shadorne
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| Monitor Audio Pl 300ii vs. KEF Reference 5 What did you buy? I love Kef but I find the resonance on the port of the PL200 draws to much attention to itself and takes a little detail away from the lower mid quality - in the driver integration is not quite there and not totally convincing. T... | |
| To power condition or not Try both. I have never had a problem with ATC Actives - dead quiet even with your ear right over the tweeter. It is crucial that you use XLR - a good cable in Canare Star Quad. If you use inferior RCA and adapt that to XLR adaptor then you can of ... | |
| What are your top songs that you use to evaluate a new high end purchase ? You obviously like the Stones - Monkey Man and Beast of Burden should be on your list. | |
| Have you ever changed speakers to expereince a different "soundscape" or presentation?? No. I don’t like flavoured speakers. I do like flavoured electronics - like tubes!I think of a speaker as being like a lens - you want it to be as transparent as possible with the least distortion possible. This allows you to hear what the source ... | |
| narrow and wide baffles and imaging @audiokinesis +1 Totally agree. | |
| One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever? @erik_squires Yes. If you don’t upsample then you should also be ok. | |
| One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever? @erik_squires I have only seen Lyngdorf, Roon, Benchmark and Stereophile’s Jim Austin mention the inter-sample over problem. For such a serious problem affecting nearly all pop/rock it doesn’t seem over hyped. Obviously most manufacturers would ra... | |
| One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever? @erik_squires Roon has a -3dB volume adjustment that is specifically intended to fix this problem. So if you use the right software then even a DAC that would normally clip can be made to work properly, | |
| One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever? @d2girls here is an explanationhttps://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/intersample-overs-in-cd-recordings “Every D/A chip and SRC chip that we have tested here at Benchmark has an intersample clipping problem! To the best of our knowled... | |
| One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever? The Lyngdorf 2170 corrects for intersample overs that are common with almost all pop/rock digital music. Very few DACs address this ubiquitous problem. | |
| DAC Help If you are new then you can start with something good but quite modest like an RMI-ADI 2 DAC. No need to spend a fortune on a DAC if you are getting started. Beware of hyperbole - you soon reach diminishing returns in DACs much earlier than you do... | |
| Are Audiophiles "Simply Guessing?" Alan Parsons worked at multimillion $ facilities with original recordings that are far better than what most audiophiles ever listen to. So I guess his attitude was that for recreational listening there was no point to compete. | |
| Are Audiophiles "Simply Guessing?" I pretty much agree. 320 Kbps and higher is where it is starts to get tough to tell the difference on higher resolution. I think you can on some music tracks but on many pop/rock you can’t with an A or B test. Classical tracks with large dynamic r... | |
| Monitor Audio Center Platinum PLC150 vs Gold 350 The 4” mid range is the best aspect of Monitor speakers so you should get the Gold 350. The sealed cabinets on Monitor designs are much better than ported designs which have audible resonance - yet another reason to get the Gold. | |
| Not enough power what does it sound like? Sounds loud. Our sense of loudness is largely based on distortion. The ear itself distorts at high levels so we naturally confuse distortion of the system with real loudness. Clean undistorted SPL can be very loud indeed and make the music breathe... |