donavabdear
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| AES/EBU cable shootout @thyname I really don't mean to pick on audiophiles and someone pointed out to me lately that I should be kinder, I agreed and I'll try. It's just that this group is full of intelligent people who have the same hobby as I do so I want to add the t... | |
| AES/EBU cable shootout @jeffstrick Cables can’t fix anything, although years ago when a singer was to bright we used an old brown Electro Voice cable that didn’t pass high end very well and it fixed the problem, a little EQ with mic cables. Again cables only degrade the... | |
| AES/EBU cable shootout @thyname To answer your question yes, bollocks everyone knows you can't have better sound quality than the original (I did recording for 35 years) audiophile cables especially are perhaps hundreds of times more expensive than professionals use in ... | |
| AES/EBU cable shootout From a professional perspective latency in digital circuits is by far more important than nano second timing differences created by cables. In modern systems used in professional recording you set latency based on buffer size. Last week we did sou... | |
| AES/EBU cable shootout @ghdprentice When I ask this question to cable manufactures the good ones say we don't know but it does seem to sound better. The bad ones give me ridiculous notions of speed of the signal matching and power reservoir and keeping radio frequency i... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? @dayglow I do remember those speakers I’m embarrassed to say they looked so boxy and cheep I didn’t give them the respect their sound deserved. They did sound good but I was shallow and looking for more interesting speakers. Sorry I didn’t give th... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? @dayglow Oh no, I mentioned those speakers several times to people but I called them Title darn I got the name wrong. Yes the Totem’s were wonderful they made the biggest impression on me of any smaller speaker, those Canadian’s can make some grea... | |
| Speakers and amplifiers show audiophiles are confused. @kota1 Yes there were some beautiful MC901 amps being shown off with beautiful equipment and B and W 801 speakers in a big room, it was horrible. The B and W 801s were so harsh compared to everything else it was off the charts, you really get a ve... | |
| Speakers and amplifiers show audiophiles are confused. Other than the Title speakers with the Bryson amps for $8k I'd say the JBL L100's were the best for the money. | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? I was amazed at AXPONA how many salesmen would give a description of the system with statements like "These speakers will really give you clarity and punch" they seemed to not be saying they will BRING OUT the clarity and punch, this distinction i... | |
| What should I do - PS Audio DAC with or without Preamp For what it's worth I just got a Perfect Wave DAC Mk 2 and it really sounded bad used as a preamp, I also got a new Hifi Rose for a streamer but it also has a preamp built in and it sounded much better. My PS Audio BHK sounds great with the other ... | |
| Speakers and amplifiers show audiophiles are confused. Hi @kota1 The speakers were the L100s they had another pair in the room that were a little smaller but both sounded great and had that compression driver tone that only JBL has it was great! After listening to literally hundreds of speakers you ge... | |
| Speakers and amplifiers show audiophiles are confused. @phusis obviously you are an above average audiophile. I came back from AXPONA amazed at the BS that was knee deep. The engineers were legit but the sales people (with a few great exceptions) were generally all making the mistake that the speakers... | |
| Speakers and amplifiers show audiophiles are confused. My favorite speakers at AXPONA were the Wilson Alexia v at $67K the Wilson Alexx Vs sounded best but are more than twice the price. The Magico's were great and the Sonus Faber Aida's were disappointing. Bryston and Carver didn't have their own r... | |
| Speakers and amplifiers show audiophiles are confused. @kota1 so I spoke to Dave an engineer from Bryson unfortunately they didn't have their powered systems here so we talked about powered speakers and active crossovers he fully agreed that's how high end systems should be designed. He interestedly s... |