shadorne
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| Magicos are chesty My guess is you are hearing the sound of the polypropylene plastic bucket that houses the midrange. Polypropylene cones always had a chesty sound - as if the vocalist had a bit of a cold. It was apparent in many of those designs of the 80’s - BBC ... | |
| is ok to use wifes new make up brush to clean styius needle You should ask your wife not the folks here. If she is ok with it then go ahead. | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) + 1 ATC. Their 3 inch super mid range dome practically owns the mid range and has done so for 30 years. Many have tried to better ATC but all I have been weighed, measured and found wanting. Still being installed by professionals in million $ faci... | |
| Do 45 rpm 12" LPs really sound better than 33 rpm? More dynamics. Better by a large margin than LP. When I was heavily into vinyl I would only buy Japanese pressing and also any 12” 45 rpm versions or singles of my favourite hits. Living in Canada our vinyl quality was garbage. Imports is what mos... | |
| What is the best 5k-plus Preamp with balanced outs and Phono stage? I second the EAR-Yoshino & AR SP-20. Also try to audition the Macintosh C2600 - it is a very capable tube preamp with an exceptional full feature phono stage and a warm yet detailed sound. | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming @mzkmxcv +1 The J-Test is a pretty conclusive stress test. No jitter artifacts is a pretty strong indication that jitter is not going to be a problem. I have pointed this out to Steve before but he ignores this fact (for obvious reasons). | |
| Recommendation for DAC needed. @mzkmxcv Noise floor is analog.There is nothing on the market with an analog noise floor of -192 dBfs. These kind of numbers are utterly meaningless in the real world.The PS Audio doesn’t have an ESS chip - that some DACs have added analog volume ... | |
| Recommendation for DAC needed. @mzkmxcv It doesn’t matter how many bits. The problem is at the analog conversion stage. The analog signal will become so small as to drop close to the noise floor of the output stage of the DAC. An analog volume control reduces both signal and n... | |
| Recommendation for DAC needed. The PS Audio Directstream with Snowmass is thinner sounding in the lower mid range than the Benchmark DAC 3. Directstream is also less forward sounding and yields less of a wall of sound and consequently more soundstage depth. Benchmark DACs can b... | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect Proof (in case anyone needed it) that some audiophiles are complete fools. Even if you have the money hundreds or thousands or millions of times over, why would you even want to incentivize or reward makers of such a ludicrous product. | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification A good tube preamp with tubes to taste and coupled with a great SS power amplifier is IMHO the best thing since sliced bread. It is like having your cake and eating it. Great SS amplifiers come in various topologies - overall design being most imp... | |
| What are your top 1-5 favorite well recorded songs? You would probably like Da Fonk - Nils LandgrenKeith Don’t Go Live - Nils Lofgren Hommage to Duke - David Grusin (entire album)Endangered Species - Lynyrd Skynrd (entire album)The Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan | |
| Sarasate Suggestion Anne Sophie Muter - a child prodigy. | |
| How about a list of speakers that are time and phase coherent? Thiels and what else? ATC use phase correction in their active speakers. The overall result approaches linear phase with smooth phase behaviour across the crossover. No speaker will be perfectly linear phase as mechanical drivers aren’t linear phase.That said, minimum ... | |
| Which DAC: Benchmark, Mytek, Audio Mirror, Holo Audio, Mojo Audio? +1 @robelvick Think front row with Benchmark or Mytek. Think row 8 or 10 with Chord and PS Audio. All four DACs are good and have their loyal followers. |