shadorne
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| Is there any advantage to lower efficiency speakers? 87 or below? Like most things it is a trade off. Lower sensitivity speakers are generally more linear, have greater bandwidth and are generally more accurate (less distortion). It is easy to make a high power amplifier that is extremely accurate (just expensiv... | |
| Clint Eastwood Here is a photo of his setuphttps://www.pinterest.com/pin/500110733596211502/ | |
| DAC with Home theater bypass My Benchmark DAC3 also has Home Theater Bypass it is very useful - you can listen to the DAC powering the main front stereo speakers directly (via a power amp) for optimal stereo music sound and then switch to your lower quality 7.1 system with it... | |
| 16 bit is good enough..... Steve,Not sure I agree with time domain being the biggest factor (although I agree it has its importance). I think oversampling actually helps reduce noise from DAC non-linearities and this may be the biggest benefit from oversampling (not the fac... | |
| 16 bit is good enough..... How does it compare to the longstanding reference test recording that separates realistic systems from wanabees - The Sheffield Labs Track and Drum disc? | |
| What have I missed in the last 12 years? The Rum Runner is the name of the night club where Duran Duran got their break. Black sabbath played regularly at that club too. The owner mortgaged his home to finance five young kids.... | |
| how much power can a speaker handle? This https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aP_Z3s8Zas0 | |
| My favorite Reviewer Yes I have noticed his CNET reviews in the past. Not just hype like the usual suspects who are audio snobs that are most heavily influenced by aesthetics of products, marketing hype and nose bleed prices. Steve’s review ratings seem primarily dete... | |
| Another Audiophile obituary Well the subsequent comments to my remark certainly prove my point. In fact, I cannot think of a more concrete proof that those who dismiss extreme hype are vilified here by the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx. | |
| speakers It is not well known or it seems well understood here that producing loud music cleanly with negligible distortion and realistic dynamics is actually very difficult to achieve in a speaker. A PA speaker is NOT the solution. A main studio monitor i... | |
| Another Audiophile obituary RIP Peter. A voice of reason amongst an audio journalism community that has become mostly hypeThere is is a strong anti-objectivist sentiment reflected on these forums. Objectivists must be either deaf or with an agenda while subjectivists hear an... | |
| The Slow Secret Death of the Guitar No the guitar is not dead. It has been a staple in one form or another for thousands of years and will remain so.If anything it is larger orchestral and big band that is dying - so much can be done with technology today that the expense of a multi... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? @fsmithjack No disrespect but not everyone wants a system like yours. I am interested in accurately producing the source music without having to dust the room to get the system to work properly. I don't want to have to be concerned about the col... | |
| Clint Eastwood His son Kyle uses Phil Jones bass amps. I don't recall if Clint ever endorsed anything in audio in particular. | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? @stfoth LOL. Yes the marketing hyperbole is often excessive and totally unjustified. This hyperbole is not unique to audio tweaks but I suspect audio tweaks (especially wires) may be right up there as the most imaginative and pseudoscientific.Guin... |