seandtaylor99
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| Upsampling the way to go? ? Tim is correct ... upsampling refers to increasing the sampling frequency from 44 kHz to a higher number, and using the extra samples to interpolate.The benefit is that the anti-aliasing rolloff filter is much simpler to implement since it can rol... | |
| How do I connect a subwoofer? If you buy a REL subwoofer then this connects to the speaker outputs of your power amp (it is very high impedance so it doesn't draw any power from your main speakers). This would fit perfectly in your system.RELs are pretty good, but a bit expens... | |
| Why do DIY products have less value ? Why do people eat the crap at McDonalds ... because they know what they're getting. Same with Hifi. If I buy homebrew from some guy I have never heard of I might get a fabulous bargain. On the other hand I might get a complete dog which I can't re... | |
| Best used DAC 500 or less, need help Audiolab 8000DAC or even better the DAX. This is not a bright DAC but gives a very nice natural tone with good stereo. As a bonus it reclocks the input data to remove jitter ... this is probably essential unless you have a high end transport.New t... | |
| Vintage turntable running fast, any ideas? Viridian ... I agree ... to a point ... we're talking a 3% change, not an octave. Personally I'd leave it alone. | |
| What is the best Beatle Song twist and shout. Not the deepest, nor the cleverest. But still my favourite. | |
| SACD finally taking-off? non-classical listeners Jadem .. perhaps you're missing the point. I don't think that we want to hold on to the past, so much as we're suspicious of the future. In my previous post I explained that 99% of the population will not have a resolving stereo system to hear the... | |
| Vintage turntable running fast, any ideas? Unless you want to play along is the speed really such a big issue ? Or does it really bug you now that you've noticed :-) ?HiFi is like cars ... best not to go looking for problems ! | |
| SACD finally taking-off? non-classical listeners Interesting comments on Rumours and Crowded house .... my CD of Rumours is quite bright but listenable, but my CD of Woodface by Crowded House is one of the best sounding CDs I own. Which Crowded House CD did you not like, and would you characteri... | |
| Anyone try Audio Physic's LS placement philosophy? I followed AP's basic premise (well away from rear and side walls, toe'd in, sitting slightly about 5' from the speakers with the speakers about 5' apart) and it works very well. I'm using Spica angelus in a small room and the imaging is excellent... | |
| RegaPlanet Original vs RegaPlanet 2000 vs Jupiter? Any CD player over 5 years old which has been well used may well be on its last legs. I'd only get an old CD player if it was really really cheap. Nothing against Rega ... just CD players have too much mechanics to be a safe used buy. | |
| Need integrated amp for Sonus Faber Concertos Another option might be a Densen B100. They're hard to find in the US, but very popular in Europe.If you could find a used Lavardin it would also be very good. | |
| Tone controls to get bass from small speakers? My take on your situation is :TC50s are great .. I have Spica Angelus and the mids/imaging are to die for. Bass is also lean on the Angelus, which is peculiar for such a huge speaker.I thought about tone controls. Old Quad amps have a cool bass co... | |
| How to ascertain speaker damage? I'd buy a hifi test disc. I certainly wouldn't see how they play really loud ... that in itself might damage them.To test one speaker at a time you must have a balance control ... don't disconnect speakers with the amp turned up or you might fry t... | |
| why are some cd's so bright sounding My guess it that it was ruined in the mastering (when it's transferred from the mixed studio master to a CD master). They often run through graphic equalizers and compressors and all sorts to get "the sound they want". The sound they want is a goo... |