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| Listening Descriptor Chart @sbank, that's a very interesting, and helpful diagram. Thanks for linking to it. | |
| Listening Skills Part Duex: What are you listening for? How and What:1) Hearing live music. As an extension, being trained to play in an ensemble. Are either required? As @whart has written multiple times...no, but the skills can be applied to listening to a home audio system. 2) Listening to a familia... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend As a Bricasti M3 owner, my DAC search is largely over...except perhaps for a Bricasti M1 SE...or possibly an Audio Note UK DAC. I will be interested in the listening comments from the Bricasti DACs.BTW...Audio Note Kits components are not Audio No... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS If one uses Tekton Design’s sensitivity specification of 94db 2.83V@1m, and enters into this calculator 150w (peak power output of the Tsakiridis Apollon Ultra amplifier), at 1 meter, speaker away from walls, the calculated decibel level is 115.8d... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS @rixthetrick,Yes, actually on both days my speakers were given a generous amount of time to listen to. My wife actually proclaimed that after listening to Tracy Chapman on vinyl it was the best sound she’d ever heard. That’s quite a statement! Als... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? 1) U2 - Shea’s Theater (Buffalo, NY) - 1983 - early in the tour that was later documented in the film "U2 Live at Red Rocks"2) Rolling Stones - Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, CA) 19973) Tie - Stevie Wonder solo charity show - Marla Gibb Theater (Los... | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts A jazz cat who got in with a pretty good rock band. R.I.P., Mr. Watts. | |
| When are people going to wake up and realize listening is a skill? @phasemonger & @cdamiller5Very happy to read your posts, as I was thinking about this yesterday.Anyone who is (or was) a musician, and there are many in the Audiogon community including myself, is aware of listening as a skill. It’s taught in ... | |
| Good fix-- Have you scratched the wood on your Cornwall IVs? Good job. Thanks for the helpful post. | |
| Apple TV Set Up Darko has very helpful videos. This one demonstrates a method to connect an Apple iPhone or iPad to a USB DAC using Apple’s Lightning-to-USB adapter.https://darko.audio/2021/06/the-best-way-to-stream-hi-res-audio-from-apple-music/I am not aware of... | |
| Newbie setup https://www.parasound.com/pdfs/vintage/hca2200llom.pdfhttps://www.arcdb.ws/Database/LS2/ARC_LS2MKII_manual.pdfhttps://www.bluesound.com/products/node/ | |
| Vintage tubes - facts, science, technology & empirical evidence VS. marketing, myth & hype Excellent post from @atmasphere.@markusthenaimnut, as you already mentioned, the following tube sellers effectively mitigate the risk of purchasing vintage tubes. They also will provide recommendations based on your component(s). They are worth re... | |
| Vintage tubes - facts, science, technology & empirical evidence VS. marketing, myth & hype I was hoping to hear stories from experienced listeners, about which tubes really delivered the goods and which tubes ultimately proved disappointing.In a nutshell, I have tried many of the 6DJ8 and 12AU7 tubes on the list below, and my observatio... | |
| Review on Bricasti Design M3 DAC My M3 was largely done changing sound characteristics after 48 hours of constant playing. Beyond that I didn’t pay much attention. This was through the balanced outputs. I never listen to the RCA outputs, so my comments apply only to XLR. | |
| My swarm sub system is in The Absolute Sound !! Beautiful room with impressive attention to detail: design, aesthetics, construction.Inclusion in The Absolute Sound is well deserved.@audiokinesis belongs in the Audiogon Hall of Fame. Duke has provided so much free, detailed advice in the forums... |