atmasphere
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| Why do people like reel to reel players? The top end is rolled off, and of course the noise floor is much higher @mulveling That Pioneer is pretty nice- and has bandwidth to 28KHz. It shouldn't sound rolled off! If it does, you might want to look at the heads and see if they are worn.... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. @williewonka If single-ended all bets are off. There is no way you can prevent single-ended cables from having an artifact unless you introduced a standard and had all the cables made to meet that standard, which would probably include a low imped... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? Another NA sayer that can’t hear the difference. Why do such people even bother with this hobby? @hiendmmoe Cuz its fun. Sometimes you can hear differences and sometimes you can't. What I've found is that if you can hear a difference (and not ju... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? Work done by Daniel J. Levitin shows, "Musical activity involves nearly every region of the brain ... and nearly every neural subsystem." @cleeds This is correct, and even more so when you're playing an instrument as opposed to simply listening t... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? Music is processed in the amygdala. But if the brain detects something wrong (speed, distortion, tonal balance and the like) then there is a tipping point where the processing is transferred to the cerebral cortex. At this point a lot of the emoti... | |
| Impedance between Pre to Amp SE to Balanced @honeybadgertube Yes- probably better (depending on the balanced preamp), since transformers are so good at being balanced. | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. @williewonka I'd be curious to see if there is a difference in the sound of the cables when the supporting equipment also supports the balanced standard. Just like single-ended, if the balanced line standard isn't supported you hear big differenc... | |
| Impedance between Pre to Amp SE to Balanced @honeybadgertube To my understanding ARC amps sound a lot better when driven by a balanced line, since their input circuit lacks the Common Mode Rejection Ratio needed to have single-ended and balanced operation sound the same. IOW, distortion i... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? Engineer types explaining musicality. @jpwarren58 Yeah, sometimes we engineering types do that. It probably helps to correlate engineering to the rules of human hearing, combined with actually playing real instruments. Some engineers do this ... | |
| Preamp Gain issues with high efficiency speakers @mstrshikadance As you've probably surmised by now, the problem isn't the preamps. Its a combination of way too much gain in the power amps and a typical digital source (your DAC) having way too much output. Your amp reaches full power with less ... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? You insist on the same " technical " terms and yes volume is comething we learned and it's our taste who defines the kind of volume we like. @rauliruegas This isn't what I was talking about nor is what I asked about. The question I asked above ... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? The ‘distortion product’ isn’t responsible for shaping or determining all of the various parameters that must be satisfied for a product to be considered musical. I don’t think that you are saying that it is, please clarify. @rooze Actually I w... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. In my view, an extra 6db gain does not result in improved dynamics, clarity and details - it’s just louder Since personal preferemces tend to play a large role in cable selection e.g... I’ve known people that prefered using Duelund tinned cop... | |
| What are the audio differences you hear with turntable Mats. Interesting. I wonder if an Acrylic mat without the adhesive would be an improvement over the stock 1200g mat @aberyclark The stock Technics mat is junk IMO/IME. So yes. @ghdprentice While I agree with your statement, I've found in practice t... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape I should also point out that tape heads and guides need to be periodically deguassed because they can pick up a residual magnetic field that will slowly erase the high frequencies on the tape. To do that you need a tape head demagnetizer. |