the Golden Retriever of the big box revival. Friendly, warm and pretty, LOL But I can also totally understand the temptation to add some more modern performance to make them more like a Border Collie. Folks at the Linton owner... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain Very helpful summary…and on the money to my learning curve. Since I enjoy my Wharfedale Lintons and ample vintage Crown power at different volumes in our cozy bungalow, am I correct in saying that using the final attenuator knobs on the amp are th... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain …aaand, knowing just enough to be dangerous, it seems that too little gain can hurt signal to noise rstio? | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain Understood. When playing streaming music from my iPhone I can control the final volume of listening by changing the output level of the app (which I assume is digital) or changing the analog output level on my Shiit pre-amp to my analog amp or cha... | |
| Speaker Choice under $750 for blues... KLH Model 5s and JBL L100s miss the price point but probably have the bite and retro looks to do the job. Interested in your decision and how it works out. | |
| Question to those believing in speaker break in Letting them play normally for break-in can be part of the fun, FWIW. Between acclimating your own ears to your new units…and allowing you to measure changes in your speaker from the process. Having fun with hi-fi is often part that’s forgotten in... | |
| Enjoying Wharfedale Linton Heritage Speakers FWIW, Mr. Comeau shared that it took him over 170 tries to decide on the final crossover spec for the latest Mission three-way big box. Fun to learn that English Hi-Fi has a history of its own. As a young American in the ‘70s I missed that fact al... |