shadorne
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| Current recording engineers - what cables used? @nonoise Wire itself is NOT directional. Wires are designed to be non-directional. However, the choice of which end of a shield is grounded can make a difference in some cases. Recall that audio is using alternating current - so any directionality... | |
| The midrange is the most important driver. Totally agree.For high fidelity the order for greatest importance in a speaker1) Mid range (300 to 3KHz)2) Bass (40 to 400)3) Tweeter (2KHz to 20KHz)For BS hype Speaker marketing it is ALWAYS the tweeter that is emphasized most. This is entirely b... | |
| Current recording engineers - what cables used? With 60 meters of cable and every half meter making a difference it is wonder you ever get to listen to any music at all. Imagine you have 3 cable manufacturers and 3 possible lengths of each and 3 spots for each cable and EVERY cable, position an... | |
| USB Cable Comparison Audience / Cardas / Purist / Stealth / Wireworld I agree with dlcockrum about USB cables making a difference if the DAC is not able to fully reject noise, jitter and other parasitic extraneous factors. The rest of his post is close-minded nonsense reflecting a lack of knowledge about digital sig... | |
| Not much discussion around MBL Dont like the lamela design. These things are designed to flex which is bad news. There must be all kinds of parasitic vibrational modes in those blades. | |
| Current recording engineers - what cables used? @chrisr Here is a video of the setuphttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UqP32CeQuUwIt is a 100 foot Victorian houseboat. Van den hul make similar excellent microphone wires like Canare - in a starquad configuration for low noise. Of course they needed v... | |
| $20K to spend on speakers…. . wait! There’s a catch! I bought my speakers unheard. I didn’t need to listen as the manufacturer is trusted by the likes of Gilmour, Sting and Knopfler. I also had owned smaller versions of the same manufacturers speakers for years. Funnily enough the manufacturer makes... | |
| Soundstage and explosive dynamics? @vahes You have an awesome setup - any pics?For years I never understood the grill on the compression tweeter but I know now it is a lens to create horizontal dispersion | |
| Current recording engineers - what cables used? @maplegrovemusic +2 Fantastic article. | |
| Dedicated Music server vs Mac mini on a Devialet via Ethernet (AIR) connection I have not delved into the jitter rejection system on the Chord or Ayre.Unfortunately most methodologies still allow low frequency jitter to affect performance even if all high frequency jitter is rejected and it performs well on the AES test that... | |
| Dedicated Music server vs Mac mini on a Devialet via Ethernet (AIR) connection @limniscate Ethernet is great so is optical. Optical has perfect galvanic isolation and a jitter immune DAC will just reject the higher jitter on an optical feed. However it all depends on a good DAC. If the DAC works perfectly then it will sound ... | |
| Soundstage and explosive dynamics? +1 Vahes but I would add that an exponentional horn tweeter can be substituted by a BIG beefy mid range and a conventional tweeter. Horns work great but there are a few powerful non-compression mid drivers out there. | |
| USB Cable Comparison Audience / Cardas / Purist / Stealth / Wireworld I agree about the big CAVEAT. The Yggdrasil has a less than optimal digital implementation. So your findings may be entirely related to digital problems of the DAC which are influencing your cable preference. If your components worked robustly the... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Anyone else having trouble reading comments on this thread?Everything Grannyring and Knownothing have posted is totally garbled gobbledygook.@grannyring and @knownothing iF tHiS pOst loOKs oDd oN yUoR sCreEN tHen YoU hAve biG pRoblEmS WiTh yUoR eT... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ry Cooder is awesome - my favorite is Mambo Sinuendo |