shadorne
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| Focal Aria 936 / Elac Adante AF-61 / Von Schweikert VR-33 , impressions, thoughts? Congrats Uberwaltz. Great choice! | |
| RCA to XLR vs XLR to RCA... Converting Input or Output - Does It Matter?? Either will work. You seem to be aware that XLR is significantly superior to RCA. Pro level balanced XLR (higher signal level than cheap consumer grade) is the best you can get. | |
| In search for speakers of "natural" sound ATC are an alternative to Harbeth. Harbeth has some FM radio style warmth to their sound. ATC are more neutral sounding. If you want more warmth than Harbeth then try Sonus Faber. | |
| A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson Congrats on finding the right speaker for you. | |
| Do I need a sub woofer to match my ATC SCM11s JL D108 would be another option. Unfortunately great subwoofers aren’t cheap. | |
| Do I need a sub woofer to match my ATC SCM11s JL E110 will do the job and it will certainly enhance your experience. I would not go with anything ported or low cost as it simply will ruin the bass response and lower mid range of your speaker. | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers @skyscraper The demo would be Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust - it was a demo favourite back then. Bring your own music. You may may be challenged if your reference is Dalquist DQ-10.The best speaker will sound good with everything. Listen carefully f... | |
| add a Schiit EITR? More details. The Dunn J test is what Stereophile use. It is a worst case scenario. It exercises all bits and uses an LSB signal with a full output signal. https://www.ap.com/download/apx-j-test-jitter-measurement-utility/ If a device passes this ... | |
| add a Schiit EITR? According to Stereophile, the jitter rejection of the Brooklyn DAC is superb (unlike their tests of Schiit products). So it should not be necessary to buy a Schiit Eitr. | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? +1 @audiokinesis Total agreement. 6 inch woofer is simply too big for the mid range. B&W and countless other speakers never sound completely natural for this very reason. To sound natural a speaker must have wide consistent dispersion across t... | |
| Accuracy vs. Enjoyment +1 @bdp24 @almarg Active speakers are the way to go. Proper size mid range driver is crucial. Phase compensated for perfect coherence between drivers. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Curse of Lono As I Fell - brilliant new album | |
| 50 years on---the brilliance of The Band and their astounding debut album. If you like Big Pink then try listening to Curse of Lono’s latest album that came out a couple of weeks ago. Americana is seeing a revival!!! | |
| Accuracy vs. Enjoyment +1 @jafant Accurate speakers and an accurate Power amp and accurate source coupled with your favourite flavourful tube preamp is a way to have your cake and eat it!!! | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? @gosta Check out Weekend in LA On Broadway by George Benson for really dynamic great live music |