shadorne
Responses from shadorne
| DAC/Streamers Under 10k - Mytek, PS Audio... I am surprised you don’t like Roon. Best interface out there. | |
| narrow and wide baffles and imaging Yes but shape of the baffle is just as important - rounded smooth edges are best. Very Narrow baffles will image second best. Very wide baffles (like mine) will image third best. Speakers flush mounted into a wall with essentially an infinite baff... | |
| Is there actually a difference? Correct. SS Amps designed to high specification test measurements should sound almost the same. Tube amps can be of all kinds of flavour and sound very different. | |
| Aurilac Vega G2 vs Aries G2 Xuanqian Wang may seem to be a lone voice of reason to Darko but I think many engineers feel the same:-There is no unique advantage to any interface system. All interfaces can work brilliantly and perfectly if they are well built and properly desi... | |
| your favorite 3 Duke Ellington albums? A Homage to Duke by David Grusin - fantastic sounding album. | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? +1 @david_ten Correct. The speaker should be as transparent and neutral as possible. It is not possible to remove resonance or euphonic syrupy timbre once you have it. However, starting with a speaker that is clean and neutral at all dynamic level... | |
| Tube recommendations +1 Telefunken NOS or you could go modern Gold Lions (honestly they can be just as good). Both will fit your application (low noise & detail). | |
| The RME ADI 2-DAC 32Bit/768kHz Yes this is a fantastic bargain DAC for the quality. The FS version measures absolutely superbly (unlike Schiit products). It can compete with DACs twice the money (Benchmark, Mytek, Bryston, Auralic etc.). | |
| balanced components Yes you can. The only issue could be gain matching. Professional grade XLR runs +24Dbu with lots of headroom and usually on at least 18 volt rails. This can be too hot for consumer grade equipment running on 5 volt rails. In this case some attenua... | |
| Considering the New Tekton Design Encores? AND Owners Group - Experiences/Questions @jcarcopo Agree with your comments. Dangerous Convert 2 is a great DAC too.Out of curiosity - are you using XLR out of the Benchmark DAC and in to the HPA4?Also did you set the Benchmark close to full volume (no resistor pad attenuation and about ... | |
| Harbeth 30.1 ? The Ultimate Speaker under $5K ? Good for you. I guess you found the ultimate speaker ;-) | |
| Have DAC’s improved for Redbook CD playback? @roberjerman Here is a stone fir you!Not true. Many DACs measure quite poorly. Stereophile A+ list doesn’t include every DAC they tested because only a few tested beyond reproach.I agree that audible differences are often nit-picking. However ther... | |
| Have DAC’s improved for Redbook CD playback? @celander +1 Mulveling I have tried various cables and clocks with the Benchmark DAC 3 and it makes no difference. Other DACs I have tried did benefit from these devices. Whether you see a benefit from an extra device in front of your DAC depends ... | |
| Who wants to return to the previous Audiogon list format? @admin I tried exactly as you suggested and it didn’t work. I used to be able search product categories by a search term for example select Preamps then subcategory tubes and then add a search term like McIntosh. I can no longer do that - the sear... | |
| Revel salon 2 break-in period? It depends on the design and manufacture of the speaker. A good design and well built won’t need break in. It should break in within a minute or two perhaps an hour at most.The air suspension and voice coil motor should dominate the woofer respons... |