shadorne
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| $10K-15K short list? @dhanks B&W had a great reputation 30 years ago.It all depends what you are looking for and please don't say extreme accuracy or highest fidelity because everyone says that but in reality it is rarely a requirement at all. Most speakers of... | |
| XLR Question Do you have a PlayStation/Xbox or Game console optical out still connected to the OPT1 or to an HDMI input jack? What I am driving at is if the Digital Input selector for GAME on the pre is set to something that has an active digital connection?I ... | |
| Benchmark Dac3 Ok Benchmark DAC 3 arrived and I can hear an improvement over DAC 2. Ultra clear with lower noise floor or more black and slightly more dynamics. I am happier with the DAC3 and it seems more like the revelation when I first heard the DAC1 to my ea... | |
| Is there any advantage to lower efficiency speakers? 87 or below? Like most things it is a trade off. Lower sensitivity speakers are generally more linear, have greater bandwidth and are generally more accurate (less distortion). It is easy to make a high power amplifier that is extremely accurate (just expensiv... | |
| Clint Eastwood Here is a photo of his setuphttps://www.pinterest.com/pin/500110733596211502/ | |
| DAC with Home theater bypass My Benchmark DAC3 also has Home Theater Bypass it is very useful - you can listen to the DAC powering the main front stereo speakers directly (via a power amp) for optimal stereo music sound and then switch to your lower quality 7.1 system with it... | |
| 16 bit is good enough..... Steve,Not sure I agree with time domain being the biggest factor (although I agree it has its importance). I think oversampling actually helps reduce noise from DAC non-linearities and this may be the biggest benefit from oversampling (not the fac... | |
| 16 bit is good enough..... How does it compare to the longstanding reference test recording that separates realistic systems from wanabees - The Sheffield Labs Track and Drum disc? | |
| What have I missed in the last 12 years? The Rum Runner is the name of the night club where Duran Duran got their break. Black sabbath played regularly at that club too. The owner mortgaged his home to finance five young kids.... | |
| how much power can a speaker handle? This https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aP_Z3s8Zas0 | |
| My favorite Reviewer Yes I have noticed his CNET reviews in the past. Not just hype like the usual suspects who are audio snobs that are most heavily influenced by aesthetics of products, marketing hype and nose bleed prices. Steve’s review ratings seem primarily dete... | |
| Another Audiophile obituary Well the subsequent comments to my remark certainly prove my point. In fact, I cannot think of a more concrete proof that those who dismiss extreme hype are vilified here by the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx. | |
| speakers It is not well known or it seems well understood here that producing loud music cleanly with negligible distortion and realistic dynamics is actually very difficult to achieve in a speaker. A PA speaker is NOT the solution. A main studio monitor i... | |
| Another Audiophile obituary RIP Peter. A voice of reason amongst an audio journalism community that has become mostly hypeThere is is a strong anti-objectivist sentiment reflected on these forums. Objectivists must be either deaf or with an agenda while subjectivists hear an... | |
| The Slow Secret Death of the Guitar No the guitar is not dead. It has been a staple in one form or another for thousands of years and will remain so.If anything it is larger orchestral and big band that is dying - so much can be done with technology today that the expense of a multi... |