shadorne
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| Take up drums at age 56? I found George Stone Killer exercises with accents worked best for me. It forced my left to be the equal of the right. Accents helped me keep the hands relaxed and use the weight of the stick and rebound. Repetition creates muscle memory. Use a so... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers @gosta Crime of Century was probably at its best on original vinyl. There are many digital versions and some are quite compressed. I like MFSL CD version personally. Many of the remasters get goosed to sound impressive and lose the balance that m... | |
| Why all or most audiophiles are men? Music is about action - like sport and cars. Men are obsessive about improving what they have, can do and showing off. It is all fundamentally related to habits that are formed to ensure successful reproduction - the Peacock display. A woman will ... | |
| How come Horn + woofer designs are not more popular? Horns tend to have an uneven radiation pattern with frequency. They also have a comb like response especially at higher frequencies. This can be perceived as shouty or unbalanced. It changes the tonality due to the variable off axis response. | |
| Take up drums at age 56? @bdp24 Gretsch family has been involved in making instruments for 6 generations. I met one of the Gretsch Family’s latest generation recently - great guy - and he plays drums! | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? I like the PS DSD DAC with Snowmass. I didn’t like Redcloud nearly as much. The magic of this DAC is likely in the transformer output. Like tubes, transformers aren’t the best measuring devices but somehow in some configurations they add clarity o... | |
| Piano fans Nice find. Peaky Blinders soundtrack jumps to mind too. Cilian really did a great job as lead in that series.https://open.spotify.com/user/g0u1d1e1/playlist/4AZyrOESvR5OfT1Y2F3h6D | |
| High definition vs. tonal balance Absolutely. I would call that balance. Like TV to use an analogy: You want the highest definition possible but colour, contrast, black levels and brightness must be authentic and accurate. High definition with exaggeration is eye catching initiall... | |
| Most “disappeared” speakers. +1 Georgehifi | |
| Speaker advice for listening to Blues music Tough one at 2K. Small room.You probably need dynamics. You also want a soft dome tweeter.Dynaudio may work - generally a darker sound. | |
| Best earphone for the value The SE846 is worth every penny. I bought it the year it came out. Absolutely ground breaking. | |
| DACs with High Voltage Output +1 Benchmark DAC3 does up to 18 volts | |
| Decisions on standmounts: ATC, Dynaudio, ProAc, Sonus Faber @gosta +1 Agreed. Quested are great and a cheaper active alternative to ATC and others but the midrange will be limited in SPL - that vifa mid range is woefully small.....and it doesn’t have a double spider so guaranteed to get the polywobbles at ... | |
| Affordable alternativ to the PS Audio DirectStream DAC +1 @audiotroy “the Benchmark does not sound like any of these dacs.”Agreed. Benchmark is like sitting at Row 1 and PS Audio DSD is like Row 8 to 10.I limited experience with Schiit but that might be a cheaper option in the direction the OP seeks..... | |
| Affordable alternativ to the PS Audio DirectStream DAC @gosta Technically you are right. For around $2000 or less you get SOTA in measurement performance. The rest is taste or presentation. The PS Audio DS DAC Snr has a large following and rightly so. Measurements aren’t as good as some but the balan... |