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| Ice fans for listening during warm/hot days @russ69 This what I do. I also never use fans when listening, I'm a stickler for maximizing lowest possible ambient noise floors. I also run low power SET amps and DHT pre, these aren't the space heaters more powerful class a/b SS, class A SS, p... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? @mapman +1 This is more what critical listening means for me, critical listening is listening with great intention, again, critical doesn't mean judgement. On the other hand, analytical listening mode is intentionally judgemental, you are listenin... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? Correct, critical doesn't necessarily involve judgement. I mentioned in another thread how in recent years more focus on qualities of the recording itself. Producers/engineers play a major role in bringing us these works of arts, I've learned to t... | |
| What is your audio axiom? This idea of unique and/or individual recording quality variation is something that has really come into focus for me in recent years. I derive enjoyment from the nearly endless variation in recording qualities, by this I mean paying attention to ... | |
| How close are you to being to your endgame? My system outline and I'm almost there. @pindac I agree 6sn7 tubes can have relatively large impact on sound quality, have a stash of NOS from when I was running push pull amps. Have RCA black and grey plates, have to look into the Brimar. | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? Critical listening is necessary if one is to progress, also necessary to have a knowledge base/listening encyclopedia in order to obtain a reference or references as a goal. I spent far larger percentage of listening time in critical listening mod... | |
| How close are you to being to your endgame? My system outline and I'm almost there. I've been lying to myself, this time for over a year. While my purchases/changes have drastically dropped off in recent years, I now somehow seem to be the owner of Audio Note Quest 300B monoblocks. And I'm already in planning stages of bringing i... | |
| What is your audio axiom? I continually fool myself I'm done upgrading or changing things, don't know if a 'true' audiophile is ever done? Just purchased another SET amp to add to the collection, don't need it yet somehow I find myself the new owner of yet another audio co... | |
| Upgrading DC Cables for Linear Power Supply I used Revelation silver dc cables in another setup some years ago, they are nice but I'd never claim anything in audio is the 'absolute best'. | |
| Upgrading DC Cables for Linear Power Supply I use a variety of isolation devices to get the exact voicing I'm looking for, I keep an excess of devices, never know when I'll need a particular device. On cheap side I like the spring devices you see on ebay, you can remove or add springs as ne... | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. Here's something to get some people's dander up, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLtzSSOexw0&t=308s Danny at GR Research and Sonus Faber. | |
| the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile Observing others mentioning Dahlquist DQ10's brings to mind the first time I heard them at a Detroit area audio show, probably late 70's. Demo was in a smaller conference room, very nice setup, probably Audio Research gear, my best bud and I kept ... | |
| Network Switches I agree, probably not optimal for multiple conversion, ethernet>optical>ethernet. Thru trial and error I found using OpticalRendu as my streamer was beneficial in a number of ways,. Firstly, Roon sound quality superior using two streamer set... | |
| Network Switches @fthompson251 @lalitk I too have found optical conversion to be worthwhile, and there is optimizations to be had here as well. I'm running Sonore OpticalModule to OpticalRendu, optimization of these devices via DC cables, DC plugs, LPS, AC cables,... | |
| Upgrading DC Cables for Linear Power Supply @rtilden I made dc cables using Mundorf silver/gold hook up wire with Oyaide DC plugs, I was pleasantly surprised by the improvement over the Uptone (not the upgraded Uptone) DC cables previously used. Using these on JCAT Netcard XE and Sonore Opt... |