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| Please clear up my confusion re: meaning of "balanced" ! One thing to know with Schiit they build all their inputs and outputs to be live all the time. Running one out put does not cancelled the or turn the other out. Example you can run xlr out to xlr amp and run rca out to rca in on tape deck and both... | |
| CDP or DAC? Transport and separate DAC 1000%. If the tech changes on DAC’s it is a simple upgrade most companies offer software upgrades. You can also taylor the sound you like through the DAC options that are out there (chip. R2R. Tube stage). Try to stay a... | |
| Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl The Doors “Soft Parade”Jethro Tull “Thick as a Brick”Pink Floyd “The Wall”AC/DC “Let There Be Rock”Stevie Ray Vaughn anything with “Tin Pan Alley” | |
| When someone listens to your system for the first time. Every time I sit down and listen to my reference system that is now three years old I get a little depressed. I start thinking about the last 50 years that I did not have my system set up right. I think about how I was siting off axes. I think of ... | |
| LSA 20 Statement Speakers When I was looking to buy new speakers I too looked at LSA. I spoke with many of the reps from amp to pre-amp and dac producers. They all said the same about LSA. They are great speakers that are mostly designed and used as studio monitors. My fir... | |
| Fear of volume control This point is not intended to stoke the fire of vinyl vs all other media. This is why when you are streaming, using a tape player or cd player and you have the ability to set the output level from the source you set it as high as it goes or very c... | |
| Where do you put your money? This is not so simple as it has evolved over my life time. Just looking at media for the music the journey never ends what was 90% in my 20’s is now 5% in my late 50’s but added up would still hold 35%. Equipment over last two years is 100% as I h... | |
| Lay Off the Newbies! Boone’s Farm was what we use to get the girls drunk and horny. Preferred hash over pot but yes room was smoking. I think back and get depressed on how much of my life I missed out on this hobby. Don’t get me wrong I love music and have been enjoyi... | |
| Spring-Loaded Screw Turns Drywall Into Sound-Absorbing Panels Engineering gave us margarine. marketing got people to eat it when animals would not. Engineering gave us synthetic tech fibers that cost half the price of natural fiber cotton, marketing convinced people to pay more money for a product that was c... | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? In the end buy a system that fits your budget and enjoy the music. | |
| Speaker placement Another good trick I learned was go to Axpona in person if you can or use web site to look at how the rooms are set up. You will see more of them using what I call the corner unequal triangle set up. There is an article out there on this but I can... | |
| Upgrade from Schiit Bifrost 2? I have been doing a lot or research on a new dac for my self. Reading thread after thread and researching the manufactures. I have decided to go with a R2R design. Soekris is where I am leaning. They have a great reputation and I like his design. ... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! I would say one thing missing from your report is the class of the amps. Price aside were they both class A, or A/B? Was one A and the other A/B? Was one tube? Same for preamp. Did one introduce a different set up or were they the same and one jus... | |
| Manufacturers past their heyday This sounds more like a marketing question. There are fewer high end audio stores that we can just walk into and listen to gear. Then the ones that are open have their favorite brands they carry. These brands have to be ones that bring people in a... | |
| Listening to digital and analog Stop over thinking and enjoy the music. I will take me so music from any source I can. Yes some sound way better but I don’t always have the time and access to my listening room. |