rhg88
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| Selling, donating or giving away a good pair of vintage speakers Thanks for your responses and suggestions. I ended up listing them in Craig’s list and within 10 minutes I had 20 takers! I gave them away to a couple. BTW, I even had the original boxes! | |
| Has something gone wrong @ Stereophile? You can read Stereophile, as well as Sound and Vision, if you have an apple news subscription. | |
| IsoAcoustics Gaia w/MAGICO I also use Gaias on a pair of Magico A3’s which are on a solid 3/4" oak floor. My experience has been very good and in line with skyscraper’s. | |
| Next best exponential DAC quality level? hshifi 495 posts 11-30-2021 5:25pm Hello, I have demoed the Hint6 and it is very good for what it is. I call it the Swiss Army knife of integrated amps. It does everything ok. That’s just it. It doesn’t do anything great. I am going to ... | |
| Next best exponential DAC quality level? Folks, I read this thread with interest and some amusement. Kudos to cindyment for their thoughtful, rational and respectful responses and explanations. I certainly hope that more people of this intelectual caliber remain in this group. | |
| Science that explains why we hear differences in cables? djones514 already expanded on my concern with equating a square wave to a sine wave in the video.The square wave and sine wave are not the same thing the square wave simulates all audio frequencies and MORE, the and more is infinite bandwidth. The... | |
| Science that explains why we hear differences in cables? holmz308 postsDo you have link to ^that^ AES study?Cable Pathways Between Audio Components Can Affect Perceived Sound QualityAuthor: Kunchur, Milind N.Affiliation: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.JAES Volume 69 Issue 6 pp.... | |
| Science that explains why we hear differences in cables? Coincidentally there is a recent review in audio science review in which RCA cables from three distributors, with fairly wide price differences, are compared from both a performance and an auditory perspective. No significant differences were foun... | |
| Science that explains why we hear differences in cables? According to millercarbon,"Max Townshend has video you can watch showing clearly how impedance mismatches cause a reflection to travel back down the cable. Easy to see on the scope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUAKE6I3AmM&t=1s"I started to... | |
| New Speakers $10K -$20K I have somewhat similar requirements as yours (80% AVR 20% 2-channel stereo) and close to your age (~66). I have the Marantz 8805 preamp, which I believe works very well for listening to movies and regular TV programs with surround sound and Atmos... | |
| Your advice needed, speakers to buy $8K to $13K I have a pair of Magico A3s that IMHO satisfy all your requirements. | |
| Streamer wanted Interesting post. I wonder if anyone has tested the Matrix Audio mini I-pro 3. It is a bit over $1000. Compared to the Arcam ST60, it has a USB input, it is already already Roon certified, and it has a similar DAC (ESS9038Q2M versus the Arcam’s ES... | |
| Magico Customer service I bought a pair of Magico A3s about six years ago and the function flawlessly. Fortunately, I've had no reason to contact Magico for service. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @thyname1,055 postsSo @rhg you fully understand those plots, but you still don’t own any streamer (just ordered a CCA from eBay), and any DAC? Hmmmm....You guys are pathetic. And you don’t even hide it anymore. Your kin makes me throw up. Have at ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? LOL!!! This is very funny. I totally missed this part. Hilarious! Especially if “backed” by the world famous & renowned ASR. How do you know? Or you just KNOW?Please read the results of the ASR tests of Roon's implementation of Chromecast Aud... |