shadorne
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| Did you know....? Jimmy Page never learned to drive. Always has a chauffeur. | |
| Any comments on DAC going direct to power amplifier or to pre-ampliifer? Benchmark make a DAC with built in pre-amp. | |
| 901 series 2 speakers 901 sounded terrible even back in the day. The Bose cube acoustimas which came much later was better but rather limited dynamically. | |
| MQA according to new Stereophile "loudness button" and "tweaking EQ in presence region" @brianlucey +1 Harmonic content and low midsAs a listener that is what I care most about in the work that you professionals do.ATC 150ASL are nice and clean in the lower mids and my preferred choice. I find almost all other speaker designs sacrifi... | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? Downside of electrostatic panels is their lack of dynamic range to produce realistic rock or big band jazz or large symphonic pieces (Mahler) levels. They also tend to have a small sweet spot due to the extreme directivity of very large transducer... | |
| Might changing cables require repositioning of speakers? It seems most likely that something has changed in your settings in your player or DAC. For example are you using phantom to recreate a centre channel? For example, how is the oppo or cable box set up to handle downmixing of 5.1 TV signals? Is the... | |
| Glare on Choral recordings, classical vocals Never had problems myself but are your tweeters old? Dried up Ferrofluid perhaps?Also if your space is small and crowded especially around the listener or speakers then many early reflections can collapse the soundstage and make for a harsh sound | |
| Richard Clark $10,000 Amplifier Challenge - Why Couldn't Anyone Pass this Test?? What Ralph saidhttps://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/power-amplifiers-the-importance-of-the-first-wattThis explains why my amps are designed as Class A to 2/3 power. The switching distortion at high output is insignificant compared to... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... @toddverone No need to worry about end of the world BS with regard to man-made climate change. I studied Atmospheric Physics in college. I understand the scientific principles and the physics very well and there is actually no cause for concer... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... @stfoth I have an early edition Daytona L series automatic with a Zenith movement. It still runs and is in perfect shape after 26 years of being worn on my wrist every day - my son will get this in about 24 years time when the watch is 50 years ol... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... @jmcgrogan2 Not trying to be ironic, my point was 100k in speakers and zero on power cord. Power cord does nothing for the sound for me - it is just jewelry like a Rolex does nothing to keep better time than a quartz watch. I prefer real jewelry a... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... I can speak to value of power cords from my perspective. About 100K invested in speakers. Zero spent on power cords. Can I afford a $6000 cable jewelry to go along with my Daytona Rolexes - sure I can very easily afford but that would be a total w... | |
| MQA - What is your favorite content? The Led Zeppelin Masters are the best I have heard from Led Zep!I agree with the sound quality being better than most CD. Whether this is MQA or just better Mastering is debatable, however, there is no denying that there are some absolutely fantas... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... +1 randy11"Lack of a basic science education leads to worse things than wasting money on placebo cables, anti-vaxers for example"Yup. For example, the whole global warming scare has demonized CO2 from what it actually is - a totally harmless trace... | |
| MQA according to new Stereophile "loudness button" and "tweaking EQ in presence region" I would add that most of what Tidal offer in their Masters section sound absolutely excellent. I especially enjoy the Led Zeppelin deluxe edition remaster from around 2015. These are boosted in the presence region quite significantly compared to o... |