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| 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... | |
| Assessing room response Don't freak if you get some strange results. This is why we treat rooms, and many conclude that their room is the component that most affects the results. Absolutely. Expect to be disappointed compared to a stereophile speaker freq plot... | |
| Proac Studio 3 any info ? 20+ years old, use ATC SM75-150 3" mid driver and an ATC SB75-234SC 9" woofer but I am not sure of the tweeter. These would probably be similar to an older (non SL version) of the ATC SCM50. If you just bought them then listen carefully for any "b... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in I think the question then becomes, is it even possible to build an amp that is unaffected by component burn-in? My experience, and not just with the Almarro, leads me to believe that it's difficult, maybe impossible Yes - It is possible to minimi... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Newbee and Dave,You guys are on to something - how to make a grand piano sound real in a room that is not big enough for a grand piano. It seems we all missed the obvious...it just ain't possible. The room is a good 50% of what you hear... | |
| Assessing room response I you have a PC try Room EQ Wizard with your Rat Shack meter. |