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| 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 ... | |
| Let's Talk DAC's After a short time enjoying it I knew I was keeping it. I spent that money on a SOTA Escape turntable and Sutherland KC Vibe and got back into vinyl @oddiofyl Nice! Bonus!!! And congrats on your great new DAC. Love hearing stories like th... | |
| Room Too Dead Change the drapes. Natural fibers (cotton, wool etc) will absorb sound but synthetic fibers (rayon etc) will reflect sound. @rick_n That’s a very good thought and gave me an idea — the OP could replace the drapes with plastic shower curtains... | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? Maybe I could use a little more depth (left right is fine and speakers truly disappear), and maybe a touch more dynamics. @mahgister @mahler123 These are a couple specific things the OP said he’s looking to improve. | |
| Room Too Dead I selected the right product to tame about 90-100 hz and covered with a gauzy, decorative fabric. . So yes, insulation can absorb lows if it's what the sound reflects from. That’s just mid bass and not what I’d consider “lows.” The worst ba... | |
| Room Too Dead A heavily damped room is just fine..... IF you can tow your speakers in toward your listening position. When you are dampened everywhere, you lose your reflection and boundries. Might as well just listen to a good headphone setup. Same thing an... |