soix
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| Educate me about DSD In my system, native DSD files do sound much superior to their streaming counterparts. They aren’t cheap but man, the dynamics and realism is off the charts. @lalitk Thanks for the good info. I’m now interested but need to check how my DAC hand... | |
| Jeff Rowland Model 8 or Plinius SA 103 Best of luck, and let us know what you choose and how it works out if you could. | |
| Whole reference system was stolen, now need new speakers on a low budget. Concept 50? A used pair of Joseph Audio Pulsar 2s would be a great choice. Best of luck. | |
| Should I upgrade my speaker cables? You might try Fidelium cables — they’re getting quite the buzz and may save you $1000s. | |
| New Class D amplifiers @mglik In greater detail, how would you compare the Atmasphere and AGD amps? I assume they’re both near SOTA, but would be very interesting to hear your impressions of the differences between the two for anyone who may be on the fence between the... | |
| Speaker placement. If u wanna do nearfield listening feel free to put them on the long wall and do the equilateral triangle thing if that’s what floats your boat. But that’s very different from positioning the speakers on the short wall, letting them breathe, and l... | |
| Educate me about DSD For the relatively small number of native DSD recordings out there, is it really worth worrying about? I’m streaming thousands of hi-res PCM songs through my R2R NOS DAC without all the filters, noise, etc. and enjoying the crap out of the quality... | |
| Jeff Rowland Model 8 or Plinius SA 103 In theory the Model 8 should have more bass control of the 801 for the 400 watts into 4 ohms instead of the Plinius 220 watts. Uh, you really think the speakers would be underpowered with 220Wpc @4 Ohms? You should also know the 103 delivers 3... | |
| Interconnects and speaker cables I’d suggest waiting until your new amps are broken in and then share what characteristics you’re looking for at that point. Seems very preliminary to be asking about wires now IMHO. | |
| OMG - Room Acoustics are Critical - WAF be dam-ed!. You’re my hero! Now try pulling the speakers out another foot and see how that flies. | |
| Speaker placement. Not sure I understand, but I always prefer putting speakers on the short wall and giving them some space to breathe away from the back wall but still need some space from side walls as well. In that room I’d start with the speakers at least 3’ out... | |
| Cable upgrade Once your confident your speakers have settled in I’d encourage you to reach out again and share what improvements you’d be looking for over your current cables so you get targeted recommendations specifically what you’re looking for rather than w... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? Don’t have time to read this fiction novel. | |
| My Home Theatre Room Challenges - Is It Worth It To Upgrade Speakers Not sure why you’d pick this Rel over the SVS SB1000 Pro for HT. The Rel has a 200W amp and goes down to 30Hz -6dB while the SVS has a 325W amp and goes down to 20Hz -3dB. Both are about the same size and have high-level and LFE inputs, but the SV... | |
| New Class D amplifiers In addition to Atmasphere you should also look at AGD amps that are also being touted as “end game” amps and have the virtue of being easily upgradeable as technology improves. When one of the top tube amp designers comes out with a GaN amp and i... |