soix
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| All in one unit for headphones- help me decide Your headphones deserve an amp that’ll get the best out of them and highly doubt you’ll find that in an all-in-one unit. I’d find the right headphone amp and get a separate DAC/streamer to handle the rest. Is it really worth the sonic compromise... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? How do you know a flugehorn kind of sound, or the kind of sound of a double bass or a piano instrument if you never heard it live? How do you know what a flugelhorn or piano recorded in another venue as interpreted by the recording engineer sou... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? +1 @billstevenson Using live music as a standard for reproduced music by a stereo in a home is really a farce much like “The Absolute Sound” is a farce (as are their reviews, but that’s another story). Most music is recorded in a studio save for m... | |
| Krell KAV-500 vs S-1500 5 Channel & cables I’d maybe give the Krell more time to see if it settles in better as it burns in more, but if not the first place I’d look would be the front interconnects/cables. I wouldn’t pair any silver cables with older B&W Nautilus speakers and thinkin... | |
| Usher Mini Dancer 2 or Q Acoustics Concept 500 - Marantz PM Ki Ruby Thanks for sharing your system components — most helpful. I hear ya loud n clear on the wife front, and let’s see where things stand at around the 200 hour mark because things may well be very different by then. I know you just dropped some coin... | |
| Krell KAV-500 vs S-1500 5 Channel & cables Just to be clear, what exact model cables are you using for the front L/R/C? What amp were you using previously, and did you hear these issues before or is it just with the Krell? Also, what preamp/processor are you using? All this stuff matter... | |
| Picture Discs Maybe frame it and display it as an interesting visual? | |
| Usher Mini Dancer 2 or Q Acoustics Concept 500 - Marantz PM Ki Ruby Congrats! Yeah you wanna give them at least 200 hours of playing time for the speakers to begin to settle in (and likely longer than that for full break in) so some patience is definitely warranted. Not only will the tweeters settle down, but the ... | |
| Please recommend a coax SPDIF cable similar to the Nordost Tyr 2 I did audition this Tyr 2 from the Cable Company and I have four more cables coming this week so it will get interesting. What other cables are you auditioning? I’d be very interested in your assessments of each cable if you’re open to sharing... | |
| I see the issue with ABX blind testing @benanders Your cryptic posts are serving no purpose here. Your main point is that people’s opinions are basically invalid because they are not confirmed by a controlled scientific study and thus have not been proven and could be wrong or mislea... | |
| Have I fallen down the rabbit hole, or achieved clarity . . . I’ve only read that the A8 gets good feedback as a DAC, but whether it’s better than the DAC in the Marantz will come down personal taste — my uneducated guess is the A8 may be technically better as Eversolo apparently put some real effort into it... | |
| Have I fallen down the rabbit hole, or achieved clarity . . . I’d say you’ve absolutely achieved clarity. Congrats on the Ushers — they’re on a different planet from the Bose — just make sure you give them at least a couple feet from the back wall so they can breathe and do their thing (keep in mind they’ll ... | |
| Anybody have Experience with Alta Audio Alyssa Speaker @airwatcher I’d recommend listening to the Joseph Audio Pulsars if you can. Given what you described they may well be that best of both worlds speaker you’re looking for. Just my $0.02 FWIW. | |
| Listening position/speaker position I’d say your friend is a fool. You never want your listening chair up against a wall — major no no. My room and speakers measure very similarly to yours, and from my experience I’d say your speakers are too far apart and too close to the back wa... | |
| T+A DAC200 vs PSAudio Direct Stream MkII vs MCD12000? Why just these three when there are tons of great DACs out there these days? Unless I’m missing something I think you’d be better off sharing what DAC you’re using now and what specific improvements and sound characteristics you’re looking for. ... |