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| Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000? @hilde45 He's speaking to the well heeled audiophile and non audiophile, also to those who aspire to have the very best. I don't understand why some bash these types of components out of hand, at least some of these sky high priced components are... | |
| Shakti Stone I have both the old version and newer 'air' model, tried them on virtually every component. In general they have this tendency to provide the blacker background thing, problem is they tend to darken the sound unnaturally, some of the life sucked o... | |
| Mono recordings and my new respect for them This another benefit of a highly resolving system. Yes, mono recordings can have very lifelike sound staging/imaging, sometimes preferable to the stereo version, especially those with left/right pans with little center fill. | |
| Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000? The technical issues with digital brought up in video are well known, I've read any number of white papers written by well regarded dac designers stating these same issues. The amount of diminishing returns with any audio component dependent o... | |
| Would a tube amp generally do better on power conditioner than a SS amp? No PC or regenerator for me with any amps, tried both through auditioning process at CableCo, this with push pull tube and 845 SET amps. Continue to run my present 300B monoblocks on this same dedicated amp line, this same phase on breaker box as ... | |
| Gain level on a REL sub @helomech +1 This plus type of wire used makes a qualitative difference. I'm using 6' L of Duelund tin plated copper litz wire at present, have some VHAudio Airlock OCC solid core copper to try next, always use the authentic Neutrik connectors at ... | |
| Why Does Expensive Gear Seems To Sound Better? Seems we could make the exact same psychological assumptions for those who claim there is no value in higher priced components and/or measurements tell the whole story. Oh, but then these people are beyond human foibles such as subjectivity, or at... | |
| Tube vibration control My experience is they all 'damped' down the sound to some degree, less freq. extension, micro dynamics impacted, all took the 'life' out of music to some degree.. Purchase quality tubes, no microphonics, take care of vibrations elsewhere such as q... | |
| Problems replacing electrolytic capacitors on my Eosone rsf-600 dipole speakers. I don't know what's available in 100uf but try to find reputable brand and don't need 50V rating so lower voltage rating may open you up to speaker specific electrolytic. Check partsconnexion, Sonic craft, also like hificollective over in UK for q... | |
| Problems replacing electrolytic capacitors on my Eosone rsf-600 dipole speakers. Don't like electrolytics in speaker crossovers, but 100uf eliminates film caps and appears you don't have space to fit in any case. If you had lower values VHAudio ODAM the way to go. I'd check out Clarity and Jantzen,other quality cap manufacture... | |
| Gain level on a REL sub I'm using modded Klipschorns, 103db have only one of the signal cables connected to each of my 300B monoblocks, REL volume control only two or three clicks up from minimum. Two signal cables connected massively excessive volume. This with two REL... | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" Excessive compression is the single parameter of sound I can't get past,. Loss of micro dynamics in recordings defeats the whole purpose of my system which is to produce the illusion of live performers in room. I actually prefer these 'lo fi' rec... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @fuzzbutt17 I'm using the same usb chain with both I2S and usb, so usb>dac vs usb>Denafrips Gaia DDC.I2S>dac. Neither my Musetec or Laiv dacs promote I2S as superior, Musetec specifically promotes their custom build usb board, again, ... | |
| Does loudness play a part in your appreciation? Ambient noise levels hardly ever acknowledged in discussions of listening rooms. Higher ambient noise levels may mask lower level information on recordings, as one increases volume this low level info now more clearly heard. Actual resolution of ... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? John was being ironic with the statement, in any case he didn't say greater, just more popular. |