shadorne
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| Reference 3A MM De Capo vs Legacy Calibre +1 ATC - their new tweeter integrates so well. Very natural sound. Not the last word in extension but the bass you do get provides superb detail and is of a higher quality then speakers tuned only to impress with an ultra deep bass | |
| Speed kills.... ATC actives are well known for dynamics and lack of compression on transients. Dynamics are quite often the missing element from many systems which are otherwise excellent in other respects. | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW I am not doubting your tremendous experience. I don’t doubt that much of pro-audio equipment is crap too. Hardly a surprise given the lack of quality we find in the consumer world. 100 db SNR is indeed about all that most crap equipment can achiev... | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW Well that settles it then. XLR is just an expensive bulky waste of money. Pro studios, musicians, sound engineers and microphone manufacturers are simply too ignorant to know better.Cheap RCA is just as good. | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW @ieales Exactly. If you have consumer grade audio then balanced may not do much for you unless you have an EM/RF noise (reduced by 40 dB in extreme cases) problem. If you have pro grade audio with much higher line signal levels then you will get t... | |
| How to make low end digital sound "not terrible" on higher end systems? +1 @mahlerA tube preamp and try Apple AAC 256 from your iPhone. Spotify is not quite there in compression quality. | |
| Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 I will add that digital room correction is a mixed bag. If the software is trying to heavily boost a null in the bass then it could easily cause your amplifier to clip in the bass even at modest volume levels.Audyssey XT32 limited their bass boost... | |
| Help me make a decision! Turntable overload Normally the cartridge comes with a weight. So you can compensate a little for light tone arms or light head shells.I have a Denon 110 high output MC on a refurbished Pioneer Pl-550 and I like the old school FM sound it gives. I am not looking for... | |
| Daedalus Audio speakers - Muse or Muse studio Three ways are tougher to design well as inna points out. However a single driver speaker is plagued with fundamental problems. You just can’t get a single diaphragm to produce 20 to 12KHz with anything approaching audiophile quality (flat frequen... | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW Canare Starquad L-4E6S cable are among the best. RCA is cheap crap. No self respecting self-proclaimed audiophile should be using anything but XLR for interconnects beyond the TT RCA phono leads. (No sense to have XLR from your cartridge but every... | |
| Interesting (or not) dilemma There is nothing worse than sitting with your head close to a wall. You our need to fix your listening position.Try diagonal placement with your seated position 1/3 of the way into the room. | |
| Might try a tube preamp I assume you are not seeking more resolution but a bit more warmth or flavour?ARC is a bit too close to SS for what I want from a pre.Mcintosh C2600 has some nice tube flavour & 12AX7 are common enough to roll cheaply! McIntosh is very popular... | |
| Daedalus Audio speakers - Muse or Muse studio @d2girls The stereo imaging won’t be quite as good as vertically aligned drivers. If you can’t audition then don’t buy. Speakers are the biggest variable in an audio system. Every speaker ever reviewed seems to garner positive reviews. Reviews are... | |
| Daedalus Audio speakers - Muse or Muse studio The tweeter isn’t aligned with the mid range on the muse! So avoid the Muse but the other designs would be a good choice for a louder speaker with more bass. You must audition though. | |
| Subwoofer advice You can’t fix Harbeth bass with a subwoofer. It has a highish Q with resonance around 100 Hz from the woofer/cabinet and further port resonance at 50 Hz. This adds a permanent warmth to the bass much like a tube preamp. You really can’t get rid of... |