shadorne
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| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic Nice that wives support their husbands strange pursuits. I bet they don’t tell their friends about their husband’s compulsive obsessive behaviour. I bet they don’t dare tell friends their husband spent the entire weekend replacing perfectly functi... | |
| Upgraded to Tidal today Get Roon! You will be amazed at the interface. | |
| Dated but still A rated DACs A+ rated by Stereophile : Benchmark DAC 2 You could afford the newer DAC3 brand new on your budget...no need to buy dated components. | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Little known factoid.AES17 brick wall filters allow Class D Amps to report specifications IGNORING all the switching noise above 20KHz!!!! And there is a LOT of noise.... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic UL do extensive testing in their labs - so it incurrs costs. Similar to acoustic panels, there are other labs that can test panels and measure their absorption but it is always expensive to do things properly and professionally.You have stated tha... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic Just a few words of caution when I see the words “breaker box” above...I would advise anyone using TC product to check with their insurance to see if they are covered in case of an electrically caused fire. The appliances you use all have a UL tes... | |
| What do you listen to when no one else can hear it Star Wars Parade of the Ewoks - man aren’t those little bears cute! | |
| my first hight end sound system , please don’t ignore Definitely on the right track.Now allyou need is a Roon and Tidal subscription!Building a nice rack can be good fun but you already have all the gear you need for great sound! | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers @audiozen Yes concert tickets are much more these days and so is everything else like a cup of coffee .....but there really is no inflation at all. .....just ask the Federal Reserve and the wonks there that claim to be worried about too little i... | |
| Placing Digital Sources under Turntable OK? No worries none - especially with Benchmark DAC 2 or 3 as they have switched mode power supplies.Benchmark DAC 1 uses an old linear style power supply so there could be a small risk of 60 Hz hum (from the transformer) if it got too close to the TT... | |
| Did you know....? Stewart Copeland played polo against Prince Charles.The funny disharmonious chord at the beginning of Roxanne was an accident when Sting leaned against the piano - they kept the take!Phil Collins discovered the famous gated drum sound quite by acc... | |
| GAS syndrome... Yup - the trouble is it is worse for musicians! You only ever need a few audio systems but you can never get enough musical instruments as they all have unique qualities... | |
| Phil Collins Remasters @tomcarr That has rarely been my experience - most remasters are horribly compressed. Often the original is better if it was released in the 80’s. | |
| Why do many discussions about sonic performance disintegrate into technical discusions? With mostly geriatric listeners and a crowd that hear the heavens open up from some gunk they threw on their contacts or a mere replacement fuse, I guess you should ask “is there actually any point in discussing sonic performance at all?” | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range Good for you. Those polypropylene drivers are really dated. With AR electronics you really need some good speakers.KEF Ref 3 have a great mid range, perhaps that is what appeals to you over the others you mentioned. Try to audition Harbeth, PMC an... |