shadorne
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| binding post break in Yeah - be careful - if you are looking for or expecting to hear something then you often do - our mind plays tricks but its worse our hearing can even play REAL tricks. There is a little known (at least to audiophiles) muscle in the ear that proba... | |
| Where does fatique come from? too many mistresses.... | |
| DIY wood diffusers Peter S. thanks - great post!If you can afford 90 tons of timber here is an example of just how far one could go. In the pursuit of great sound there is no such thing as madness but surely this comes close! Spaz, If you look at my virtual system y... | |
| Anthem AVM 20 or Integra DTC 9.8 I have the AVM20. I can't hear if the DAC's are in or out of the loop. If you feed it Toslink then it is fine for movies and good for music although you may get some audible jitter depending on your setup. I found it benefited from a Power Conditi... | |
| Best DAC for PC audio direct to amp Benchmark DAC1 is dynamic with good bass punch and nice clarity. It is good value and has a good reputation for handling jitter with plenty of reviews on it. Sure it is an EBGO DAC (Everybody's Got One) - so no special pride of ownership - but if ... | |
| Need advice on which speakers I should audition? Good selection. F12 deserves its place at the top of your list. | |
| Which budget digital cable ? Tobias & Al,Thanks for pointing this out. Everyone seems to agree that jitter on digital interfaces are a problem sometimes a badly audible one - several AES papers refer to this. I'll have a look at the paper you mention from Steve. I have al... | |
| John Martyn RIP He has gone to Valhalla with his axe, his friends and he got all the whisky... | |
| CD's you bring for auditioning Try Master of Chinese Percussion - Yim Hok-man - crank it and listen carefully to the timbre. Sheffield Labs Drum Tracks 1 & 2 are useful too - again listen for timbre. Both should produce transients above 110 db at the listening position whil... | |
| Audiophiles get NO respect That sounds just like the quote in the December issue of Stereophile (p 69)"There's a lot of stuff written in GQ magazine that ventures into the realm of the metrosexual, where squabbles over mens facial cream and perfumes are conducted by the kin... | |
| Most accurate sub under 1,500 used Shadorne, are you talking about more low frequency extension or sheer output? Output at low distortion. Bigger is better. FWIW - the SVS PB13 is exceptional at low distortion at ultra low frequencies due to the ported design (great for movies), h... | |
| ATC scm 7,11,19.What amp are you using? I have tended to always to drive them hard and use them as farfields (even the small ATC's play loud) - so big beefy SS amps have been my preferred choices in the past - something like Bryston 4B. If you listen nearfield at quite low volumes at a ... | |
| Most accurate sub under 1,500 used How much will I gain over the DD12 with the DD15 A lot. If you went with a DD12 you might want two while a DD 15 or DD 18 would probably be enough. | |
| what does everybody think about 120hz and lcd's Funnily enough my experience is the reverse - LCD works terrible in dim light (no contrast in blacks and dark scenes) whilst the plasma works great - even in bright room. I am comparing Sharp Aquos to Panasonic Plasma Viera but frankly it is no co... | |
| Bass trapping question If I took the traps out behind the shelves would that still cause a helmholtz resonation problem. It will make the resonance worse (sharper Q) - an easy way to deal with this would be to simply pull the bookshelf out so it is at least 3 inches fr... |