shadorne
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| Does It have to be loud? @gdhal You are welcome to disagree with me and Alexander Graham Bell. Actually this is what is so unique about Audiogon. Audiophiles define a different world in the way they see or hear it. A kind of Twilight zone where normal science does not ap... | |
| Does It have to be loud? @gdhal 3 dB is twice the volume mathematicallyPerception of a doubling in sound depends on the individual as well as the absolute loudness and frequency - so it is not really precise. | |
| Help! What's the white glue coming from Celestion SL600SI The crossover capacitor blew up and leaked. You probably drove the speaker too hard or an after market capacitor was installed that was not rated enough.Many large electrolytic caps have white goo in them. You can confirm by opening up your speake... | |
| Does It have to be loud? @gdhal Awesome. If that is continuous at 107 dB (not just peaks) at the listening position that is indeed very loud - more than anyone would care to listen for more than a short period. Congrats! | |
| Nice MQA discussion @mofimadness The MQA process also includes a filter which will slightly change the sound even on the same master (an especially bad type of filter - minimum phase - which changes the sound audibly). Perhaps the audible filter is what you prefer. T... | |
| Does It have to be loud? @gdhal So what max level with an SPL meter did you achieve? BTW 110 dB is more than 8 times louder than 100...so above 95 db SPL (the max for most speakers at the listening position) it gets very hard very quickly to deliver full dynamic range. (1... | |
| Nice MQA discussion @mofimadness I often prefer Masters versions on Tidal also.Like SACD - the masters used on MQA tracks can be better than the heavier compressed CD equivalent alternative. This is the benefit of a better master and not related to the MQA technology... | |
| Asking for Help with Digital Solution Just get Roon and configure it in whatever way makes you happy. It does everything and more than your existing and prior setups. It allows remote iOS or Android devices to control a server and your music files can be wherever you want and you can ... | |
| Nice MQA discussion CA is strong on self promotion. It pretends to be technically superior to other sites but I find the proficiency of Chris and his cohorts to be poor at best and the site has a heavy promotional orientation(sell,sell, sell). CA happens to be pretty... | |
| 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 ... |