robm321
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| Distance from the speakers to the seating position It depends on the room as well. I have a small room, so like most of the people above I sit very slightly farther than an equilateral triangle. But I know people that swear by sitting 1.5 x the distance between the speakers. YMMVRob | |
| SACD through headphones... Yes. Any front end played through headphones should give you the same benefit as they do coming out of speakers. | |
| EMM Labs CDSD / DCC2 - Initial Listening Session fbhifi under $10k in vynil setup. | |
| CD Player or New Format? Get a good CD player. Otherwise you'll be spending money on SACD chip and DVD-A chip. CD will be the main standard for quite some time. No guarantee either of the new formats will survive. And if it takes over it will be many years from now. It to... | |
| EMM Labs CDSD / DCC2 - Initial Listening Session Good review, For the price I would expect nothing less than that quality sound. Another good sounding $10+ trasport and DAC combo. | |
| Von Schweikert "rear ambiance driver" revisited tpsonic - gotcha I actually agree with you and tvad. I notice that with the ambiance driver engaged it tends to be less focused because it increases the depth of the soundstage. So, it is a trade off of focus and stage depth. However, like tvad po... | |
| "do it yourself" acoustics I am in a similar situation. I have 12 by 12 room and the squareness(is this a word?) is the killer here. I've had some success in making it work. 1) If this is a dedicated listening room and you can do it, position the speakers at 90 degrees (in ... | |
| Subwoofer and Von Schweikert 4 series OMG are you serious. NO SUB NECESSARY!! | |
| Von Schweikert "rear ambiance driver" revisited "absolute focus corrupted" can you please elaborate?With it completely off I've found it to be too sterile also. Thanks, Rob | |
| Comparison of Tube Output CD Players I've only heard the Jolida from your list above. I currently own a Cary 308T (also tubed output) The soundstage on the Cary is terrific and it has more detail than the Jolida. BUT the Jolida is one of the most engaging and musical CD players I've ... | |
| What's up with the mono turned stereo mixes??? I always choose mono over the usually bad stereo mix on those recordings. I don't know why but it seems to sound better quality wise. Rob | |
| Amp for Grado's Without a doubt Grado RA-1. I own the RS-1 and Senn 600s and the RA-1 was designed to have synergy with Grado headphones and it does. It works good for the Senns also, but it really makes Grado headphones sing. Rob | |
| phono cable suggestions.. I have to second the Discovery cable. I bought a 1/2 meter IC Essence cable going from my TT to phono preamp and it is very revealing and smooth. Rob | |
| Turntable or go into SACD, Simon Yorke vs EMM Lab Dougdeacon, I can accept your criticism. I am a bit antagonistic. And I haven't heard the Meitner, but I did have a reason for jumping in on the discussion. My main point was to contrast the enthusiasm. Not just to be a prick, but because as you s... | |
| should everyone just order emm? I'm actually 34 years old, so if vinyl had a banwagon I wasn't even a sperm cell at the time. I like it because its the most realistic reproduction of music that I've heard. I've always noticed a digital edge on CD and SACD. I have a CD player as ... |