willemj
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| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? Ordinary basic cable is good enough. The rest is a rip off. | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! Well, I have both the ELS 57 and the 2805. As I said before, they are of the same family, but honestly, I can compare them directly next to each other. The ELS 57 was a brilliant speaker for its time, but the 2805 is really better. It has a more e... | |
| Why do many discussions about sonic performance disintegrate into technical discusions? Indeed, the recurring crackpot argument is that scientific facts do not exist and that you should follow your subjective impressions. That makes people easy targets for snake oil sellers (many of them here) and audiophilia nervosa, leading to freq... | |
| What other streaming services do you recommend besides Tidal? Here in Europe I am using Qobuz 16/44. The repertoire is great but it also suffers from occasional drop outs (even with a wired ethernet connection and a fast internet). The web browser based interface is fine, apart from the drop outs, but I cann... | |
| Chromecast and external DAC Good to hear you are happy. However, I noticed I forgot to include the link to the measurements of the analogue output: http://archimago.blogspot.nl/2016/02/measurements-google-chromecast-audio.html It is fine at 16/44 but measurably struggles at ... | |
| Chromecast and external DAC You will be amazed how good it is. The analogue output is fine for 16/44, but struggles a bit at 24/96. With its bitperfect digital output it really is a no compromise solution up to 24/96, and for only $35. If you use more than one, you can even... | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! My first system in the 1970's and used until quite recently was an LP12/SME/V15iii, Quad 33/303/fm3 (twice refurbished), Quad ELS57. It sounded great. A few years ago I replaced the ELS57s with the Quad 2805s, and these really are better, even the... | |
| Chromecast and external DAC I use a few of them, both with their analogue output (into an older high end amplifier in the main system) and a modern more modest amplifier with digital optical input in the bedroom. It does not have a usb output, only mini optical and analogue ... | |
| looking for a new pre/amp or integrated amp The problem is the combination of network and streaming capability and an amplifier with multiple digital and analogue inputs. I have one suggestion: a Yamaha AS 701 or AS 801 (= an AS 701 with added usb input). See here for a review of the earlie... | |
| Stereo Subwoofer Pairing The Antimode engineers recommend corner placement for maximum reinforcement and minimal dips/nulls. That position unfortunately also gives the biggest peaks, but you can deal with those with the room eq. | |
| Rythmik subwoofer The Rythmik dipole subs will be a good match for use with dipoles like the Magnepans. But do not forget to use dsp room eq such as the Antimode 8033 as well. | |
| Stereo Subwoofer Pairing 80 Hz is common for HT. For music I prefer to use them below the main speaker's roll off frequency, i.e. rather lower, such as 35-50 Hz. That is also the advice from REL: set the low pass filter quite low, and the volume relatively high. | |
| Stereo Subwoofer Pairing Deep bass is not directional, and that has been shown by a lot of research. Yet, as some have argued here, it may sound as if these deep bass notes do indeed emanate from different speakers. The explanation is that the human brain uses the upper h... | |
| Coming out of the blackhole called work...retirement There is no way you can meaningfully spend such big money and hope to just enjoy good sound. The problem as some have already said is the room. It is too small for full range reproduction and great dynamics, and it is square with a ceiling height ... | |
| KEF LS50 Wireless integration with REL sub Maybe you should have increased the level of the subwoofer when you lowered the low pass frequency (that is what REL usally recommends, and I tend to agree). But it is just a thought. If you really want to know/see, get a calibrated measurement m... |