chayro
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| Amir and Blind Testing We had tons of equipment back in the 70s with the lowest measurable distortion possible. One of the founding principles of high end audio was to prioritize sound over specs. | |
| Intergrated Amp suggestions for B&W 805d4 My real advice is to bring your speakers to a dealer and listen to several amps until you find something you like. If that’s not possible, something with tone controls, like the Mac, might be a good choice. I see it over and over where people buy... | |
| Burson Audio Rant… Be thankful that your mistake was very small. People make mistakes that can cost them everything. I am always grateful when I can buy out of one of my fu’kups for a modest amount of cash. | |
| Amir and Blind Testing As a side note to my own thread, many people knee-jerk into thinking that Amir thinks high-priced components are BS and cheap Toppings are the shizzle. Not so. He raved about the $4000+ Dan Clark headphones and he uses a $20k Levinson amp with $20... | |
| Power Cable Break In - Such a Change! I think everyone would like to buy exactly the cable they wanted used at 60% off. If anyone has some 1M AU24 ICs, I’d definitely be interested. | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss Playing with new gear can be a lot of fun, but eventually it can turn into more work than it’s worth and you just want to sit back and listen. I don’t think upgrading ever gets out of the audiophiles’ system, but you start balancing against the ef... | |
| Rossini Apex by DCS - Home Audition I have to say it’s refreshing to see a purchase decision being made after actual audition instead of by comparing what the You Tube crowd says and then imagining you know how it sounds. Unfortunately, listening appears to no longer be the norm, an... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing Actually- this thread was not about electronic measurements. It was about Amir’s observation about the human brain and its ability to hear non-existent improvements when switching components because we start listening in an “analytical mode” when... | |
| Accuphase dc37 Wow. Nice stuff. I highly doubt anyone here will be able to answer that question for you, but your dealer should certainly allow you to demo the dac in your system. Not that many Accuphase people here, as far as I can see. | |
| Amir and Blind Testing “Science is a bunch of guys in white coats cutting up frogs”. Woody Allen. But just to drag the thread back on topic, I really wasn’t talking about Amir’s measurements or reviews. I was talking about his comments on the “analytical brain” vs the... | |
| Sad to say I need a new amp… Look at the Heed Elexir. Sounds better than it has a right to and designed to be left on 24/7. Very good headphone jack and MM phono stage as well. I think Heed builds SS stuff for people who like tubes. | |
| Kansas band Perhaps some of the cds have the AAD or DDD logos on them. From what I can see, their CDs go for pretty cheap on eBay, so if it’s that important for you to know, you can pick them up. | |
| Buying used vs new speakers from a technology perspective The vast majority of traditional box speaker components are decades old. Woofers are usually paper or some type of composite and tweeters are often silk or aluminum dome. In recent years, diamond and beryllium tweeters have come in the scene, as w... | |
| Totem Mani-2 and Kronzilla I had them in my system for a bit when I had my Naim 250, which I think was about 70 watts, but with a hefty regulated power supply. It sounded good, but the amp got quite a bit warmer than normal, even when played at moderate volumes. So yes, you... | |
| Madonna's soundstage Spacial expanders go back a long way in the studios. I have a Cambridge table radio with a “wide” setting that makes the music sound like it’s 3 feet to the side of the box, yet keeps the vocals centered. Personally, I find it distracting when ov... |