shadorne
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| How to choose a DAC? I'd suggest auditioning what is currently reputed for excellent jitter immunity and then pick what you prefer the sound of. | |
| Subs: DIY Kit vs. Martin Logan Copper flux modulation shorting rings This is typically used in speaker drivers that have long coil in short magnetic gap - these type drivers may have high amounts of non-linearity (distortion) due to the voice coil design (most of the voice coi... | |
| First Trip outside of Best Buy, a real newbie. I second Jaybo and Newbee.Don't rush into this. Take your time. I'd suggest auditioning Martin Logans given your taste - they have some convenient sized panels that sound good although not as dynamic as a box speaker. The speaker and listening roo... | |
| Breaking In New Speakers... It will take a while to get accustomed to the new sound but they should break in relatively quickly - a few minutes of hard driving music will generally do it for the suspension (spiders can be stiff initially) and perhaps a few hours for the cap ... | |
| May go back to Tannoys, which Monitor Gold for Me? I'm wondering if I would be disappointed with anything less than a 12" speaker. Yes, at least from my perspective, I would. I'd suggest a DD - 18 or a JL F113 and keep the WAF friendly Dynaudios. | |
| I need help improving the sound qualities of my ba Keith is gone and can't help you with your ba's but these guys can help | |
| binding post break in Here is some info. Some postulate that the ability to filter out low frequencies reduces masking effects and possibly lets us concentrate on a sound or its direction. Perhaps useful to our ancestors to detect predators while we were eating or simp... | |
| Hopelessly mid fi? Much to my chagrin, the difference was minimal at best. This matches my experience. I find differences are relatively subtle - often far less than typically found between a good recording and a bad one. I had a friend over and he could not hear t... | |
| Harbeth For a bedroom it has to be Harbeth... | |
| Anthem AVM 20 or Integra DTC 9.8 I also have Benchmark DAC1 which I prefer for music. The AVM20 is fine for analog music but I do detect a slight improvement on a digital input using the DAC1. So the AVM is perhaps "adequate" at jitter rejection (good enough for TV and movies ) b... | |
| 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 ... |