shadorne
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| Review: Benchmark Dac 1 Pre Preamplifier Not sure what was wrong. In ether case your setup should not sound awful. What are you comparing this awful sound to? What was is your reference? | |
| DAC placement Make sure it is below the digital source so that the electrons can flow easily to the DAC. ;-)Seriously, it does not matter. Make sure it has a clean power supply, it is well ventilated, and cabling is no longer than necessary. Vibration is unlike... | |
| What music is best for life in a tiny box? Benchmark DAC 1, Genelec 8020a and just use your laptop. For headphones I like the Sennheiser HD 25 Pro - nice clean extremely detailed but highly dynamic sound and the best thing is they block out 17 dB of outside noise (great in a noisy environm... | |
| What are you 'TRULY' Looking for in Loudspeaker... TRULY? Are you for real? You mean TRULY?Tall, thin, protuberant tweeter, big woofers, tight bass, fishnet grill, spiked feet, leather baffle, three ports, exotic cherry hard wood finish, active and dynamic with high sensitivity, and never need mai... | |
| What would happen if Maggie and Wilson Mated? In a nutshell designers have been struggling with this for years. ATC are recognized for combining BOTH dynamic range and high performance. I agree Wilson or Maggies don't do both.See article In particular "The idea for the soft dome goes back to... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Geoff,Good choices. | |
| Projector question I second the Panasonic 4000 - great colors and black contrast levels - way better than an LCD flat TV (frankly these are awful and I'd recommend a plasma if you go flat screen) | |
| Phase Distortion - Speaker/Amplifiers The phase shift is relative to the phase at the input. | |
| Phase Distortion - Speaker/Amplifiers Here is a layman explanation. It is full of speculation (much of which is doubtful) but the basic explanation is correct and there are some further links.phase DistortionIMHO phase distortion is way over rated.For sure there are extremely subtle a... | |
| How does the drum kit sound on your rig? To get the full effect of a live kit in-room, I think I'd need about 2,000 wpc driving a pair of Wilson Alexandrias or equivalent from YG, MagicoA pair of ATC 100 ASL and an ATC 0.1/15 is more than sufficient in most home environments. Drummer and... | |
| How does the drum kit sound on your rig? Johnnyb53I have all those discs you mention and indeed David Garibldi is awesome.I expect you likely enjoy Dennis Chambers. He does an amazing job on Roots and Grooves by Maceo Parker.ToP | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? See above - post by Kal - all are good. GIK tri-traps are great for corners - you need at least two and preferably four to make a noticeable difference, and 8 would be ideal in the majority of cases. | |
| How does the drum kit sound on your rig? Mine Sounds exactly like a drum kit is there in the room. I should know because I have a drum kit also. You need an appropriate recording like Sheffield labs drum tracks as most drums are compressed on the majority of commercially available music.... | |
| Focal CMS 40 studio monitors - Anyone heard them? Great sound but the tweeter is all too easy to break on a desktop. I'd recommend Genelec 8020a | |
| Can all headphones handle HIGH Volume levels? Snap309,I gave you a good headphone. Dr Dre Beats are crap if you want good audio quality.Being a bass freak you will be able to hear bass player very clearly and cleanly with the pro Seinnheiser. They are used by sportscasters as well as DJ as we... |