soix
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| Steely Dan Got to see them three times, and every time they were surrounded by top studio musicians and were tight, Tight, TIGHT! And yeah, I have a Steely Dan t-shirt — a few actually. | |
| Preamp headphone amplifier Can’t say I’m surprised given what I’ve read of the amp, and congrats! My bet is you have more goodness coming. Enjoy!!! | |
| Music Disappearing (Roon/Tidal/Qobuz) I’ve had this happen a lot on Amazon but not on Qobuz so far. If any music disappears there I’ll just buy the used CD for a few bucks and no big deal, but so far hasn’t been an issue. | |
| can subwoofers make things worse? The phase adjustment on subwoofers is very close to totally worthless. Trying to adjust subwoofers by ear is extremely difficult it not totally impossible. Measurement is a must and unless you are extremely lucky the only way to dial in a subwoof... | |
| Is Anyone Using Subwoofers the Same Size as Their Mids? This is from Earl Geddes’ Premier Home Theater that’s an extremely useful resource. If you skip to chapter 11 he goes into wall construction. In short, using a damping material like Green Glue or Liquid Nails when putting up a wall can be very e... | |
| Headphones for a noisy household One route would be some nice closed-back headphones and a portable amp/DAC like these… https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-x-meze-99-noir-closed-back-headphones https://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-DragonFly-Red-Headphone-Amplifier/dp/B01DFMV4NQ?th=1 As... | |
| can subwoofers make things worse? His argument is that subwoofers are inherently out of phase alignment with the speakers. That’s why subs have phase adjustment. Duh. | |
| Need a big favor picking a preamp When you say dual mono do you mean fully balanced? If so I’d consider giving Atmasphere and ARC a look. If single ended is ok then I’d echo recommendations for LTA and Backert. Best of luck. | |
| can subwoofers make things worse? The SVS SB1000 Pro would be a better choice than the 3000 Micro and isn’t all that much bigger, goes lower, and is $300 cheaper. Just another option to consider. | |
| Good measuring DACs vs. It’s personal preference, and Goodonya for trusting your own ears! | |
| Do dormant cables need "RE" Broken In? If so how long can they sit dormant? It’s pretty crazy, but when I was reviewing cables even having them outta the system for a half hour they’d need a minute or so to settle back in. Not sure about cables they’ve been sitting dormant for a while, but it’s definitely a thing IME. | |
| Cable upgrades Are you in Our Home and Native Land? Spent a lotta time in Canada vacationing and playing hockey. | |
| Cable upgrades Hifishark.com is a good site that tracks many sites including Audiogon. Here’s a link… https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=acoustic+zen New AZ products are still being sold so they must still be in business. | |
| Help needed to eliminate unwanted noise from tweeter Does the noise come from both tweeters? If so it sounds like you have a noise issue somewhere. Do you have a power conditioner? Or I guess it’s possible you have blown tweeters. That’s all I got. | |
| Cable upgrades I’ll keep an eye out for a used pair of Silver Reference IIs. Just fyi, there’s not a lotta difference between the Silver Ref l and ll — I have and still use both. The good thing is there’s a fluid market for AZ cables so you can likely try th... |