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| Versatile, non-fatiguing speakers for a small room under $1500 used or new: advice needed! I have a similar situation to you in many ways - a small, nearly squarish room, NYC apartment, nearfield listening, very sensitive to brightness, etc.I currently use Omega Super Alnico monitors, which are full range, single driver loudspeakers. I... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC The Border Patrol’s moment in the sun largely seems to have passed, but I have found there is something special about this DAC’s sound. I tried to switch to a Metrum Amethyst but ended up going back to the Border Patrol. I know it measures terri... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? Associate Dean at a top-tier research university. | |
| 1000.00 speakers @mapman Omega very much alive and well - thriving, really, from what I understand. Louis just moved the operation into a bigger, more updated facility.The “sold out” stuff you saw on the site was probably from the in-stock selection Louis periodi... | |
| 1000.00 speakers Omega Super 7 MkII | |
| (Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement I picked one up a few days ago and am still trying to dial it in. I find myself fussing with it too much, I can’t leave it alone. It may be that my OCD psyche can’t deal with a device like this, LOL! | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? I’m a few days late to this party, but I just picked up a Metrum Amethyst, thinking it would probably be a lot like my Border Partrol SE but more resolving, and I’m very surprised at the extent to which (thus far) I prefer the Border Patrol. In my... | |
| How deadly is transformer hummm... I have a Line-Magnetic LM-218ia that emits an audible transformer buzz, which you can definitely hear anytime you are standing by the amp while it's on. I understand from fellow owners that this is quite common to LM amps, and harmless. I guess I... | |
| Tin Foil Hat Audio Mijostyn, I think of placebo and subject-expectancy effect as essentially the same thing, or at least closely related, but that may have not been the main thrust of your point and I agree with you about expectancy bias.The only thing I would add a... | |
| Tin Foil Hat Audio On the other hand, if a person is not responsive to placebos, they should not be derided as people who can't hear, or people who only care about measurements, or people who only judge by price, etc.I agree with this as well. I think it’s best to ... | |
| Tin Foil Hat Audio Completely agree with this:I'm having too much fun with my placebos to quit now!Placebo effect is a real, documented thing of course, but if it works, it works. If a doctor prescribed me a medication and said something to the effect of, "now, thi... | |
| (Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement Checking in on this thread to see if those of you who had this device in your systems more than a year ago - keesue, @4krow - have stuck with it? Or has it moved on, as another commenter above thought might happen?Any long-term observations to sh... | |
| Basic Tidal streamer to USB DAC OP here - a Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra is what I ended up with, and it fits my needs perfectly. | |
| - A Jazz Celebration of the Allman Brothers! Thanks for the reminder - this is a great album I listened to at one point and had forgotten about - got to revisit it! Really great stuff. “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” is fantastic. | |
| Which R2R DAC UP TO 1K: ORGANIC, FULL-BODIED, DEEP SOUNDSTAGE I'm a little surprised to see no mention of the Metrum Amethyst, which I understand is very well regarded, but it seems to meet your criteria and might be worth investigating. |