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| Audioquest Water interconnects What do you think changing your interconnects is going to do. | |
| Guitar lacking bite, vocal lacking presence The problem is either your speaker setup, acoustic treatments, or the speakers themselves. Nothing else will help, so ignore the snake oil suggestions. | |
| Cable Quest Do a blind test with a coat hanger. I gaurantee you will not hear any difference whatsoever. | |
| Ceriously, it all started with a power cable These forums are a great study for how the human mind works. There was absolutely no difference in sound between the two power cords, because that's not possible. But the buyer was primed because of what he read about the power cord, and this to... | |
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? This is an odd question and makes me believe you were led down the wrong path. Analog SHOULD sound slightly different than digital. There is no better, just different. In analog, there is measurable distortion. But it is a distortion that is plea... | |
| !!!OK OK - I'm Big Enough To Admit I Was DEAD WRONG!!! Class D Doesn't Always Suck!!! Class D from the 1970's is different than Class D of today. Some people are just stuck in the 'old man tells at cloud' world. Class D is the present and future of audio, save for those who enjoy Tube amps. | |
| DAC 'Scam' Vid That's what a lot of these other Audiogon members love. Snake oil. This DAC thing isn't new, but add it to the list of things that are killing this hobby. | |
| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles Every ear is different, and preferences are different. However, I do not accept snake oil claims, like a $1,000 speaker cable sounds any different than a coat hanger. Or tar'upgrading' a power cord will change the sound. Those are just lies, and p... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers There is no such thing as 'matching' amps and speakers. All you need to worry about is power handling, since all amps are literally going to sound the same (save for tube amps). | |
| Is this a meaningful upgrade? You will not hear any difference whatsoever by switching DACs. Enjoy what you have. | |
| Bad idea? @bzawa yes, there are that many dishonest people in the industry. There is no regulation, they can claim whatever they want. Stop listening to them, or even me, and go listen to blind tests for yourself. Not a single person in these forums would b... | |
| 2 Channel system sounds weak and lackluster You said no room treatment? Why are you asking for help before doing that. Only other thing is if your amps are too weak. You should trade out those crap cables for plain old 12AWG OFC. | |
| Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000? You wouldn't hear a difference between a $50k DAC and something out of $1000 AVR. Fact. | |
| GaN FET Amps vs. Traditional Class D Amps This isn't 1973. Today's Class D amps should be preferred by any audiophile if they want to hear what the music is actually supposed to sound like. | |
| Listening Room or Components or my ears? Proper speaker placement, acoustic treatments. If those don't work, no component will fix it. Get new speakers. |