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There Is Nothing Like the Real Thing - Our State of the Art
test of humanity…tears  
There Is Nothing Like the Real Thing - Our State of the Art
Try 2L recording of Cantus - Kyrie for hall, harmonics, bloom and image diffusion and imo as called for specificity…. stunning on even a well executated basic system… note Cantus playing on NPR this eve…  
Linear power supply for Weiss DAC 204
i lost count of the number of Pardo supplies i have… > 4 all in stellar service for years…  
Magico - Wide vs. Narrow
@audition__audio a very astute observation…. especially the lossy cabinet and drivers with non pistonic behavior….  
Magico - Wide vs. Narrow
cracks me up when people obsess over treating first reflection points MANY m-seconds distinct from ear brain confusion point…then ignore that big hard suface baffle…reflector…  
Magico - Wide vs. Narrow
The big baffle is a two dimensional horn… complete with coloration and distortion… you can test this at home with a square of cardboard, cut a hole and speak thru it w observer or recorder… compare… To the OP the Magico you speak of used renown S... 
Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config?
And if you understand the physics… the big bass signal …expanding / collapsing field of the bass cable modulates the mid and HF cable… hence why a shotgun bi wire is superior… your milage and ear/brain may vary…  
There Is Nothing Like the Real Thing - Our State of the Art
to the OP …. quite astute… keep chasing and wondering and being blessed with a dearth of acoustic music in reverberant space… Loved and appreciated your 2L comments in my own field recording experience / experiment… the first introduction of dist... 
HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM?
….Gabor my sensei in many dimensions of my life often said two very important things ; Even the change ( read improvement ) agent NEEDS a change agent There are mountains beyond this celebratory peak we stand on now.. Unlike me, he is famous fo... 
HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM?
All who wander are not lost, but if you don’t know where you are going…any…road will get you there.  @mksun Lovely system you have in a beautiful room - enjoy ! @noromance naked laser trimmed Vishay = happiness   
Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config?
Both my TAD and Vandy are biwired and sound better for it. Be sure to separate the shotgun by > 2” … An internal biwire without the magic separation is one cause for the lack of appreciation…. imo Spring project for me will be modified Apogee ... 
Apogee Calipers worth anything
I picked up a pair of Caliper - Signature for song in Seattle a few months back… I have owned and sold Apogee back in the day… i’ve got a lovely pair of Centaur- Minor in our den…. a very formidable ribbon… seductive.. The Caliper went to a dear ... 
"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!
back when i was bin diving i used the Walker enzyme with a wet vac brush Nitty Gritty before the Degritter w Turgitol…. Carry on Jim never a Monk, sometimes a Poet    
"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!
Right on @antinn  Probably a friction stir welded tank my team built….ha. One million linear inches of weld without a defect… definitely NOT trial and error…  
SR Tuning Discs, Psychoacoustic Bias and Listening Fatigue
Audiophile know thyself… and it’s called ear brain… for a reason