shadorne
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| Benchmark DAC-1, Lavry DA10, Altmann Attraction The Bechmark is detailed almost sterile presentation while the Altmann is a more relaxed almost analog presentation. The Altmann's soundstaging is superior too What everyone is alluding to is that Benchmark DAC1 is so clean it sounds "thin" espec... | |
| Bryston BDA-1 vs. BelCanto DAC3 any comparisons? Try the www.audiocircle.com pages in the Bryston section. | |
| Two Subwoofers... Comb Effect I should clarify that the punchy feeling of coherent bass is a kind of compression - it is not something so much as you hear in the sense of a note but more like something you feel. I find if I place the subwoofer too far away from the mains (for ... | |
| Two Subwoofers... Comb Effect Make sure you use symmetry along the room length I find that if you vary placment too much along the room length then you can indeed run into problems => bass becomes muddy instead of punchy. - it loses dynamics or correct phase on transients. ... | |
| I just heard an SACD for the first time - damn Narrod - you got it. Try Aerosmith box set Gold of their first three albums - it is the same sound as the SACD made by Doug Sax two years earlier - same remaster and sounds just as good. PInk Floyd DSOTm was mixed "hot" on the CD to give SACD the ... | |
| MBA project - audiophile computer transport Amit,My suggestion for your new venture is to modify an etch-a-sketch with a brushed steel fascia, wooden knobs and vibrapod feet. Your specifications will claim that your new audiophile PC is pure analog magic and completely free from all ground ... | |
| How to fix a lack of bass Null At first I thought you were recommending that the mattress be mounted on the wall or in the corners!Newbee. Where you mount your mastress is none of my business - just don't get caught doing it! | |
| cable doubter no more Carlos269,Thank you for opening the window - a sudden breath of fresh air just blew through these forums. Unfortunately, the window will soon shut and the smell of 'snake oil' will soon dominate once more and, like any smell, after a while we all ... | |
| How to fix a lack of bass Null BTW, what frequency spectrum would be attenuated by the mattress you recommend? Absorption is mostly about size and thickness. A mattress of this type will usually be several layers of different density latex and therefore you should get good broa... | |
| Wadia 170i and Benchmark Dac1 - anyone try it? Brian,I think you got it. The point is that as long as Adasilva uses the DAC1 the "evidence" suggests that it really does not matter what transport he uses (provided it doesn't mess with the bits, as some apparently do). If Adasilva finds the DAC1... | |
| How to fix a lack of bass Null I'd suggest a fire place with logs stacked all around it on the rear wall of the master bedroom with bookshelves around it. The other thing is to consider a large extra thick latex mattress king size bed - avoid spring mattresses as they do little... | |
| How to fix a lack of bass Null Rocadanny,What you probably did was to attenuate the tangential room mode. The nasty thing about tangential nulls is they line up along the center line of a room - so you get a null right down the middle of the length of the room no matter where y... | |
| Wadia 170i and Benchmark Dac1 - anyone try it? The Benchmark and Bel Canto are excellent DACs at their price points, but they are not at the very top echelon of performance.The subject of this thread is Wadia with Benchmark. There's much evidence here that this combination will not be superio... | |
| Why not use mains as centers Oilmanmojo,That is the ideal way to do it - you need the right kind of screen for this but this is the perfect way. | |
| How to fix a lack of bass Null What Newbee adds is quite correct - both frequencies appear to be due to room length mode. The 31 Hz null will dominate as it is one mode with a high signal at each end of your room and a complete null right in the middle (and you probably sit som... |