mmeysarosh
Responses from mmeysarosh
| Can't get Acoustic Zen Adagios to sound smooth I auditioned the Adagio's a few years back and I can honestly understand feeling brightness or lack of smoothness on some recordings.Their presentation was quite forward, and while it provided an immediacy to the sound, it also made for a bit much... | |
| NuForce DAC-9 I had opened a request for demo unit and the XLR pin configuration info. There were a few things that caught my eye about the design. One interesting tidbit was the analog output stages make do without negative feedback.If this implementation work... | |
| My B&W speakers Increments of gain versus multiple factor. So I'm considering an additive level and not using the value as a multiple. Your take .33 and multiplying as compared to additional to make 1.33 instead.But in general the concept you state is correct. If... | |
| My B&W speakers I would certainly not be shocked by that figure. I wouldn't call it a rule, but something to understand that an upgrade from a bookshelf that cost a grand compared to one that costs five does not bring five times the gain in relative performance. ... | |
| My B&W speakers There is no doubt that most products from B&W would be considered high end compared to the general market of Best Buy specials. While some of the construction details are part of trickle down design coming down from prior high end efforts.If y... | |
| Apple Airplay Sound Quality There are two traces on that graph and one is for the analog outputs while the other is for the Musical Fidelity X-DAC V3. The only thing I am not sure is if the MF device is using something to reduce jitter. He does note that it performed better ... | |
| Apple Airplay Sound Quality The results of the quick test I took was as follows.I sent a 24/96 file via Airplay to my receiver with integrated DAC, an HK 3490. The end result was the display stated the signal was 44.1Khz PCM. I can only assume that there is some down samplin... | |
| Apple Airplay Sound Quality Sterophile had reviewed the first iteration of the AE and found its analog output to be somewhat lacking but as a transport, it achieved reasonable performance.I am somewhat surprised to hear about the jitter issue via the optical output as mine w... | |
| Emotiva XDA-1 DAC? I also had owned an XDA-1 and had return it dissatisfied. The volume control was an issue but apparently has been addressed since but sound quality isn't anything to write about.Just as Ts0711 wrote, the bass is bloated and doesn't show much pitch... | |
| Best Towers Under $1500 for beginner system I would certainly add the Kef Q700 to your audition list. They are quite new and have press just hitting the stands but it appears that they are generally prefered over the B&W 600 Series. What I have noticed about the design is the attention ... | |
| Why are my B&W 803D speaks feel bright The only way to properly determine the exact cause of your issue is through experimentation. But good insight before you do never hurts.Most of the B&W speakers I had an opportunity to listen were forward in their presentation. I fortunately h... | |
| SS Amp Preference for DeVore Fidelity Silverbacks I had an opportunity to listen to a early prototype of the Nines with JD via Shindo/Accuphase (it was very good) and spoke briefly with him about amps. He was certainly favoring tubes overall but I do recall him mentioning the Pass XA series and S... | |
| Any "lifestyle" speakers actually good for music? I might consider the KEF KHT3005SE for your needs. The sub has been reviewed independently as being flat, defined, and musical. The current SE version of the system has been noted as having a more refined top end and excellent dispersion character... | |
| Does Technology Trump Quality? I really don't get the point of the question other then question of weather your an audio nut or gadget geek.I myself could not care less about the implementation in comparison to results achieved. But the comparison made here also makes little se... | |
| Paradigm studio 100s Interesting to hear your opinion on the V.5 as compared to their predecessor. The biggest change in the series was at the v.3 introduction. The v.4 was primarily driver enhancements and the current model has changes in drivers & cabinets and p... |