soix
Responses from soix
| Invert ? @larryi Nice explanation. Thanks! | |
| Speaker placement Quandary It’s spelled “bass,” not “base.” Argh. | |
| Interesting video on cables Outside of all the measurements it comes down to what folks hear and in my system at least cables have made a difference. There are many other folks here who would make the same claim. Booyah!!! Well said and goodonya! | |
| I2S cable recommendations Some people here have said good things about this DH Labs HDMI cable and they make good, high-value cables so you certainly could do worse… https://silversonic.com/products/digital-cables/hdmi-2-1/ Now, some folks who’ve upgraded to more $$$ HDMI... | |
| Blown tweeters I thought Talon has been out of business for many years. Am I wrong? Best of luck in finding a fix! Love Pulsars BTW! | |
| Speaker placement Quandary Nice system! My dedicated listening room is similar in size to yours, and I have my speakers placed almost exactly as you have yours. I have smaller 2-way towers that would benefit from some bass reinforcement if I moved them back a bit, but it co... | |
| Looking for a great phono pre-amp in the $1000 or less range Depends mostly on what improvements you’re looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you. | |
| Accuphase Bookshelf Speaker Pairing recommend Given what you’re looking for and your budget I’d give these a good look… https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650042763-harbeth-p3esr-xd-cherry-free-shipping/ https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650027986-nola-boxer-s3/ Best of luck. | |
| XLR recomendation What specific improvements are you looking for over the Element Copper ICs? | |
| Subwoofer suggestion And to be more accurate, the PC12 was $1350 new in 2013. The ASW855 retailed $2200 new. @hawkrider00 Here are two reviews from the same time period that quote the retail prices as $3000 and $949 for the 855 and PC12, respectively. Either way, t... | |
| Subwoofer suggestion I recently replaced a 30 year old Paradigm PS1000 with a very nice used B&W ASW855 for my second family room system. I have an SVS PC12 in my main system which performs respectably, but this B&W is mighty impressive. It is effective down... | |
| i2s Cable for Denafrips Iris -> Pontus? @jl35 I use 6” cable from Monoprice for under $7 I mentioned above… https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13578 Given my results and at this price I’d highly recommend giving it a shot and see if something else can significantly better it. Fra... | |
| Solid-state alternative to Freya + What specific improvements are you looking for, what’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? | |
| i2s Cable for Denafrips Iris -> Pontus? Good choice — DH Labs obviously makes good, high-value stuff, and at 25% off it’s hard to go wrong. | |
| i2s Cable for Denafrips Iris -> Pontus? Funny, given your price point I was gonna recommend this DH Labs HDMI cable (BTW, your HDMI cable should be as short as possible and preferably 1 foot or less as i2S don’t do distance well)… https://silversonic.com/products/digital-cables/hdmi-2-... |