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| A list of efficient speakers at ~$5K a pair. Arendal 1723's are 92 db and sound great. Certified THX Ultra. HDF cabinet. | |
| What % Of Your System Are Your Cables? .1% - cables have almost no effect. | |
| Ugliest Component of the Year 2024! Let's not forget this weird banana thing from Vivid: https://vividaudio.com/giya/giya-g1-spirit/ | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued All of Billy Idol's hits are very well engineered and sound very good on my system. | |
| What software has good sound quality? If the streamer is doing DSP, then sure, it could sound better than a PC. My PC sends the digital audio to a receiver with Dirac, so no need for a streamer in that case. | |
| What software has good sound quality? I like Kodi the best. But I am upmixing to 7.1, and to me it has the best sounding upmixer. It has a lot of other problems, but Kodi gets that much right. Upmixer aside, quality is not much of an issue in front of the DAC. When you are using U... | |
| Is JRiver still the best software? The 7.1 upmixer on Kodi and MPC-BE sound better than JRiver. Bass in particular is very weak. It sounds like there is some sort of "concert hall" effect going on, which is undesirable. Also, JRiver's upmixer has no ability to set sub level, cen... | |
| Why does USB feature so much in discussions about DACs when the newer HDMI seems better? @rbstehno How do you figure? USB is almost always bit-perfect. When it's not, due to something being horribly wrong, you would definitely hear clicks and pops. High end USB cables are snake oil, and there is nothing wrong with USB in general. | |
| Sub suggestions please I really like my HSU VTF-TN1. Tons of output. | |
| Speaker Isolation tweaks ? SVS SoundPath feet are almost as good as the IsoAcoustics and cost a lot less. Spend the savings on acoustic panels. | |
| New Electrical Circuit I ran a dedicated 20 amp circuit. Leviton 8300-R 20-Amp hospital grade outlet. ZeroSurge 8R20W power conditioner. Preffair Audiophile HiFi shielded power cord, 10AWG, rhodium plated. Made no difference whatsoever. Skin effect, jitter, and dri... | |
| DAC connection to computer Use HDMI. It delivers bit-perfect digital audio to the DAC. Only from the DAC to the speakers is quality an issue. The data that goes into the HDMI is identical to the data that comes out of it, unless something is very wrong with the cable. | |
| 15 amp circuit VS. 20 amp Circuit You might want to measure your current before doing a bunch of expensive work. I measured my two subs, which have amps rated at a total of 1100 watts. Cranked up some bassy music. They drew 60 watts total. | |
| The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma Too bad Dirac doesn't do multiple sweeps at varying volume levels. | |
| JL Audio hifi subwoofer match for my system I got a newly released HSU VTF-TN1 this summer and it is fantastic. And I like the more vertical footprint of the cabinet. |