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| Do I need a streamer? Sorry, I’m far from an expert on power supplies, but I know Teddy Pardo products get nice reviews although there may be others at lower prices that will still get you significant improvements. I just can’t remember their names. Buy used if you c... | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) I don’t put much credence in Guttenberg’s reviews. I get much more out of his music references that he uses to review the speakers. Frankly, I trust @mapman impressions at CAF more than Guttenberg’s. When a guy like AJ puts that much time, thought... | |
| SabrinaX vs JA Perspective2 Graphene I never had connection with B&W speakers sound. They are beauty to look at but the sound never did it for me for some reason. Big +1. No emotional connection to the music — just reproduced sound in a clinical fashion. Not for me, and I’d ... | |
| Which power cords have high resolutions and separation?? @timetraveler66 My guess is the educated person heard you had a Bose system and told you the power cables would make no difference given your “system” and you ignorantly misinterpreted his recommendation that power cords make no difference, and no... | |
| DH Labs @audphile1 AZ Silver Refs are keepers in my system and have stayed for almost 20 years along with my double-barrel shotgun biwire Satori speaker cables. Great value/$ IMHO and so naturally detailed and musical with great tone and bass — such a tou... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? BACCH is dangerously interesting. I know that many will reject it as interfering with pure reproduction, and they are not wrong. But DSP is seriously impressive tech. @surfcat Totally agree. Look, I’m a purist at heart and would always first sk... | |
| Which power cords have high resolutions and separation?? @timetraveler66 Sorry. If u like ur Bose more power to you. Plus, you don’t have to spend a dime on better power cords. Win win! | |
| Do I need a streamer? @pprocter That’s a great example of how much everything matters in streaming. I started the same way you did and followed a similar progression and had very similar impressions. Obviously upgrading your DAC or streamer down the road can get you ... | |
| preamp & amp compatibility +1 @fuzztone @atmasphere and will add it’d also be helpful to find your speaker’s minimum impedance and at what frequency at which it occurs. I think you should go mono because a 20Wpc amp will likely strain to drive the speakers, and pushing ... | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- There is no way to "calibrate" your hearing Yes, there absolutely is. By triangulating the sound of components you’ve heard, other reviews of products used for comparison in the review, and the reviewer’s perception of other components you can... | |
| Which power cords have high resolutions and separation?? Maybe he went back to listening to his Bose system. | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- Note that reviewers live in a world of allegedly quantifiable differences as they have access to myriad items that the great unwashed do not. That said, and having said that, your and my ears hear different things and I for one have proven to mys... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? If I correctly understand what you’re saying, JohnK, then, yeah. I can easily imagine systems in the future comprised of 30 or 40 or more "sound generating devices" spread around the periphery of a space, maybe wall and/or ceiling mounted. They’l... | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) So, Guttenberg has a nice Pass amp/pre, Mola Mola DAC, a Jays Audio transport, and a — wait for it —- Node 2i streamer? Seriously??? Which one doesn’t belong? Sheesh. | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- +1 @jl35 at this point it is safe to say that most reviews are flawed and not an undeniable reference for purchasing anything. they are constrained from mentioning anything remotely detracting about the sound and in fact barely describe the so... |