dean_palmer
Responses from dean_palmer
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? Apples and Oranges discussion. Measurements and listening are too often mixed up and made into some silly arguments that I've seen. Listening is really all that matters, to most consumers, not all. Measurements however can indicate if a piece of g... | |
| First world problems - Rf Shielding.... There is absolutely no use for a Faraday cage in this example. There is no problem to solve in the first place that a Faraday cage would help with. | |
| Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear Sound Quality: The modern equipment IMHO does not have a signature or colored sound. McIntosh is considered world class as it delivers the highest quality possible. Anything that is considered better is an opinion, and maybe different, but not b... | |
| Why don't they record in ‘surround stereo’? @emergingsoul Definitely requires an AVR that offers a "pure direct" or similar option, and does not in any way apply to the cheap low end units out there. There is no reason that a high quality AVR or processor when properly built for the purpo... | |
| Why don't they record in ‘surround stereo’? While there are a lot of multi channel recordings out there such as the suggested Eric Clapton Crossroads, any decent AVR or surround sound processor can already simulate full surround on any standard stereo recording. For music, you are not sitti... | |
| McIntosh 2.1kw amplifier? It's like any other "halo" or "flagship" piece for a manufacturer. Be glad someone is still making such things even if it seems crazy. Like most car manufacturers, they will make something far beyond what the man on the street would ever be able t... | |
| McIntosh dealer discount ? It's not a crime to ask for a discount, but don't expect many dealers to give you a discount. Dealers do not want to be known to give a discount, and it's partially because of dealer agreements that they do not and cannot publish pricing at less t... | |
| How good is good enough? I can't say I'm never upgrading anything more, but I've reached a point where spending more money on upgrades is not really going to improve my listening experience. Most people including your friends and family will never care if you spend their ... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system Equalizers make a lot of sense for a lot of people. No idea why some folks have issues with adding an EQ. Probably same folks who scream all about "pure signal" and then run their music through a tube amp only to distort it anyway, LOL. Some folks... | |
| Table top DAC and Amp advice needed The Schiit products are amazingly good and are made or assembled in the USA. I have a small stack of Schiit right here on my desktop, the Valhalla 2 and the Modius as a headphone setup. At work I have their "Hel" headphone amp + DAC. I would not c... | |
| DAC's from the past, are any of them really worth much today? Current lower end DACs almost definitely have eclipsed a lot of the high end offerings from the past decades. The DAC is absolutely the wrong piece of gear to consider using most anything from the past unless one of the really high end and well re... | |
| W4S DAC 5 years at the speed that digital tech has been moving forward is almost an eternity today. ASR reviewed the "DAC-2v2 SE DAC" a few years ago, and while I do not make judgement based on measurements alone, there were some obvious findings that sho... | |
| New McIntosh amp build quality Build quality has always improved as the years went along. Anyone saying different is just repeating the same tired bullshit of "it was better in the past" which rarely has any merit, and definitely untrue with McIntosh. "Back in the day it was be... | |
| Need advice on media player and or dacs Schiit??? Yes. I have started to build up a small pile of Schiit in the past year or so, and very happy with their products. I've had only good experience, and the only negative is not for them alone, but every damn maker who puts switches on the ... | |
| mcintosh mc-462 Pros... everything. Cons... none. All of these are high quality, and this isn't 1950 so they will definitely work perfectly together. I have been running a MC-462 for a few years, fed by a number of devices. All amazing. |