thespeakerdude
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| Apple Music vs Tidal for SQ My experience is all the services make it harder than it needs to be figure out which recording you are listening too. Start with the same recording, ensure you are bit perfect, no volume control in the app or automatic controls, and Apple, Qoboz,... | |
| I can't believe this. Misread the warranty thing so I deleted my last post. They should never ever charge for expedited warranty service. That is nuts. You should not be chasing the service people, Tascam should. They should be paying for it. When you took it to the fi... | |
| Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital? We have internally used a blended metric similar to the Gm Gedlee metric for quite a few years. I know at least 2 of our competitors do as well. I agree on his basic premise that mechanical systems (speaker drivers) do not have as much higher orde... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused They may go down to 32Hz, but that is probably with drop-off and high distortion, and if using 2, more room mode excitation. Subs are to reduce distortion, go deep without roll-off, and reduce room mode excitation. Ideally you cross your speakers ... | |
| Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital? @cleeds , I did not mean you with respect to "digital confusion". I do think vinyl done well, excellent pressing (clean), good turntable, good cartridge, all properly setup sounds very good. I don't think you need to spend $50K either. $10K mayb... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused @phusis , the main issue is that most of my customers are not willing to expand the size of the control / mixing / listening rooms to accommodate the required size of a horn subwoofer in order to get a sufficient efficiency boost at the frequencie... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused Hence bracing, The large the panel dimensions, the greater the bracing. A superior shape is of little benefit if we cannot manufacture it, added shipping costs ameliorate the benefit, or it causes difficult in use for the customer. FEA allows easy... | |
| Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital? @cleeds I included the weasel word little. I linked examples where analog sources were passed through a digital chain of CD quality and the listeners were not able to detect it. I could waste hours on the web finding examples of suitable implemen... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused There is an old rule in recording called the 3 to 1 rule and it means the distance between the source and first mic is 1 the next mic should be 3 times that distance if you want less phasing. To me, this rule (guideline) would factor around ... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused With all the variety in our head shapes, I am not sure how any headphone can sound right "out of the box". Speaker and room to me equate to headphones and head. | |
| Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital? @johnread57, this is not at all about vinyl, but about analog tape recording from the perspective of a recording engineer. There are some great sound bites to listen to. Summary: Digital comes out just like the way you put it in. Analog recording ... | |
| Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital? @johnread57 , I came across this NPR interview again, has some good comments on this topic. I am going to copy some and a link to the whole article. https://www.npr.org/2012/02/10/146697658/why-vinyl-sounds-better-than-cd-or-not METCALFE: We... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused @rick2000 , many people could list their speakers, cables, dac. and amps for sale, take the cash, buy a set of Dynaudio Focus speakers, get an upgrade, and have money left over. I think they won't because it is too hard to let go of the OCD that ... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused @donavabdear , @thespeakerdude I wanted to ask you about WMTMW it seems to not make sense but as you mentioned there are many great speakers that use this. Seems like the low and mid frequencies would interact a few feet out. no one would eve... | |
| Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind? Never heard it so can't comment on if it has a sound or not. @audio-satisficer , only looked at the review. They show a potential problem running at full volume. May be useful information. The rest of the review makes me wonder if how it behaves i... |