audioman58
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| Have you moved away from full range to standmount speakers + subs? Yes a excellent pair of subs the SVS 3000 micro for $1500 which has dual apposing 8 inch drivers , and high current mosfet 800 watt amp.a no brainer with a great extensive control app you can use with any phone or tablet Highly recommended, if y... | |
| Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE. A pain in the arse. | |
| Tweaks That plug in to speakers and ? Why they work My tech told me these purifiers are a filter which = cleaning high frequency hash or noise that absolutely rides about 12 khz typically ,and can be measured removing the noise does drop 1-2 db , but when taking a spl meter and matching output you ... | |
| DAC connection: which type gives highest fidelity? Many high end mfg are combining R2R, multi bits or customs dac chips with a high end streamer which inherently has lower noise when properly designed and 2 less cables. Bricasti, DCS, Aqua , are just a few high end companies doing this. | |
| Get the best from your system while listening without any cost Not fair I use LED Edison Amber bulbs and look 😎 cool !! | |
| $4000 budget for amp and preamp Integrated amps at that price cheap alps volume pot NG you can get Schiit audio relay control vacuum tube preamp $899and Anthems very good power amp safe and sound audio around $2k a great combo | |
| Better CD Sound: The Search A good dac streamer combo like a Bricasti M3,M1, , Aqua , land others are great combo eliminating expensive servers and 2 less cables great design | |
| Tube vs solid state (with all apologies) In guitars vacuum tube amp,in Audio personally Solid state has much similarities , Mosfets , Jfets, bipolar transistors come pretty close in sonics in a good quality solid state amps ,and more current ,control for drivers and sounds very good , if... | |
| What do audiophiles do in their cars? Whatever they want , I used to have 6 amps and custom woofers,in back and over 1500 watts , not to good have that much sound in a small area after I sold the car , we just have the premium sound in the new Volvo X90 the Mrs says good enough .thi... | |
| Preamp caps Jupiter copper foil or Jupiter HT worth double the money? I have over 20 years modding and even better then Duelund I have found Jupiter copper foil with 2-3% vh audio Cutf Teflon Copperfoil cap combo, once settled in after 400 hours sounds Great land I have tried all the heavy hitters out there. | |
| Supply chain affecting anyone? Bricasti is one U.S made company that has had everything available and within 2 weeks shipped and great company to work with, another one I bought from this year was also a U.S companyCoda and it was 3-4 weeks . Wireworld U.S company no problem .... | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? My biggest dislike is the horrible build quality ,I helped a guy upgrade the Xover ,what pure garbage parts , even a electrolytic capacitor which is a cardinal sin fir a Loudspeaker Xover .and even the drivers all China specials , if you spend A f... | |
| How much does power amplifier really matter comparing to other hi-fi components? I put 1/3 rd into speakers since they are what determines the Sonic outcome and it’s quality in build,drivers,and Xover are what determines its tonal accuracy and naturalness .$10-20kThe Source such as the dac $5-7 k is equally important in quali... | |
| Interesting experience with two very different speaker designs Why not check out Spatial audio labs ,they are well engineered . | |
| Recommended streamers/servers? A excellent dac+ streamer board is the Bricasti M3 retail is $ 6500, give Perrotta consultants a call and ask Him what is his best price is , it has a lot of high quality for the money and many excellent reviews. |