shadorne
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| How significant is a power cord upgrade? I'm with Newbee on this as Gnugear specifically asked how significant is it compared to upgrading speaker cords and interconnects? I too would expect that speaker cords and interconnnects will make much more of a difference than a power cord (afte... | |
| I'd love some help/opinions SO if I'm looking at spending $900-$1200 on a used pair of speakers that soundstage well and are good at resolving detail, am I going to find anything better than my Snell JIII's or would I just be spinning my wheels? I'd like to spend $1500 on ... | |
| Pink Floyd"TDSOTM" SACD:2 ch SACD playback? I found this review and an interview with the guys behind the consol on the historic "DarkSide" recordings (both original and the latest SACD). The first article confirms the two channel DSD layer on the SACD and goes on to say "This [SACD] releas... | |
| Pioneer vs. Panasonic plasma Both Pioneer and Panasonic are excellent. One thing worth checking is how they handle ordinary DVD or standard TV signals compared to 720p 0r 1080p. Unfortunately both LCD and Plasma have fixed pixels of many flavors (unlike CRT's)..most upscaled ... | |
| I'd love some help/opinions I'd personally plan to spend a little more for the spks. Bill I concur with Bill. Mike, it seems you are bent on a splashing out on a big brawny amplifier...just remember that amplifier specifications are several orders of magnitude lower in dist... | |
| Pink Floyd"TDSOTM" SACD:2 ch SACD playback? It has both 2 channel and 5.1 in DSD (SACD) and a CD layer as well. The CD layer has been "soft-limited" or clipped in the mastering studio to sound like other typical "hot" CD's (another harsh sounding victim of the CD "loudness wars")The SACD is... | |
| Sealed Subwoofer Recommendation Stereo phile says one of those King Kong subs I have just what the doctor ordered;King Kong Sub | |
| Another room treatment convert Acoustat6 is right of course. Fortunately my wife is very accepting of acoustic treatments ;-) RPG Treatment | |
| Sony SCD-C2000ES vs.222ES, 333ES and 555ES Transnova,I use several of the cheapo Sony 200 to 300 disc CD changers (one bit type DAC's). Although I feed the optical into an AKM DAC in the DSP. I made the switch to mega changers about ten years ago after extensive auditions to much higher pr... | |
| I'd love some help/opinions Have you considered active speakers? This is the most recent trend in high quality low distortion designs (since the early 90's active speakers have gained popularity over passive speakers for discerning applications such as mix and mastering). De... | |
| Another room treatment convert Fishboat,Your experience matches mine....I am rather a skeptic when it comes to different SS amps, cables, interconnects, power conditioners, power cords, glowing lights, exotic amazon wood veneers, precious metals and "jitter" scaremongering...bu... | |
| Can tube amps give true high end bass? Perhaps the Ayre V1xe and Krell 450mcx monos just aren't up to the task? Even the Krells' 450 transistor watts may be no match for a 40 Watt tube. Perhaps the Ayre's zero feedback design is a false start without the right kind of harmonics? | |
| The importance and effect to and above 20kHz... For example, 20hkz and a 22khz interacting together would create a 2khz beat freq. Whether or not there is enough energy in this signal that could affect the hearing would be difficuilt to say Good point. Not many people are aware that we can't e... | |
| The importance and effect to and above 20kHz... I am not aware of any evidence that frequencies beyond audibility (around 15 KHz for most of us) have any relevance at all. The basilar membrane is a band limited device and can't resonate enough above 20 KHz to generate any neural discharges to t... | |
| Best Powered Monitors All three of your choices are good. More analytical or clinical is a good description...you will find less flavor from pro gear and generally more dynamics - it just tries to reproduce what is on the source as accurately as possible. There will be... |