holmz
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| Whats playing on your system today? John Butler Trio @jafant noice! I have had Bitch’s “Bitchcraft” on regular rotation, and I am not normally attracted to woke music. Well recorded and superb on vinyl. I got it for the daughter, but we were both surprised when I liked it mor... | |
| How we chose our audio and what we chose Two channel (or 4 channel) is a often workable for 2 people. Just take your time. | |
| Which component to upgrade 1st ? A change of speakers will always have a greater positive effect than any electronics. Check out Devore The TT/cart is also a transducer system… | |
| Does a DAC need a large/strong power supply? I understand this is your experience. I “very “ respectfully disagree. Charles I think that depends on what we are measuring. For instance steady state tones will not show any filter ringing behaviour. But they should show noise and harmonic di... | |
| Which component to upgrade 1st ? lwin, ty! I admit currently I listen to mostly digital, and the node is definitely the weak link in my system. I find I'm torn though I keep thinking about how much better my phono could sound with a better phono amp. Then again these are first w... | |
| Hyperacusis. Looking for recommendations I am not sure how horns and other ultra efficient designs factor into things?? At 50-60dB one could have super inefficient speakers at 80dB/W/m and use a 1W amp and easily power them. The other half also has some hyperacusis but speakers that... | |
| Moving from integrated to separates Check out the Manley Snapper and the Jumbo Shrimp! Manley Laboratories – Upscale Audio ^This^ reminds me of the Irish Spring soap commercials… 😃 | |
| Are Expensive Balanced Interconnects Necessary? So, I gather that the answer to the original question is definitely maybe, or certainly could be. @vonhelmholtz I think that it would be difficult to tell the difference between a $5 and $5000 XLR cable with any certainty in an ABX test. But if... | |
| Does a DAC need a large/strong power supply? I am afraid that I don’t follow your reasoning. If he were to purchase the inexpensive DAC, he owns it. He can then do comparative listening over what ever period of time he chooses. There’s no better way than direct comparison in one’s own au... | |
| Does a DAC need a large/strong power supply? Are you paying too much? Easy to determine if you have confidence in your listening ability. You own a DAC which you say sounds great. Presumably it has a high quality well engineered power supply. Why not buy one of the inexpensive excellent m... | |
| Does a DAC need a large/strong power supply? I thought it was ~1M ohm… | |
| Does a DAC need a large/strong power supply? Some people want their DAC to sound like nothing, similar to how some people believe that the best preamp is just a passive one with a quality attenuator - nothing but a straight line with gain This is largely a problem if one like listening to... | |
| Why is Audiogon checking my browser? When it shows pics of a bunch of records and asks me to pick the all analog recordings, my head's gonna explode! I picked the MoFi ones as analogue, and it would not let me on. | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. Is a tubed preamp with an output imp.of 800ohms,a good match with a SS power amp input imp of 22k ohms. @tmaker I suspect these systems with weak preamp output drives coupling into low input impedance amplifiers are the same systems where cabl... | |
| Moving from integrated to separates @arafiq @holmz I couldn’t agree with your post more. I thought about your comment about whether this is a ’rational’ need ... and I have to admit that you’re right. I was listening to music last night and I was emotionally connected, my foot wa... |