shadorne
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| Quad 989 or active ATC? I have not compared. FWIW ATC midrange was designed by Woodman to compete with the best panel midrange sound quality (which panels excel at) yet play loud and dynamically like the best horns (without the "honkiness" or throat non-linear distortion... | |
| Best Pre for ATC 100's Der has a good point. The idea of not using an overly high input impedance is in order to reduce RF/EM or ground loop noise pickup from the audio connections.Benchmark DAC1 Pre has a very low output impedance of around 30 ohms. The powerful drive ... | |
| Best Pre for ATC 100's Of course, much modern music is highly compressed and unfortunately you will hear that compression as harshness - more so with ATC's than most speakers, which tend to have a more recessed upper midrange due to the use of large 5 or 6 inch drivers ... | |
| It's the Room, Stupid Yes indeed...it is the room stupidDo you have a room? | |
| Taylor Swift I have to add that Fearless is very nicely recorded. She sings extremely well. Avril Lavigne comes to mind - simple tunes but sung with great feeling - a very expressive voice. A real gem.I heard she can't sing live but that may be because she is ... | |
| Speakers that disappear At this point I prefer soft dome and paper/carbon type drivers and have not been a fan of ceramic drivers, beryllium, diamond or aluminium tweeter Then you should try to audition ATC or PMC - a 3 inch soft dome midrange with paper/pulp woofer and... | |
| What is the best DAC under $2000 and why? Benchmark seems to go well with ATC's. For whatever reason some people find it too clinical - so it is not univerally appreciated. A system integration thing perhaps. FWIW - the Benchmark DAC also sounds great with high end headphones but I suspec... | |
| Least compressed Check out other masters by Doug Sax hereThe Aerosmith version is this one - it was originally done for SACD. | |
| ATC Speaker Upgrades - Amp & Gloss Black Finish Why go to all that trouble - there is a set of 150 available in Atlanta Craigslist/disclaimer - I don't know this person and you had better double check that this is not a scam.To be honest big ATC's will never win a fashion show no matter what th... | |
| why does digital volume control cause loss in info Eldartford,You are probably thinking of the Crystal CS3310 chip it is common in many devices. | |
| why does digital volume control cause loss in info Shadorne: Thanks. Not sure, though, that it's fair to say that properly applied dither will necessarily make a digital volume control "as good as analog." It will certainly reduce the subjective objectionability of quantization noise. But I suspec... | |
| why does digital volume control cause loss in info The problem with digital volume control is that not all algorithms properly address quantization errorsYou need to apply dither in order to randomize quantization errors.Chances are that the CD that you buy has had dither applied. Now if you modif... | |
| Best speakers for home theater/voice clarity? there is a very strong consensusAgreed - but "consensus" is not science. | |
| Best speakers for home theater/voice clarity? I second Musicnoise. Unless you have a problem with your setup then you are experiencing the prototypical midrange scoop - the VR4, like many audiophile speakers, is crossed over at 3.5 KHz - this is similar to most B&W's (for example). The la... | |
| Harbeth HLP3ESR They are good. I have compared Harbeth's to speakers FIVE times the price - the Harbeth midrange was better. |