shadorne
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| sealed vs vented subwoofers Do the sealed subs produce a higher quality tighter controlled bass vs a more sloppy reverberating type of LFE out of the vented types? Yes - just like most speakers - when a vent is used to extend the bass of a small box it increases the group d... | |
| Does good technology guarantees musicality? i think taste or preference, trumps technology. Because music is art - this will always be an issue - the most perfect technology may NOT be what people prefer to hear - people who pay 10K for an item probably do NOT want it to sound just like a ... | |
| Buying new pre-amp I know S/N ratios will probably be much better, but will it sound any better through say the CD input which is basically a straight through connection anyway. Op amps have improved a lot since the 70's. The power supply caps will probably be drie... | |
| Dimly lit room: Plasma, LCD, or DLP Plasma are best overall. As Chad says above - LCD's do not do blacks well at all. IMHO there is NO comparison (I own both) | |
| How to diagnose the need for room treatment? Another option if you have a PC is Room EQ Wizard (for PC and free - a vry cheap solution) or Fuzzmeasure Pro 3 (for Mac $150) - you'll need a measurement microphone and a pre-amp like a Dual Art USB pre and off you go - measure to your hearts con... | |
| Minimalist PMC AML:1 based setup - opinions needed TDa2000,I agree with you about jitter. I also agree with you about Linn "house" sound. You obviously like this sound a lot. Linn are extremely successful.The transporter is a very good example why you shouldet rely to much on measurments.For you a... | |
| OPamps still inferior to discrete circuits? I have not seen the data to compare the above two - but generally it is accepted that a high quality OP amp can achieve better measured performance (S/N etc.) than discrete. Whether you like the sound of it or not is another matter -as measured pe... | |
| Dartzeel 108 amp driving Wilson Watt/Puppy 8 100 w/c may be just enough - in any case you can already see a fair bit of distortion and compression at 95 db spl output on these charts - so you don't want to overdrive them.More importantly you need a power amp that can deliver high current int... | |
| Does good technology guarantees musicality? But do you only want to have accuracy without distortion?All I am saying is that technically perfect gear is not satisfactory to most audiophiles as they want "musicality" (some kind of pleasing added coloration to the sound - that audiophiles ag... | |
| OPamps still inferior to discrete circuits? Yes - quality op amp packages can have outstanding performance. The only reason to use discrete components is for building output side of power amps. This is because of the high heat. | |
| Minimalist PMC AML:1 based setup - opinions needed There is no such thing as a jitter imune dac its complete sales BS, also there are several diffrent kinds of jitter While I agree that nothing will be completely jitter free, however, in the case of the DAC1, the sales BS is backed up by measureme... | |
| Does good technology guarantees musicality? [/quote] Does good technology guarantees musicality? [/quote]Not in the audiophile sense - but it will get you accurate reproduction with no distortion. | |
| Newbie Setup Question - Digital Airport Express has optical which you can send to a DAC. Just get a DAC with excellent jitter immunity as Airport is jittery. | |
| Optimal speaker size for given room, or drivers? The most precise soundstage is achieved with a point source. This means one midrange and one tweeter. Multiple drivers are only acceptable in the bass, where wavelengths of the sound are very large). A very pleasant wall of sound can be achieved w... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in ...our suggestions about burn-in resistant designs certainly sound plausible. What have you found that meets your criteria? Most modern SS designs are pretty robust. The "radio shack" type designs, which are so frowned upon. Frankly, IMHO - there... |