dynacohum
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| Best Holographic Speakers ~$7k per pair Carefully set up, many speakers can sound holographic. It helps if they are well positioned and have well controlled off axis and overall even power distribution. If you can hear Focal Sopra No.1s they are exemplary and might hit your range used. ... | |
| Technics SL-1300G Turntable issues We here are all rightly ganging up on Matt, who is entitled to his opinion of course. But as to the OP, you’re absolutely right about the cheezy feel of the cueing mechanism on the current Technics line. I have an SL100C and it’s my only complaint... | |
| Revel F36 or Dali Oberon 7 If you value bass impact you’ll prefer the Revels. If midrange warmth and smoothness are more important then the Dalis. Have you tried B&W 603s? Not as slammin’ as the F36 or as warm as the Obi 7, but a nice blend of both speakers’ strengths. | |
| You can't hear dialogue because it doesn't matter The use of horizontal MTM layout makes common center channel speakers SUCK (out) due to inevitable lobing effects. The configurations that make sense are 3 ways with vertical MT and coincident. | |
| Ortofon carts are too hot for my phono preamp? Sell both your phono preamps. The Avid, at 48dB gain is apparently too sensitive to overloading by your not abnormally high output MM cartridges, and the Pro-Ject because you don’t respect its quality. Then buy a Spartan 20, which is £500 and has... | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? Jackson Browne, from “For A Dancer” Just do the steps that you've been shown By everyone you've ever known Until the dance becomes your very own No matter how close to yours Another's steps have grown In the end, there is one dance you'll do alon... | |
| Using external DAC with preamp with built-in DAC I just got a Quad 33 all analog preamp, using an outboard SMSL DO200 Pro DAC with it. The signal path is all balanced XLR. The Quad has MM/ MC phono, a good headphone amp, and useful tone controls, for well under $2K. I had a C-J PF-R before this,... | |
| Dedicated headphone amp vs Headphone socket on amp The lower the output impedance the better, as a rule of thumb. Your Aethos has 109 Ohms. For comparison, the Drop + THX AAA amp for $200.00 has .1 Ohm! And vanishingly low noise, distortion, etc. My new Quad 33 headphone output impedance is 2.3... | |
| Chinese DAC's I learned long ago when I could still hear well that electronics account for a small part of one’s sound compared to transducers and room acoustics. But like most of us I like nice things, so I have gone through many amps, preamps, CD players, etc... | |
| McIntosh MA8950 Upgrade to MA12000? The MA-12000 isn’t cheap, but it’s next best to what I consider the best McIntosh system to be…a C-2800 and pair of MC-3500 Mk2s. $15K vs $39K. | |
| Is my Dynaco Stereo 400 worth repairing for resale? @ditusa, Thanks for the documentation. I really wanted one of those back then! | |
| Is my Dynaco Stereo 400 worth repairing for resale? A room mate of mine built an Ampzilla kit in 1975 that I got to live with for a time. Very fondly remembered driving Cizek 1s. Was JB also designer of the classic JBL integrated amp model SA660? I know he did the SAE IIICM and Dyna ST400 around... | |
| matching your cartridge to your turntable Twangy, If your 1229 is running well, it shouldn't matter to you that someone else's isn't. The repair tech you went to is entitled to their opinion, but doesn't seem to be well up on his HiFi history or core competencies. The 1229 is a TOTL ea... | |
| Bad idea? These are quality cables with the terminations you want. 8’ pair. https://a.co/d/093hTOW | |
| Does loudness play a part in your appreciation? I attend concerts at Boston Symphony Hall and have measured loudness at my seat in mid-orchestra floor at up to 90 dB on orchestral tuttis during late Romantic pieces like Mahler or Bruckner. |