steakster
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| Cannot find perfect sound Enjoy your cheap earbuds. Don’t buy speakers. Problem solved. | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? Years ago, I lived nearby an audio reviewer. He had an outstanding reference system. The sound stage was so huge - wide & deep - that you could get out of the listening chair and walk a few feet into the 3D space. It was quite amazing. It took... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio +1 david_ten Audiotroy doesn’t get it. On another current thread, manufacturers, Roger Modjeski of Music Reference and Ralph Karsten of Atma-Sphere, are discussing circuit design. Having the participation of all these audio pros - dealers, revie... | |
| My music sounds brighter Every once in awhile, my system will go from great - to bright - or to muddy. And I didn't change a thing. I suspect that it's the power company. Who knows what they're doing. Nowadays, they even put a digital signal into the AC to retrieve... | |
| DEQX Almarg would be the resident expert on DEQX. Consider his feedback as reference grade material. You can take his advice to the bank.It seems that your question should be divided into two parts:- DEXQ- StreamingEach one alone has a steep learning c... | |
| Amp for Acoustic Zen Crescendo 2 ? @grannyring"I will add everyone should bypass their speaker binding posts for better sound."I have Acoustic Zen Adagios Jrs. I pulled out the rear plate with the speaker binding posts and jury-rigged the speaker cables directly to the internal wi... | |
| Tube Pre-Amp, vs Solid State with Tone Controls/EQ to take edge off the top end? To mitigate edgy HF due to room issues - as opposed to electronics:- Try toe-ing the speakers out a few degrees.- Try hanging a somewhat dense fabric on the wall - dead center behind the speakers. Experiment with a bath towel at first. If it works... | |
| Is there actually a difference? SS amplification (pre and power) reached such a high level of development over the past three decades that competing units are functionally and sonically equivalent. Opinion - definitely, not fact. | |
| Small or large sub for music Subwoofers are a bad solution for inadequate speakers. They are mutually exclusive with high fidelity because they can never perfectly integrate. Some people and rappers don’t care about sound quality. Low-Fi is fine for them. For the rest of us, ... | |
| Small or large sub for music "More important, IMO, is to have a SEALED sub for music."Can anyone provide a supportable reason for this, or is this just an ad nauseum repeating of inaccurate information? Yes, it’s a myth. I’ve got two of these ported Talon Roc 2002 monsters fo... | |
| "Greenfield" flex conduit for DIY power strip? Silver Ghost Power Pods | |
| The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passes away ". . . when Atlantic Records sent her down to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to record . . . "Yup! Watch this amazing documentary! Muscle Shoals. It revisits the creation of some legendary music. Aretha, Jimmy Cliff, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Traffi... | |
| Paul is Done If you get a chance, watch the documentary "Under African Skies". It’s about the making of ’Graceland’. But, the backstory demonstrates how Paul helped to bring South African music to the world. This was when apartheid and politics were formidable... | |
| If you still spin CD's their is a reference level Transport for reasonable money @d2girls . . .have you any experience with the Pioneer PD-S95, or any stable platter transports?I had a PD-S95 for several years. Back then, I was using it with a tube preamp with a ’warmish’ SS amp. The transport was extremely well engineered. Th... | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? But, the banner doesn’t display destruction, it’s The Crown of Creation. :-) Agreed! There are some twisted viewpoints out there. As Jim Morrison stated, ’People are Strange’ |