kalali
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| Totem Forest Signature v. Joseph Audio Profile Zu Mission speaker cables are great value. Picked up a 10’ pair a couple of months ago and very happy with the build quality and the sonics. | |
| Why so many used focals? kosst, you bring up some great points in your post but what you describe regarding the speakers’ impedance variations (as a function of frequency) is nothing unique to Focals. With a very few exceptions, majority of the cone driven speakers have s... | |
| Quad 2905 Lots of comedians on this site. We’d all be much better served if they join the Comedy Central site. | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol Found this. Good comparison chart for MHDT DACs. Note the output specs.http://www.mhdtlab.com/mhdt%20dac%20families.htm | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol "Orchid DAC is capable of up to 24bits/192kHz digital signal inputs yet remains driving legendary TDA1541A R-2R digital to analog output"Technically, TDA1541A is a 16-bit chip so while the DAC "accepts" 24/192 input the output is probably limited ... | |
| Usher's 718 BE monitor: Is it competitive with other monitors of the same vintage ? "Also which speaker above may have the best bass for a monitor??"Totem Acoustic Mani 2 . Heard the Signature model and with a good stand it sounded better in bass than many floorstanders I have heard. Not cheap. | |
| Are DAC's overpriced? I learned that many of these so-called vintage chips only support 16/44.1 Redbook rates. Not saying they’re bad, just saying they were designed for CD players as opposed to support the current hi-rez content at higher rates such as 24/96 or 24/192... | |
| Simple and Effective Upgrade for Wall Wart Power Supplies Thanks for the tip. So you basically daisychained the C7 power cord with the existing wall wart using various adapters? | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol Great input, thanks. I’m also following the other thread about the Border Patrol DAC with great interest and try to weigh the options. The Orchid seems to be slightly more reasonably priced than the BP SE model and looks a little nicer too. | |
| The Border Patrol DAC - Maybe linearity in a DAC is bad ... Spitballing Erik, it could be but I’m sure someone familiar with the recording process is definitely more qualified to address that (valid) question. The more I think about it the more the concept of “contrast” especially measured as a ratio, makes sense to m... | |
| The Border Patrol DAC - Maybe linearity in a DAC is bad ... Spitballing I haven’t heard the BP or BM DACs but I’m also having trouble accepting that the BM DAC is actually "removing" musical content from the original recording. Someone used the video analogy earlier and my guess is that the difference has to do with t... | |
| How do you properly set up a horn speaker I have no experience with your speakers but at the risk of stating the obvious, do what many of us do and have someone or two move the speakers as you listen and let your ears decide which placement is optimal. Every room is different.Good luck. | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol Great info, thank you. Since most of my content in this system is from Tidal HiFi service, I’m thinking the Pagoda model would be a more flexible option. The BP DAC SE seems to support up to 24/96 according to their website which is more than adeq... | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol teajay, thanks. Do you use the Orchid for Redbook CD playback or for streaming higher resolution content, or both in your review? If both, do you feel the DAC responds to one better than the other? I'm just wondering how the 16-bit chip-based DACs... | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol Thanks for the input. Didn't know about all the differences among the MHDT models. I've heard the Pagoda but in a much better system than mine and the owner did mention a good bit of the texture and the overall musicality was due to the DAC in the... |