shadorne
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| What is it that you don't like about your speakers ? @inna For 30 years, my speakers had deficiencies so I understand why you are not fully satisfied with your Michael Green speakers. You seem to think box speakers must necessarily be colored and sound like a box. In fact I am surprised you are w... | |
| What is it that you don't like about your speakers ? Nothing to fault with my speakers in terms of sound except they are a bit awkward to move - extreme weight, magnolia burr gloss finish and elliptical shape contribute to the moving challenge even for piano movers. | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . Benchmark DAC 3 - no taste - a neutral DAC that may sound a little more forward in the mids than most "smile" EQd DACs - as resolving as it gets but sounds like vinyl (absolutely no harshness) - "SOTA performance" Stereophile Class A+ - 30 day ret... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Clearly, the big fat stiff cables are making up for other deficiences in other areas. | |
| Speaker Suggestions new Paradigm Persona 3F or Revel F208used Focal or Wilson (because resale is important) | |
| Current recording engineers - what cables used? @boxer12 In the case of a digital coax cable it is carrying the clock signal which is an analog signal. The reconstruction of the analog clock at the other end (in your DAC) is usually through some form of phase locked loop but these systems often... | |
| Best Footers for DAC? Of course blind tests work. Of course independently verified instrument measurements of performance work. Only scam artists and conmen would claim that independent blind testing doesn’t work and place anecdotal listener experience on a pedestal as... | |
| Ansuz A coiled cable acts like a choke or an inductor. Similar to air core inductors in many speaker crossovers. This will filter out high frequencies and result in rolled off high frequencies in your audio. This is not desirable for high fidelity. Ferr... | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. Maybe the tweeters are blown or ferrofluid dried out. The ring radiator is crossed over at 1.8KHz so it works very hard. | |
| Michael Fremer's system The space looks small and cluttered. No doubt great analog gear as that is his consuming passion. However I much prefer Mike Lavigne's setup which is in another league. Nevertheless darn impressive! | |
| Benchmark AHB2 power amp impressions? @aberyclark Try disconnecting your amp at the amplifier end and listen to the noise of the speaker wires. Generally speaker wires run at high signal levels and speakers are rather inefficient and are rarely able to pick up any RF/EM speaker cable ... | |
| Best Footers for DAC? Four fried eggs sunnyside up - just ensure not to break the yolks and that the DAC rests on the yolk. Organic grain fed is the smoothest but the type with Omega 3 can be more revealing. Experiment with cooking time until you fine tune the sound. C... | |
| Revel Performa F-206 versus B&W CM-10S-2 How might they differ in sound quality?? +1 Erik - excellent summary - F206 are by far the better speaker if you like natural accurate sound. B&W are perfect if you like the fake hi-fi sound from boosted bass and boosted treble. | |
| Benchmark AHB2 power amp impressions? @mrppv A wash is how it should be. If everything is working fine and your amp and speakers are well matched then the cables should make no discernable audible difference. | |
| Why does my system now have shrill top end. @kosst_amojan +1 You discovered why snake oil (fancy cables etc) works - it all starts with faulty equipment and goes exponentially from there.... |