erik_squires
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| Super Integrated Solutions for Streaming with App Control Hi Def! The issue with EQ was it was so over-hyped and so cheaply done in the past that it gained a terrible reputation. Now audiophiles like to spend hundreds on cables to do what a simple tone control would do. I'd say build a streamer out of a ... | |
| Monitor Audio for classical music Having measured a pair of smaller Radius speakers, and lived with Silver 6s, they Radius are quite neutral. The ceramic/metal composite tweeters are very smooth and do not audibly ring unlike say all of Focal’s metal tweeters, nor do they have the... | |
| Two channel home theater speaker integration Ahhh. You may actually be better off just adding a pair of HT speakers. :) Do you use a sub for movies? If so, small satellites will fix all of this. :) Best,Erik | |
| CD ripping wav, flac, alac should sound identical, but flac and alac are probably smaller than wav. With flac you can trade compression speed for compression levels, to a point, so you can get some control over how much space and how much time you spend ri... | |
| Speakers with warm treble and good bass Sounds like you may want to go British. Monitor Audio is a good place to start. Their metal domes are a lot easier to get along with, IMHO. Whatever resonance they may have is far out of band. I published a kit that you would also really like, fr... | |
| Two channel home theater speaker integration Don't do that unless both sets of amps have relays on the outputs. Otherwise, even when off, the amplifier outputs can conduct, with a potentially amp destroying low impedance. The best way to integrate 2 channel with home theater is to route your... | |
| Options for full-featured music servers/streamers? @monte_15 Sorry I missed the part where you wanted a built-in DAC. While a Linux PC would come with that, it's not what I would recommend. Still, you can build the PC for $500-$600 well equipped, leaving you room to find your favorite USB DAC. B... | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment @georgelofi Well, yeah, I expect it to sound the same becuase it IS the same. :) It's not that SACD has a copyright so much as there are no ripping drives that would allow most of us to store from them. In any event, I like the few SACD recording... | |
| Sony SS-NA2ES surprise! By the way, not the first time a triple tweeter like that has been done. If it's what I've seen before (Advent? Adcom?) then the crossover is a lot like a 2.5 way speaker, but it's the tweeter and midrange, instead of the mid and woofer sharing a ... | |
| Does the heat an amp puts out have any effect on the sound quality ? Size, heat, and cost I'm afraid are not reliable ways of determining the musical enjoyment you'll have with any particular piece of gear. There are some who insist on all three being maximized, but those of use without friends, or who don't care ... | |
| Options for full-featured music servers/streamers? Um, how about a Linux PC with Logitech Media Server and Squeezelite? There are iPhone and Android apps available, integrates with existing Logitech players, or turn an old android phone into one. :) See my blog here:http://inatinear.blogspot.com/2... | |
| Adding a high end pre-Amp to a sound processor Hi there,Have you tried putting power supply bypass caps near the op amps? Try that and then try swapping. Small Cornell Dubelier (1.0uF) may really clean things up. Preamps act like a buffer. Whether that is a good thing or not will end up being ... | |
| Exotic vocal Not "exotic" in origin, but definitely in sound, she sounds like a recorder or Chinese dizi flute, Jenna Mammina. Hauntingly beautifulhttp://bluecoastrecords.com/artists/jenna-mammina | |
| power conditioning question gentlemen Not sure if this is the one you are looking for, but just under $1,400:http://www.daleproaudio.com/p-2283-furman-p-2400-ar-voltage-regulatorpower-conditioner-w-smp-protection.aspx | |
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