shadorne
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| Wilson Watt Puppy 7 Blowen tweeters? V. Old thread but this is a common problem. Ferrofluid dries out after as little as two years and tweeters burn up easily. The biggest culprit is amplifier clipping or HF instability in Class D type amps - usually the clipping is caused by overly ... | |
| Does It have to be loud? @han_n Audiogon is for audiophiles that supposedly seek high fidelity. Part of realistic sound reproduction is clear clean dynamic range that equates to real instruments and real live music. SPL is part of what is real about musical instruments.I ... | |
| Balanced cables Just last year I bought a $3,100 XLR cable.Seven meter Kimber KS1116For that money you could get a preamp with high output (around 18 volts vs the regular 2 volts). A better higher output component will be unaffected by either the type of XLR cabl... | |
| Does It have to be loud? Elizabeth, In those days (80’s), I would drool over SAE amps driving large Infinity speakers! That was an awesome system you had back then even by today’s standard - what happened? Where did you go wrong? How can you say you prefer headphones over... | |
| Not sure what active Sub to buy need help! EAW and QSC make great subs but KAM is a low cost brand so I am not sure it is worth using a higher end sub. | |
| When you suddenly realize.... Absolutely! Tidal with Roon is a fantastic interface. I have 3TB of music but Tidal gives me access to so much more music of CD quality that I didn’t buy and could not afford to buy. Definitely the future of music! Assembly line work of feeding a ... | |
| How Is MQA Fareing? @jon2020 Good article, the author seems to be without a strong technical background (gets a few things wrong or confused and some misunderstandings) but overall a good critique with solid concerns about MQA. A bit wordy. TLDR.Here is a technical s... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD So far I have not found any sound quality problems with Roon - you may want to try it. I have known for a long time that most softwares (especially Amara Jriver and others) tend to colour the sound. I don’t know if Steve is aware but the SRC conve... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? This Stereophile AES J-test includes a very high level signal mixed with a LSB (smallest signal) and is a great test for interface jitter and any modulation distortion.Ex 1. Benchmark DAC3 HGC, high-resolution jitter spectrum of analog output sign... | |
| How can I tell if I need a better clock for my DAC? Interface jitter is a fact of life. It doesn’t matter what you do. The only complete solution to interface jitter is to select a DAC device that ignores the incoming clock and uses it own internal asynchronous clock. Note that this will still leav... | |
| odd music times pieces Keep it Greasy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTLX4VxTc0&feature=share4/4, 19/16, 21/16 The Ocean Led Zep 7/8 and 8/8Check out also Karizma Document with Vinnie coliauta and Dave Garfield. Some insanely technical stuff.Radiohead did a bit of... | |
| It's Simple @ieales By recorded music I mean the final format that is used in a consumer system to play back. This is long after countless engineers have busted their asses trying to capture being in the room with the artist.Faithfully reproducing the recorde... | |
| How does a Transport effect sound? @ozzy Very interesting. I find that 99% of the comments on Agon by Steve seem to be self-serving. The comments are always ultimately designed to promote his products in some way. For example, Steve maintains that no DAC maker has addressed incomin... | |
| Nad M3 non repairable I use NAD power amp for surround speakers. I never regarded the brand as good enough for a main system. Kind of a good value product rather than a serious one. Bryston is more serious and designed to be long term suppported and easily repaired. Yo... | |
| It's Simple @Dave_b Sure Dave, so happy you are fortunate enough to enjoy your “judicious ignorance”. |