shadorne
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| New $24,000 inter-connect Proof (in case anyone needed it) that some audiophiles are complete fools. Even if you have the money hundreds or thousands or millions of times over, why would you even want to incentivize or reward makers of such a ludicrous product. | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification A good tube preamp with tubes to taste and coupled with a great SS power amplifier is IMHO the best thing since sliced bread. It is like having your cake and eating it. Great SS amplifiers come in various topologies - overall design being most imp... | |
| What are your top 1-5 favorite well recorded songs? You would probably like Da Fonk - Nils LandgrenKeith Don’t Go Live - Nils Lofgren Hommage to Duke - David Grusin (entire album)Endangered Species - Lynyrd Skynrd (entire album)The Man in the Long Black Coat - Bob Dylan | |
| Sarasate Suggestion Anne Sophie Muter - a child prodigy. | |
| How about a list of speakers that are time and phase coherent? Thiels and what else? ATC use phase correction in their active speakers. The overall result approaches linear phase with smooth phase behaviour across the crossover. No speaker will be perfectly linear phase as mechanical drivers aren’t linear phase.That said, minimum ... | |
| Which DAC: Benchmark, Mytek, Audio Mirror, Holo Audio, Mojo Audio? +1 @robelvick Think front row with Benchmark or Mytek. Think row 8 or 10 with Chord and PS Audio. All four DACs are good and have their loyal followers. | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? Mystic Eyes is one of my early favourites of Van Morrison!also liked his Georgie Fame collaboration a lot.as usual Bdp24 shows the extreme depth of his wisdom when it comes to anything music related! | |
| Which DAC: Benchmark, Mytek, Audio Mirror, Holo Audio, Mojo Audio? Here is a thought: Stick to Stereophiles A+ list.These are all within reach especially if you consider used. All are good. All could be resold fairly easily. Benchmark, Exasound and Mytek are more pro studio sounding (front row seat attention grab... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker The issue here is not the amplifier. It is the speakers. If you want high quality and high fidelity then 4 ohm nominal speakers are definitely best avoided. The very low impedance is bound to create amplifier issues (stress) with almost any amp. | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? I don’t understand DK adoration even on her very best day. Like Michael Buble - I just don’t get it. | |
| tonearms, straight and curvy No difference for the cartridge. Straight or S shaped - the arm connects the pivot point to the cartridge. The length of the arm or distance of cartridge to pivot point is a bigger factor. The S shape may have an advantage in slightly reduced LF v... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming This sounds like you are running into a limitation of your DAC or Chromecast. Streaming of Redbook should be the same as CD if the devices you use are working optimally and settings are for bit perfect reproduction, after all it is the same file. | |
| Your Favorite Holiday Album Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt | |
| Is it time to just quit? Yes, yes and yes! | |
| My daughter practing snare, bells this aft...... @tomic601 Agreed that the recording is the limitation. Microphones are actually very good. The challenge is microphone placement! Drums sound different with less than a cm of microphone movement in any direction. Generally high overheads and a mix... |