yoyoyaya
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| Am I a hopeless audio snob? The current Technics SL-1200G is a fine turntable at its price point. It is stronger on rythmic drive and bass coherence than it is on tonal refinement, but an excellent performer nonetheless. While it looks like the old disco 1200, it does not lo... | |
| Do good power cords have to be stiff? Less Loss cables, made in Lithuania use a braided construction and are extremely flexible. | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing @erik_squires, I think you are conflating two separate arguments - (A) whether it is possible to increase the resolution of music reproduction in a sonically neutral fashion? The answer to that is absolutely:- by lowering the noise floor, as has b... | |
| AKM makes the best DACs I was away from my computer, and the Esoteric question has been answered. But for completeness, most of the higher end players (which function also as DACs) and dedicated DACs used AKM devices, many in a multiple dac chip configuration. It appears... | |
| AKM makes the best DACs @Audioman 58. There are many great-ladder dac chips -R2R out there to even consider any AKM chips not 1 upper dac maker use them ,buy a Topping if that’s your thing. I suppose Esoteric (pre Mastersound Discrete Dac) doesn't count as an "upper... | |
| AKM makes the best DACs In non FPGA DACs, I've tended to find that AKM chips sound the most natural, but most of the AKM based DACs I've listened to tend to be more expensive than those which use ESS and Burr Brown chips so the issue of anciallary components complicates ... | |
| Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air The LS50s are a very well balanced speaker (albeit a revealing one) and you might find that changing them leaves you missing aspects of the sound that you traded for a different balance in an alternative speaker. However, if you definitely want to... | |
| Speaker shootout question -- do you position the same or differently, depending? There's no point in positioning the speakers in "roughly" their optimal position - actually, that's an oxymoron. Unless the speakers are radically different in their design, their optimum position might only vary slightly from speaker to speaker s... | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Ultravox have a catalogue of such: My Sex, and Death in the Afternoon, for example. | |
| It’s all a matter of degree Thanks tsushima1! | |
| Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please A Pass Int 25 will be sufficient for your room and listening levels and will have the realism you are looking for. The Copland CTA408 is also worthy of consideration if you a tube amp. On Jadis, I would look for an i35 secondhand in preference to ... | |
| It’s all a matter of degree I've always had a simple rule - change only one thing at a time and spend plenty of time evaluating the change. Beyond vibration control, I don't go for tweaks*. I've seen too many people destroy both their systems and their musical enjoyment goin... | |
| Mounting Speakers On A Furniture Dolly For Mobility If you listen to a pair of Wilsons on casters (before) and after when they are spiked, the difference is massive and it's not just due to a change in speaker height. | |
| Heat in class A equipment Hot amps are very handy in cold Ireland :)) | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? Price is a factor in all this. At lower price levels, cables make a big difference. As component prices increase, spending more on cables hits the realm of diminishing returns before expenditure on electronics, speakers and vibration control does.... |