seandtaylor99
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| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? JSadurni the benchmark uses an ASRC (asynchronous sample rate convertor) to "remove" jitter. It is well accepted that this method does not remove jitter effectively, and so it does not surprise me that the DAC1 is sensitive to the transport."This ... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? Zaiks ... the Monarchy is a bad example of a jitter buster. It's priced very competitively, but it either uses a PLL or an ASRC chip to reduce jitter. It does not eliminate the jitter of the transport.To really eliminate the jitter you need to buf... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? The only difference between a good transport and bad transport is jitter.So you have a choice. Buy a low jitter transport (often very expensive) or buy a reclocking DAC, or a reclocking device to sit before your DAC.Personally I feel you get much ... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? From personal experience I believe the single most important issue is jitter. I don't believe that bit errors are a significant source of sonic degradation, or that there's significant performance difference in the area of bit errors.If you have a... | |
| auralex subdude...can i use this with Rel Storm3? I looked at your system picture and I'd say as a REL owner I could never make the sub work in the corner. The only way to have fast integrated bass was to bring the sub out into the room and position it directly in front of either the left or righ... | |
| Great tip from another forum 4yanx ... sorry I wasn't more clear. The explanation of overhang was (obviously) not intended for you or Nrchy. It sounds like you take cartridge alignment to a higher level than me, but since I'm playing in Rega planar 3, Goldring 1042 territory ... | |
| Rega Planar 2 upgrade vs. Planar 3 Do the motor upgrade. I would guess a planar 2 with the new motor would be a better deck (from the point of speed stability) than a planar 3. I put the new motor on my planar 3 (when I moved from the UK to the US) and it was a very convincing upgr... | |
| Great tip from another forum Overhang is set separately, and is set before aligning the cartridge. Once the overhang is set correctly (so that the stylus will track the curve on the protractor) then you set the alignment. Overhang is also much easier to set. It's always been ... | |
| CD quality differences I've experienced it.On many albums the different tracks are recorded in many locations across a long time period. During mixing and mastering the engineer will attempt to smooth the differences, but if the original recordings are too different the... | |
| Mainstream reviews-why so few? Paulfolbrecht. There's a lot of figures on the site, but no independant verification, no graphs to back it all up.I was saying I'd like to see a Stereophile type review where someone independant reproduces their measurements.The original GMA site,... | |
| Mainstream reviews-why so few? I own the GMA Europas, and I think they're great, but I would certainly like to see the measurements on them (frequency response, step response, phase response, waterfall). I wish GMA was a little forthcoming with measurements. I like their produc... | |
| A series of underperforming setups...Solution? "I have no options for speaker placement."At least try the different speaker placement (cardas). If that greatly improves the sound then you know what the problem is. If it doesn't then you've eliminated that variable.Another option is to get behr... | |
| A series of underperforming setups...Solution? Try Cardas speaker placement formula and see if things improvehttp://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=insights&content_id=26&pagestring | |
| Lube for turntable - What do you prefer? On my rega planar 3 I replaced the stock (80w hypoid gear oil) with 140w Mobil synthetic gear oil (SHC 634) and the sound improved very noticeably.I think Lucas has the best answer, but it is worth experimenting with viscosity, as a more viscous o... | |
| RUSH on INHD... Different people "get into it" in different ways. Some leap around and practise theatrics, others are locked into concentration.It's pretty difficult to tell whether a musician's heart is in their performance visually. |