surfcat
Responses from surfcat
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? 29% -- Speakers 5% -- Subs 10% -- CD 13% -- DAC 11% -- AMP 4% -- Vibration Isolation 13% -- Power conditioning/distribution 1% -- Router 14% -- Cables | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? Hi Hilde, I have a pair of Focal Sopra 2 driven by a Hegel H390. I had the GAIA feet under them for a couple of years, for a while driven by an H360. Before that I used spikes. Hardwood floor. Something about the system always seemed lacking ... | |
| Favourite Guitarists It's so weird to me that Trey Anastasio is never on these lists. He's the most lyrical, most virtuosic and has played more (very extended) riffs and more versions of those riffs than almost all the guitarists on many of these lists put together. ... | |
| Is a highly discerning system enjoyable? Like asking if a high performance car is fun to drive. If you don't like cars or driving and just see it a way to get from point A to point B, then no, it might not be. And if one doesn't particularly like music and just sees it as something to ... | |
| Dac Upgrade Santa Girl gave me a Holo May for Christmas. Heavy little beast and took some re-working/arranging of the rack to set it all up but yikes!, is it ever clear. Have a Hegel H390 and was previously relying on its internal DAC. It was good, very go... | |
| Synergistic Research Euphoria HC power cord. Just remember, when you get to the stage of replacing power cords and interconnects etc, you talking about lifting veils. The difference may be immediately noticeable, but even then it won't be transformative, Manage expectations and you have a ... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? @ddd1 You certainly point our one of the often overlooked challenges, miking. Got to first collect the sound before one can even think about reproducing it. I'm sure we'll get there. I wonder what the arguments will be about in Audiogon a hundr... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? @soix 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. As we know, every component, every circuit or length of wire has a sign... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? @au_lait, yes, part of the evolution will be genetic as well. Many many ears, making most of our current hats obsolete. We will be soooo good looking. | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? @redlenses03, I'm not talking about home theater, at least not as we envision it today but, rather, a truly transformative evolution in the collection and reproduced presentation of audio information that will undoubtedly happen given enough time ... | |
| 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'... | |
| You know you have audiophile system when... I'll approach this from a slightly more humble and less judgmental direction (odd for this room I know). And first of all, I have no problem with being called an audiophile. I don't wear it like a badge, but it doesn't bother me. And I couldn't ca... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works To carlsbad 581 posts 05-01-2022 at 01:01pm @builder3 I'd say that there are a lot of affluent people here...seems there is a low positive correlation between detailed technical knowledge and fiscal success. ------ Just as there's an obvious... | |
| New Analog Technology??? I'm pressed to imagine a new "protocol" for an analog recording on a surface. That's more of a digital domain concept. I suppose there could be some shocking new advance in the recording circuitry, though that doesn't seem too likely. Aluminum, ... | |
| Audiogon is becoming the hub for scammers. A more accurate perspective would be that the Internet has long been a hub for scammers. The ability to present an item for sale behind a veil of complete anonymity nearly guarantees that thieves will look for ways to take advantage of those who ... |