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| Is DEQX a game changer? Ozzy, let me just add one comment that is really obvious but important to emphasize. Even one owns $200,000 Wilson Alexandria speakers, if the room is tugging the FR of the speakers all over the place, I can't see how it is possible to appreciate ... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Ozzy,I'll take a crack at Questions 2 and 3. Q-2: Maybe. It depends on the significance of the room interactions with your speakers. My listening room/basement is acoustically terrible. I had to move a lot of stuff around. But the results were wel... | |
| Lyra Delos or Helicon versus Soundsmith Zephyr Just picked this thread up again. Since posting this thread, I picked up the Lyra Kleos. IMO, the Kleos is much better sounding cartridge than the Zephyr or the Delos in my system. Having said that, the Zephyr is a very nice cartridge that I hold ... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Thanks Al. Interesting point. Admittedly, I have an irrational bias (pun) to using the DEQX in analogue mode. That is, my CDP is hooked up to my Ref 5 SE preamp, and the DEQX is inserted in between the Ref 5 and my amp. I suppose I can't bear the ... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Unsound ... not sure if this post is responsive to what you just posted. In my case, I am using the DEQX principally for its time alignment and room EQ functionalities in analogue mode. And as many have already posted, the DEQX works very well in ... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Andrew (Drewan77) --- been following the last several posts. As you know, I just bought the PreMATE. Larry, the DEQXpert, set it up. Interestingly, he cut the self powered sub woofer off at 120 Hz and let the speakers' passive woofers take it from... | |
| Audio Research preamp ratings & sound differences Over the course of "n" years, I owned quite a few ARC preamps; namely: SP-9, SP-16, SP-17, Ref-3, Ref 5 and finally the Ref 5 SE. IMO, the there were significant incremental improvements in sound quality across the board as I climbed the ladder fr... | |
| This might just be the end of brick and mortar So how is it that companies like Audio Research, Wilson, Magico and the hundreds of other high-end manufacturers are able to push their product. Who are the first buyers of this class of gear? What are the supply and distribution chains? I agree t... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Kal,Can you answer the OP's question, "Is DEQX a game changer?" or do we have to wait for your report? | |
| Will the sound quality deminish over the years? Short post-script to my last post. If the OP's Q also goes to whether old speakers mechanically wear out like old car shocks over time, I surmise that some speaker parts will degrade over time. For example, the caps used in the cross-over may chan... | |
| Will the sound quality deminish over the years? Perhaps a another way to phrase the OP's Q is whether current model speakers use better materials and employ better technology that the SOTA of 40 years ago. And hence, sound better than the old stuff.I suspect the answer is in the affirmative. St... | |
| Silver cables or copper?Any opinons. Just caught this thread. What Al wrote above makes perfect sense to me ... an admitted non-techie. I posted similar comments in the context of the differences between various types of I/Cs and speaker cables. In particular, I was puzzled about the... | |
| Harry Weisfeld Was Right All Along Ralph (Atmasphere) ... I own a VPI Classic with a 10.5 inch uni-pivot wand. I use one rubber donut on the JMW arm AS thingy. I can't say that using that dribble of AS force makes much of a difference in sound playback. The only reason I use the AS... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Drewan77 ... well our A'gon audiophile pals won't have to believe us for much longer. Kal Rubinson's DEQX PreMATE review will be published next month in the December Stereophile issue. I am not concerned that we will have to eat our hats. If my su... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Drewan ... IME, as I stated above and/or elsewhere, room EQ what effects cannot be understated ... unless your sound room is an anechoic chamber. I was *VERY* surprised at how my sound room/man cave twisted the mid and bass frequencies in my right... |