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| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? Great topic and completely agree, since I require no switching or phono stage, what is this but a volume knob? Having had the Freya + to play around with tubes, I was puzzled when it blew up and needed a replacement when it was out for repair. The... | |
| Magnepan .7 Alternatives I had the same issue, and want to reiterate what was mentioned here that mixing and matching components is a tricky business, some things just don’t work well together even though they are lauded and praised. My tube preamp/amp combo seemed to be ... | |
| Turn down the Volume! I'm glad this discussion is still going on, I've learned a lot from you all participating, and after viewing this, I think it explains the entire puzzle of why some recordings don't sound right at whatever volume you choose to listen at. Happy vie... | |
| Turn down the Volume! @johnk Many with horn systems have said that low volume is still satisfying. I have experienced a horn system that was actually much louder SPL than it 'seemed' - do you measure or go by ear? | |
| Turn down the Volume! @mijostyn that’s fascinating. And f-m curves make sense. Much of this is in our brains rather than our ears. I’m not sure about ‘ level it was mastered at’ that would mean what? I’m thinking of if you hear music playing from afar, you can usuall... | |
| Turn down the Volume! @bkeske I think that’s what I’m trying to address. When auditioning a new amp/ preamp, the music was lifeless and dull until it got to that 80 db area. But with my normal system it sounds great at 60. So it seems to impact the hobby and wondered w... | |
| Turn down the Volume! @curtdr that was what I experienced. Very clean but still loud. For his speakers though, he was very focused on midrange, it felt like if there was more bass then you wouldn’t need that volume. Seems like your system and the heresy balances better. | |
| Turn down the Volume! @curtdr I have the opposite sort of speakers (Magnepan) but a friend has horns. Listening to his system once and while it didn’t ‘seem’ loud, I checked and it was actually over 100db in average. Now perhaps it’s a mistake but could the ‘focus’ of ... | |
| Turn down the Volume! @patrickdowns that seems familiar. I haven’t experimented too much but recently tried several preamps. I’m still confused as to what a high quality preamp does, but in this instance the one I tried needed to be quite loud to have any impact compa... | |
| Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good? I think I said the same thing as @mahgister ha! | |
| Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good? I’ be been puzzling over this for years. One thing to help is to remember everyone on the other side, engineers, mixers, etc have all the control over this ‘Art’ they create. However, they can compromise for their perceived audience. Like any Art,... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing I saw the post referenced in this thread and think, as many here, it's a valid point. After all the ears have predictable behavior but not the brain. It has all sorts of biases. I recall listening to a system in a store when the rep changed out th... | |
| Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ... @holmz your post on different systems sounding loud at different SPL is fascinating and fits my experience too. Listening to a friends system, records and tubes and high efficiency speakers I was shocked it measured 100+ Db but didn’t sound’ loud... | |
| Looks like PS Audio has a hit on their hands with the new speaker It may need a separate thread, but that room? It seems so odd and small. I can see why he fought with so many sound absorbers, wouldn’t most recordings sound constrained? It seems more like a big set of headphones. But hey, no wrong approaches in ... | |
| About your music collection I love variety. There’s just too many experiences too have when exploring recorded music. Also there’s just outstanding exampkes in every genre, old and new. If certain sounds and genres give me pleasure I may focus there for a while, trying to di... |