shadorne
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| Thief Alert It is also possible his account was hacked if he had good ratings before... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? No - the future is already clear. The new switched Mode Power Supplies are reducing 60Hz hum and lowering noise floors further than ever before imagined with a linear power supply.Look at the specs on a Benchmark ABH2! Can anyone find an amp with ... | |
| Good Bass Recordings on CD for Subwoofer Testing Check out Robin S Luv 4 Luv - heavy bass on this track - some serious subsonic stuff going on which you can only sense from room compression. Ben Liebrand or Garage Trance mixes are the heaviest versions. | |
| MQA vs. ripped vs. vinyl vs. hi res The Deluxe Led Zeppelin series on Masters is the best I have Zeppelin - drums are much clearer than other versions. | |
| Where were your audio components designed/engineered? Instruments Drums - Pearl Ref Taiwan, Roland TD-30 (Japan/China)Keyboards: Nord 5E designed Sweden, keyboard Italian mostly made in China, Korg SV-1 (not sure mostly China and Japan)Guitars Fender Precision Bass and Krueger amp (USA), Gibson Les P... | |
| What is the most common cause of dropouts when streaming Tidal? I don’t know but I can report what I have found. Tidal app running on MAC Mini 1.7Ghz i7 dual core 8Gb RAM - dropouts rare but crashes daily even when not playing. Possibly not Tidal issue as iTunes used to crash too. (I suspect memory leak perhap... | |
| Good Bass Recordings on CD for Subwoofer Testing Simple minds Street Fighting Years - dark brooding and lots of bass Note that Maggie's compress the dynamic range so getting a cone subwoofer to match at all volume levels is likely impossible. If you are looking for something mostly for Rock or l... | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) Fantastic news! After two decades of HT DVD, Blu-ray and giant TV screen focus and portable music devices and more audiophile stores closing each year - it is hugely encouraging to see that the industry recognizes there is still a market for refer... | |
| Zu Soul, Spendor A5r and a general question about musical vs technical speakers A really good neutral speaker is not so common but it will play everything well from classical to hip hop to HT movies from soft levels to hard rock loud. Many speakers may only work well within some limited genre boundaries or within a certain vo... | |
| Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers @drubin ATC are voiced for realistic live music levels. So turned down to levels of a TV or a radio and they will sound anemic in bass (see equal loudness curves). You can of course simply boost the bass at low levels and it will sound great.https... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Benchmark DACs have a smooth but detailed top end. They all have a forward presentation in the mid range. I think this works great for far field listening but might be too forward if you sit close to the speakers. Imaging is excellent if you like ... | |
| Current speaker threads are boring I think this thread is making a good turn - despite many hobbies and interests - there is not much that beats riding your bicycle...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=olDLxq6quOwThe video was shot just a few blocks from my old home | |
| Tech That Flopped! @teo_audio Bass reflex is not always adding distortion.On extremely large cabinets with specific heavy duty woofers the reflex port can be used not to extend LF response but to enhance linearity and increase SPL capability.It is true that the... | |
| Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers @dragon_vibe @itzhak1969 Agreed. Good points. ATC tend to go well with big Bryston amps or amps around the 200+ watt range. Definitely not suitable for anything under about 150 watt tube amps like big Audio Research or Macintosh amps.ATC active am... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Try a Singxer Su-1 or ISO-Gen before purchasing a new DAC.I have heard good things about Holospring.Benchmark DAC 3 is wonderful at jitter rejection but very forward sounding. |