shadorne
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| Optical Toslink cable quality? Is there a difference? One word JITTERIf the cable works at the bandwidth required (no dumbing down or reduction of the digital data conveyed in the signal and no dropouts) then all the digital reaches the destination and digital data is perfectly preserved.However, aud... | |
| Maestro faceplate - does it make a difference? @geoffkait No war path. Just pointing out that audio equipment is designed and built to produce high fidelity audio reliably without all manner of tin foil tweaks. No different from anything else that is designed and built for a specific task. I... | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters +1 Audiokinesis and Erik15" and larger woofers are key to good bass. You can’t beat the advantage of a large surface area except with multiple woofers. Multiple woofers are harder to drive so not a good choice. Basically....One 15" woofer is equiv... | |
| Maestro faceplate - does it make a difference? @glennewdick +1If you find something that shouldn't make a difference but does make a difference then it is time to either 1) check and root out a faulty piece of equipment (lose wire, broken down capacitor, ground loop, faulty software/firmw... | |
| Mini Review of Uptone ISO Regen and UltraCap LPS-1 Power Supply Combo Interesting finding. I agree that YMMV. Some DACs most certainly will benefit from devices such as ISO Regen, however, most DACs are designed and intended to work well without it. Ultimately it may boil down to individual system vagaries such as t... | |
| Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7s? - seeking advice Keep looking. Your WP7 are as good as if not better than what you auditioned. When you hear something that much better you will know right away. The fact you are undecided after an audition means neither speaker was convincingly better than what y... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? @sean_heis1 If you find outstanding (better than anything else on the market or ever mass produced) measured performance to be a meaningless achievement then how do you propose to measure what you find important? I would put it to you and everyone... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? @sean_heis1 Musicality is a meaningless term that can’t be measured. Improvements like SNR, channel separation, THD+N, and power into various loads are measurable.This amp does not use negative feedback to achieve improved performance over competi... | |
| Dual AES EBU - a near future use, or a bit before its time Technically there is no advantage to DSD. If it sounds different then all the processing and hefty filtering to eliminate excessive high frequency noise (inherent in DSD) may be part of the reason. Higher sample rates can help eliminate DAC non-li... | |
| High-Resolution Audio (Battle of the Sound). What say you? I have seen the future and it is spelled R - O - O - N Love the interface ;-) | |
| Anyone have issues with Revel Performa speakers @Initm I looked at measurenents for Paradigm 95F Prestigehttp://www.soundstagenetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1333:nrc-measu...I could not not find anything for the 85F but the design is similar.Tweeter is crossed ... | |
| Anyone have issues with Revel Performa speakers The woofer and tweeter show driver compression at modest volumes 90dB SPL which is unfortunately not uncommon in many designs see linkhttp://www.soundstagenetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1238:nrc-measu...The tweete... | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters @kost_amojan. Well it should be easy for you to show me a link to a Stereophile or other measurement plot of a JM Labs high end speaker that does not have a bass boost, bass bump or hump?You should be looking for a flat response that gently rolls... | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters ULF Bass is the most difficult to reproduce accurately. 99% of what is available is reflex extended resonant bass - B&W, Wilson, JM Labs and all the major audiophile brands do it. Most boutique brands do it too. You can easily identify this by... | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? Because Amplifier manufacturers haven't got a clue - if only they knew that amplifier design and sound has nothing to do with the audio signal and related components and everything to do with the 1cm of fuse wire on the mains input. /Sarc off |