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| Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass These are your words not mine:"these Magico's are burning a whole right through my head like a lazier beam.""I've been setting them up and measuring and tweaking and they are giving me a royal head ache now? How can this be? I spent a ton of money... | |
| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet I would recommend anything SS from the Stereophile Class A+ list.https://www.stereophile.com/content/recommended-components-2017-edition-digital-processorsBenchmark DAC 3 should replace DAC 2 on the A+ list - it was only reviewed recently. | |
| Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass @steakster Sorry but it is simple. Something that changes for weeks and possibly months is neither accurate nor high-fidelity. The term high-fidelity is about faithful reproduction of the source. Components that constantly drift and change in perf... | |
| HD FILES which is best hi Bit Rates, or Hi Word lengths? The key is to understand that most DACs benefit from higher resolution and upsampling as it corrects non-linearity in bit levels and allows for a less aggressive anti-aliasing filter.Currebt Class A+ DACs have the equivalent of 21 bit resolution a... | |
| Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass This is concerning. If properly constructed, speakers do not need 600 hours of break-in. An hour or two at most. If the sound is still changing after 600 hours then it is unlikely the design has any stability or reliability to begin with and you c... | |
| Persona 3f vs B&W 802D2s @real_music777 +1Here is the 802 D3 https://www.stereophile.com/content/bowers-wilkins-802-d3-diamond-loudspeaker-measurementsStill has a hole in the midrange off axis but overall a much more balanced speaker than the D2. The bass response looks g... | |
| Persona 3f vs B&W 802D2s @lalitk I havent seen measurements but by all accounts the changes were mostly cosmetic (silver trim and magnets for the grill).Of course if a new version of the same speaker model sounded completely different then that would mean that B&W can... | |
| Persona 3f vs B&W 802D2s @lalitk Here is the Stereophile measurements. See if you can spot the giant gaping mid range cavernous hole in the off axis response from 1 to 4KHz? Notice the peak at 4 KHz where the tweeter kicks in? Notice the 7dB resonant one note boosted bass... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC @willemj This is why I always say,"If changing a piece of wire cable makes a big audible difference then your system problems run much deeper than mere cabling and it is critical to investigate further" | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC The Harbeth article is a good one for beginner audiophiles. Thx Willem.Frankly, if an audio enthusiast has never considered the points raised by Alan Shaw of Harbeth, then they are waisting their money by pursuing a high-fidelity hobby without any... | |
| Persona 3f vs B&W 802D2s Persona 3F - no brainer. B&W are all colored with their house sound. | |
| Kudo's to Miller Sound Yes you can also do this yourself if you are a handy man! It takes only about an hour and then wait for glue to dry. Re-coning is sometimes necessary if the voice coil is damaged. ATC sell re-cone kits for all their drivers (studios often break st... | |
| SACD vs. Blu-Ray for audio quality/sonics @randy-11 There is only so much to configure with the ESS chip. The 8 channels can be used individually or all summed or split into two groups of summed 4 channels. The summation reduces the channel count and increase the implementation cost but i... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Harshness could also be your power amp or your speakers.@willemj Higher voltages on line level devices has nothing to do with making louder volumes to sound nice. (although loud does sound nice as you hear more low level detail as it lifts the low... | |
| SACD vs. Blu-Ray for audio quality/sonics @randy-11 I think the Oppo has two of the 9038 chip - one used for multichannel and the other for stereo. The noise reduction through random selection of sigma delta 1 bit from a multitude of 1 bit dacs is the standard logic used on this chip. |