brianlucey
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| One Amp To ‘Rule’ Them All.... POWER+cable+PRE AMP+cable+AMP+cable+SPEAKER (set up)+cable+ROOM (temperature, pressure, acoustics)+LISTENER (skill, taste, etc)These are the elements, more or less, with BOLD more important ... and I ask you op... How could anything be standard in... | |
| Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing? Best to have a minimum of 3 ref tracks for your listening tests. I use 12. You are not looking for a target song, but a fence collection. You want to hear the edges. | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. Someone said the Mytek is "not bad" ... if you are referring to the Manhattan, that's selling it way short. It's a great DAC. Same for the Bricasti M1SE. Lesser DAs are surely coming up as the OP says but it's not my expertise.Bottom line with... | |
| Are high sample rates making your music sound worse? The objectively BEST sample rate for playback ... drum roll please ...Is the one used in the mastering room On the approved recording.There is no gain to moving from there, and with something like MQA that adds distortion, there is a loss in quali... | |
| Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns "Upgrade" ... is a subjective thing ... and EVERYTHING has diminishing returns. So you are correct to be concerned about them! You should never buy ANYTHING unless you are :1. Unhappy with your system, for a good long while. 2. Able to pin down w... | |
| A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital.. No mention of harmonic content, the intentional listening experience of vinyl, or the necessarily more dynamic nature of vinyl releases when compared to their modern digital counterpart. And the loudness war has been there since vinyl. Fear is ... | |
| Ayre VX-5 vs. darTZeel NHB-108 Superior how exactly? Looking at the model one. | |
| I can not live without "Room Correction" This room is rough, so do what you can. You're centered toward the left it looks like? You have first reflections coming from the glass on the left side of the photo far earlier than the right side glass for sure.Using an EQ that has various a... | |
| D'Agastino Momentum vs Dartzeel NHB108 I’m interested in the NHB-108B. I’m also very interested to see that they illicit a $130,000 pair to make a comparison. Apples and oranges I would think, but interesting. For my mastering studio I’m looking for lower power, as I sit 7’ away in a c... | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D "Truth" is a word like "Fact" ... it is only for science.Taste is not science. That is a fact, for example.Class D at it’s best is great for some and lacking for others, and that’s fine.Stop justifying your purchase, it’s the essence of admitting ... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? It’s just not a great speaker. In that size try the 1. Canalis Anima with a nice amp of your choosing. 2. Amphion One 18, with amp. 3. Powered ATC SCM 20 Pro mk2 | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Very true @soundsrealaudio I'm having my speaker crossovers upgraded (same design, better parts) for the cost of the speakers themselves.A lot of parts in many crossovers. | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Every record is a journey of creation, and you are hearing all the moments added up in the product, as you can tell. That is very hard to dissect in an abstract conversation. There are intentions, and there are results. Intentions vary and skill... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. no worries @simao i didn't notice. Again, no fear of perfectionism around me, we are communicating here not posturing to be the smartest person in the room@brhatten I'm not sure how to respond to "most natural, life like reproduction of the music... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Remastering can be great, sure. It’s a mixed bag. Generally the place to being with any remastering is to figure out WHO initiated it, and WHO oversaw the process creatively and WHY was it done at all? Intentions and persons matter. Some of Bob's ... |