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| speakers for small room I think Joseph Audio Pulsars could be a great fit for what you’re looking for given the relatively small size of your room. Here’s a nice pair in SoCal so maybe you could even go give them a listen. IMO they’re wildly overpriced and should be more... | |
| speakers for small room Other than better dynamics, what sound characteristics are you looking for, do you prefer monitors or towers, what are your room dimensions, how much power does your amp have, and are you looking for new or used? Sorry for all the questions — jus... | |
| New to Streaming What do you think about the Cambridge Audio CXN V2 ? I haven’t heard it but it has gotten many favorable comments here and has many happy owners so it’s hard to see going wrong with it. I’d just say for a little more you have the Innuos Pulse ... | |
| Room Too Dead It’s OK for you to be wrong. We’re used to it. If you like that kind of distortion, so be it. @bpoletti So much for “peace.” Well, the vast, vast majority of people here with dedicated listening rooms use some absorption, some diffusion, or so... | |
| Room Too Dead If the sound of the original venue is on the recording, then that is part of the performance. But distortion, reflections and/or noise from the listening room should NOT be part of the playback. That’s NOT on the recording. @bpoletti Well, I li... | |
| Room Too Dead A live room distorts the signals by creating echoes and resonances that change the tonal balance and the sound coming from the driver surfaces. You mean like what you’d hear if you were listening to a band in a room? Oh the horror! Maybe all ... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? +1 @ghdprentice Running Toslink from an Airport Express should be a pretty low bar, and I’d hope running the Wiim to the Bifrost would provide a notable improvement. I’d recommend trying a decent SPDIF cable instead of optical, and this one is goo... | |
| Specific i2s cable for use with Sonnet Morpheus DAC & 3rd party DDC @dalims4 It appears that Jerry is just making stuff up here that is either based on nothing or is just flat-out inaccurate. Not sure why he dislikes i2S so much. | |
| Specific i2s cable for use with Sonnet Morpheus DAC & 3rd party DDC The advantages of I2S are also greatly exaggerated @carlsbad2 Well, I can tell you when I switched from USB to i2S into my Musician Pegasus R2R DAC through a Denafrips Iris DDC and a $6 HDMI cable from Monoprice the improvement was very signifi... | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER This just seems to be one of those very important decisions in audio that needs to be made by trying both in your system as there are just too many variables to make a confident prediction one way or the other. Best of luck in finding the right o... | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? @sfgak Ah the perils of having a good audio system. How do we do it? | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? just listening with eyes closed vs. open, light levels, etc., make a huge difference @sfgak +1. A long time ago I saw a Wilson Audio demo with BAT electronics at a show where David Wilson played a Sting song with full band live in concert, and ... | |
| Let's Talk DAC's @bikefi10 That’s weird. You didn’t break any rules so I wouldn’t sweat it. | |
| Preamp to Pair with NAD M23 Congrats! You made a great choice and am sure you’re gonna be thrilled. If you don’t already have headphones you might look forward to getting some in the future because it’s one helluva headphone amp as well. You can get excellent sounding ‘ph... | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? Since you can't move them further away from the front wall I suggest removing the TV and filling the space with a diffuser. This will effectively "move the wall back" a bit. If this isn’t possible you should at least throw a blanket over the ... |