shadorne
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| Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc. Absolutely easy to use a soldering iron if you are handy at any form of DIY. The only thing you have to be careful of is to "tin" the wire a bit before soldering the connection and in order to make a good solder you must get everything heated up -... | |
| Wilson Sasha 2 Pre owned? +1 Sasha 2 - the Proac is good but polypropylene drivers that were popular in the 80's (recall Mission) tend to have a nasal tone to the midrange. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @teajay Whoa! Where did that come from. Someone sells a Porsche GT3 and gets a nice little hot hatch for 20% of the price is making a sensible decision. The cheaper little hot hatch is adequate and much better value. Totally rational. Sensible dec... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts A reviewer can prefer what they want but making ridiculous claims destroys their credibility. The car analogy is clear. A cheap but sporty little car does not outperform all the best high end cars in the world no matter if it may be much better va... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts These reviewers have lost all credibility same as if Top Gear said that a Fiat Arbath is as good as a Porsche 911 GT3 or any number of high end performance cars. | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? @defiantboomerang Yes but I would say most audiophiles are dining on delicious gastronomic meals full of flavor and expensive ingredients rather than junk food.I am interested in the accurate reproduction of the source file or music as produced by... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @mikeg Yup. I drive a Golf R and regardless of price the reality is that it is so much better than a McLaren P1 NOT! | |
| Cone impedance question Two 7.2 ohm in parallel is the same impedance as one 3.6 ohm woofer.The crossover is designed to work with a 3.6 ohm load on the woofer.By combining a 3.6 and a 7.2 you have a woofer load of 2.4 ohm which is too low. | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil -- 21 bit? "How can the DAC be 21 bit if the chips are 20 bit?"It can’t. John Atkinson review of the DAC clearly states that while the analog performance is excellent, the digital performance is less than desirable especially on high signal levels (which is ... | |
| Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc. @fsmithjack The Kubala Sosna cables are filtering the sound and no doubt removing some of the treble and brightness. Glad that this band aid works for you for now but you really should try to get to the bottom of what is causing a sound that is gi... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions If the source file is the same and the Yggy is converting jitter free then it should sound the same no matter what your digital source. This AB test may exclude your cable box (as you have no control what is coming over the cable) but it is easy t... | |
| Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc. @fsmithjack Your Bricasti M1SE DAC has adjustable output.quote from manual "The next stage, at the analog out of the converter for the gain and filter sections there is a fully differential analog design with fast high slew rate analog operational... | |
| Physics of downward firing woofers Works great with a subwoofer but is totally wrong for proper bass woofer | |
| Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass @fsmithjack If you are certain the speakers are 100% then check your source - maybe you are overdriving your preamp input or something is broken.Your speakers should sound fantastic with just an iPhone plugged into your Preamp. | |
| Magico S5 vs KEF Blade 2 vs TAD Evo One vs YG Kipod II Sig w/pwr bass @fsmithjack The tweeter used in the older version of the S5 is inadequate. It compresses terribly above 90 dB SPL (a major design mistake on this speaker probably corrected on subsequent models). Perhaps you listen loud and are sensitive to this h... |