shadorne
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| Long Coaxial audio run? So much loss of quality even though it would be a digital signal to the DAC? The benchmark DAC1 claims to be able to work with a 1000 feet of Cat 5 cable but that is the only one I have seen making such claims. Any digital interface seems to suff... | |
| Most Important? If you are talking digital then $1000 gets you a darn good source if you are careful/selective (after you get diminishing returns). A darn good pre and power amp can be had for around $5000 again being selective. $1500 is where things begin in spe... | |
| List : Components with high dynamics I'll build the pro PA stack and put the easy chair right smack in the middle where the sheep pen used to be. Watch out. A huge heard of audiophile sheep was seen heading towards your barn this afternoon! I guess they heard about your concert? | |
| List : Components with high dynamics Tvad, Hey no worries - I wasn't keeping score - although you seem to be! I expect most will agree with you that 99% of audiophiles have no use for high dynamic components that can reproduce music realistically, as if it were live. So FWIW you scor... | |
| List : Components with high dynamics Moderate dynamics is indeed achievable with any particular good match but horns and pro-design big box speakers are definitely more highly dynamic than most other speaker types. I would have thought this was self evident to anyone who has been to ... | |
| List : Components with high dynamics ATC Speakers are world reknown for dynamics. Bryston amps also (but can be harsh in the highs) - however there are great many power amps that are dynamic (hundreds last time I loooked - so the power amp is rarely the limiting factor in most system... | |
| Proac or Sonus Faber Monitor Speakers Ryder,I agree with you about SF warmth. I did not like to say so but I think Proacs have a different design goal - the "precise" approach - whilst SF are more in the gorgeous luscious sound approach camp. Horses for courses but certainly different... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 Pre I'd go option 1. If you can adjust the gain on your monoblocks or sub such that you drive the benchmark harder (louder) then you can eek the most out of its high performance specs (channel sep, S/N). I believe it comes with attenuator straps in th... | |
| Do speaker cables really matter? Unfortunately cables do make a difference. Agreed. Unfortunate. How about bi-wiring? This article is an interesting discussion of speaker cable issues (back EMF and IM distortion due to speaker driver non linearities and coil impedance). The prev... | |
| inwall speakers Paradigm make good in walls everything from cheap to pretty good quality with the SA-35 (around $1500 a pair) | |
| What is the one CD you can't find? I found a CD single of this - so yes I have both the original radio single and the "stadium" live version (which I think was more popular in the clubs and was in this video). Stadium rock was popular in the mid 80's (recall Billy Squiers The Strok... | |
| Do speaker cables really matter? Indeed MIT have discovered a new phenomena called "articulation" which they can measure extremely precisely (within a percent at various frequencies) but can only define vaguely as: "ability to retain the highest level of detail and clarity". It a... | |
| I'm new to this. Critique my tentative plan? Just get a DAC that comes with a volume control - it can be used as a preamp - for example Benchmark DAC1 has no need for passive attenuator. The concern about DAC's should be first and foremost its reputation for jitter immunity (is it well respe... | |
| Proac or Sonus Faber Monitor Speakers As for build quality, there is more to it than just a pretty cabinet. Agreed, there is the quality of the drivers too. If you aspire to something like the Response D100 (i.e. a driver good enough to make Proac's flagship design) then check out AT... | |
| static charge The DAC probably has a mute when it loses sync. Try Toslink?FWIW - Ground Loops are a common problem particularly as most audio gear uses ground for the signal (RCA) and many power supplies are leaky to ground - resulting in an imbalance in the si... |