seanheis1
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| Getting good sound quality below 200Hz The room has a ton to do with bass under 200hz. Is your room small or square? When I hear about slow, sloppy, undefined bass, it is usually a room with a long decay time and ringing. | |
| DAC diminishing returns Many dacs don't have any means of volume control, others strip bits. In order extracting maximum potential from these dacs requires some form of volume control, the quality of that volume control has major bearing on sound quality of that dac. ... | |
| DAC diminishing returns IMHO there are likely 10 other things in your system that need far more attention. I have heard DACs with intentional sound differences using tubes, and I have heard DACs that allow you to change the filter settings that causes an apparently audi... | |
| DAC diminishing returns DACs are fascinating. All DACs present you with a tradeoff between detail and soundstage. If you are looking for fine inner detail, great separation of strings, etc... be prepared to compromise in terms of soundstage. If your priority is sound... | |
| DAC diminishing returns @mayoradamwest transparent DACs are becoming a dime a dozen. This is easily measured. Transparent DACs are also no fun and that is why we have tube DACs, R2R and options such as NOS and slow filters. | |
| DAC diminishing returns @jjss49 credibility comes from the wife noticing all the way from the next room. | |
| Amp's that are better sounding than a nad 3020 @holmz for sure. also adjusted for inflation, $135 in 1978 is equal to $606 in 2022. The Rega IO is probably the equivalent modern amp, which is $725 | |
| Amp's that are better sounding than a nad 3020 Unless your amp is out of spec or you need more watts, I think you have the best that $300 can offer. | |
| DAC diminishing returns DACs and amps are about flavor....colorations. I personally enjoy them. Tube amps, tube DACs, R2R...good flavors for me. Give me the second harmonic, give me a slow filter, NOS...I like colorations that make the experience feel more real. If yo... | |
| Ohm Acoustic Corp., Brooklyn NY If you are cross shopping these two speakers you are not ready to buy anything IMO. | |
| Need Recommendations for a pair of Speakers around $1,000 Tekton Lore is the best I have heard by far at around $1000. They replaced the Lii Audio 15 inch open baffles and for me it was a big upgrade. | |
| "World's Best Cables" vs Audioquest interconnects Thank you for link. That cable I believe is their low cost option using Mogami microphone cable. If cables are easily detectible by your ears, Mogami makes a design for its intended purpose (hi-fi). I posted link below. This WBC version also uses ... | |
| "World's Best Cables" vs Audioquest interconnects With welding you are introducing another metal into the signal chain. This is likely why the big budget cable you reference is using a set screw...a more purist approach. BJC interestingly enough, now has a line of cables that sell for a few thou... | |
| Doge (China to USA) Tariff I wonder if some Chi-Fi brands like Denafrips are just absorbing the tariff cost in their pricing? Sounds like a smart idea so the consumer doesn't get triggered. ;-) I have noticed that Chi-Fi gear has gone up in price significantly, more than j... | |
| First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s The Gaia raise the tweeter height so that’s going to be a noticeable change. I imagine the height increase also helps a bit to reduce the floor bounce reflection. As a side-note, it is interesting that every Gaia discussion gets flooded with Town... |