seanheis1
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| Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube Although it's kinda silly that he is not allowed to pronounce the name 'Schitt' as it should be. He is allowed to…but he is worried that the video will be de-monetized. He did the weird mispronunciation in front of Jason Stoddard on a live s... | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? Tekton Lore - $1080. Punches way way above its price. Pay extra for the grills if you don't like the looks. Van Alstine Vison SET 120 Power Amp. $1200. I haven't heard better at this price. Schiit Saga + Preamp. $400 If you like the sound of y... | |
| Transients hurting my ears on hifi solid state amps I remember learning that our ears are most sensitive in the frequency range where we are experiencing hearing loss. Apparently it's common for the high pitched voices of children to bother some grandparents. ;-) | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? Every speaker I bought did something I liked that after time wasn't enough to keep the illusion alive, that said the speaker still excels at what I initially liked about them and each following speaker pair I buy gets me closer to all the things ... | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? I have a pair of Spendor SP9/1's that I'm afraid to let go of for this reason - they don't do anything seriously wrong. I've owned them for over twenty years. That's a speaker marriage. 😁 | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? Downside is that the speaker can sound bright but at the same time, not all that airy in the soundstage. And tonally, it sounds a bit gray. Nothing is so harmonically fleshed out that I believe it's real. It also. never feels like it really lets ... | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? It has nothing to do with the size of the room, but the limited placement options due to size. Extended low is not inherently bad in a small room, but bad placement is bad in all rooms. A small room forces bad placement. Go subs. The more the mer... | |
| Sound quality of Roon According to the CEO of Roon in a livestream interview, Roon does not have its own sound. It is pulling information directly from the streaming services... unless you are using its built in parametric EQ or other DSP functions. | |
| Need recommendations for a streamer It was when I heard the difference between the Mac and the Innuos Zenith Mk3 and the differences between usb cables when I truly began to understand that a streamer was sending an analog representation of a digital wavestream and that all of the ... | |
| Need recommendations for a streamer I was in your camp until I heard the difference. @ghasley I'm in the camp that you have to hear for yourself before discrediting or promoting. Otherwise, I would discredit First Watt due to relatively high noise and distortion and go with Hype... | |
| Need recommendations for a streamer You got this wrong bud! They all are consumer grade computers not designed and optimized for streaming audio. You get streaming functionality but they sound nothing like a dedicated streamer, not even remotely close. @lalitk if you're hearing d... | |
| Need recommendations for a streamer Why do you never read about Streamer A vs Streamer B ? Cause noboby can hear a difference. this is overly simplistic, and incorrect different streamers sound different because they manage noise, clocking, power supply, and physical isolation d... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement JV is confusing Class D amps with poor digital playback (usual digital-like upper-mid/lower-treble glare). Overall, Class D amps don’t sound like that, to the contrary, they are flat and artificially smooth, and unresolving. FWIW, I have heard ... | |
| DAC diminishing returns The RME is a good transparent DAC. Looking at OP's gear, I don't think he is interested in neutrality. Currently, I’m using a Schiit Bifrost Multibit DAC. It’s connected to my Naim Nait 5Si and that drives Zu Omen ii speakers. | |
| Just got a new Bluesound Node. Very disappointed! May be defective. A digital transport shouldn’t sound like anything. It’s a computer passing digital. |