shadorne
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| Am I deaf? Not nuts. The Oppo is a good DAC. There are lots of great DACs out there and they are sounding very close. Try PS Audio Direcstream if you want something a little different - smoother and more analog sounding without loss of resolution. Also try a... | |
| Recommend an MQA album... Great you found some you like. I can’t find a single MQA album that sounds better than the equivalent hi-res file (same master). MQA seems to add only distortion as far as I can tell. | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? I find many of the latest DACs are absolutely excellent and digital glare is much less of an issue these days.The PS Audio Directstream Sr is Stereophile Class A+ and is notable for a very analog sound without any loss of detail. Lots of blackness... | |
| Group delay in subwoofers Subwoofer should be close to the plane of the front L and R speakers.8 feet is likely going to begin to cause some integration issues with main speakers simply because that puts the subwoofer much closer to the listening area (creating uneven soun... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. @erik_squiresAre you saying nobody knows or cares what polarity is anyway and wouldn’t notice if they got it wrong. So a quick polarity check with a button is superfluous.Are you saying that you can swap cables quick enough to A and B back and for... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. I have pro gear that has a phase inversion button. Kind of useful to quickly check things. I am surprised that nobody has this. Amazing that this hobby values fancy cables and the effort that goes into swapping that fancy stuff out but a simple po... | |
| DAC Upgrade +1 @mzkmxcv NOS will often roll off more than designs that upsample.R-2R is inherently less linear overall and has differential non-linearities also as it is impossible to design precision resistors to the requisite degree of accuracy. Therefore y... | |
| Eggleston Works speakers: Expensive, but are they worth the money?? This guy thinks so...https://youtu.be/SJIfEhMJt5M | |
| Review ATC SCM 40 A floorstanders.....finally +1 Quested. Quested used the ATC mid range which the testimonial from Hans Zimmer singles out. Some of the higher end PMC speakers used it too. Not sure if either of these companies still do, as Volt now makes a copy of ATC’s super dome. Both desi... | |
| New McIntosh amp build quality Build quality of the electronic internals is superb on the latest C2600. Beautiful. However they have skimped on the chassis. No flush mount screws on the top cover, which I find surprising on a unit of that price. | |
| Review ATC SCM 40 A floorstanders.....finally @peter_s The best overall floor stander or “tower” in the ATC line up is the SCM 150 Active or SCM 50 Active (depending on room size with the 50 suitable for smaller rooms).The best bang for the buck would be ATC SCM 40 Active. The 50 and upward... | |
| Review ATC SCM 40 A floorstanders.....finally The volume issue is simply that they are voiced at realistic music levels. The equal loudness contours effectvmeans that relatively speaking ATCs sweetspot (where treble and bass are balanced) is a little higher than your typical smilie EQ speaker... | |
| Dac selections All are excellent choices. Alternative to these could be RMI ADI 2 Pro or Teac 501.Lots of great DACs out there. Mytek is bit further back from the front row seating presentation of the other two but not much in it.Benchmark is robust and will han... | |
| Are many audiophiles only seeking approval of the next purchase? Yes. Absolutely. Some folks take decades to discover what some already know here. Many folks never get further than their comfort zone. Some kick themselves when it finally dawns on them that equipment selected by leading artists, top sound engine... | |
| It was 50 years ago today.... As musicians the Beatles were rather rudimentary and unremarkable.As song writers, the Beatles were perhaps the greatest of all time. So many memorable melodies and great lyrics. I never choose to listen to the Beatles but I heard them so much gro... |