shadorne
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| Mark Knopfler's Guitar Collection Thx Eric I enjoyed that. He collects ATC speakers too. | |
| I need a new DAC! Advice/Recommendations? @audiodoggy Glad to see from your Cambridge experience you are aware of the pitfalls of buying stuff on anecdotes rather than performance. So why not use that experience in your next purchase? | |
| I need a new DAC! Advice/Recommendations? Benchmark DAC | |
| Suggestions on Better Server Setup than Mac Mini I am not familiar with ultra Fi but you could switch to a more reputed DACChord, Benchmark, Bryston, NAD, Schiit or Holospringthere is s nothing badly wrong with the Mac mini and iTunes - like most computers you get crashes from time to time. Chro... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? @rja i quite agree - if only people would stop posting then it would stop this outa control thread /ooops I just noticed I made the thread even longer and more pointless. | |
| Most "Accurate/Realistic" Sounding Speakers? Wind rustling and blowing tumbleweed through dusty streets in a long abandoned town... lol ! It seems like too many threads are like this lately | |
| $10K-15K short list? @dhanks B&W had a great reputation 30 years ago.It all depends what you are looking for and please don't say extreme accuracy or highest fidelity because everyone says that but in reality it is rarely a requirement at all. Most speakers of... | |
| XLR Question Do you have a PlayStation/Xbox or Game console optical out still connected to the OPT1 or to an HDMI input jack? What I am driving at is if the Digital Input selector for GAME on the pre is set to something that has an active digital connection?I ... | |
| Benchmark Dac3 Ok Benchmark DAC 3 arrived and I can hear an improvement over DAC 2. Ultra clear with lower noise floor or more black and slightly more dynamics. I am happier with the DAC3 and it seems more like the revelation when I first heard the DAC1 to my ea... | |
| 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.... |