jallan
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| Cable management....crossing at right angles or The Mapleshade rooms at audio shows featured their cables suspended from the ceiling. Reminded me of a spider web… They probably did this as their very thin cables were totally unsheilded, making cross-talk on touching cables almost inevitable. F... | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? I’m going to ask for consideration of another perspective re subs. I lived with two subs for more than 20 years (double Dahlquist DQ1Ws with DQ10’s). The subs added a lot in terms of dynamic range and weight, but always compromised the imaging, es... | |
| WHY CABLES MATTER! This reminds me of Julian Hirsch and his babbling. His ears seemed to be filled with lead. Many poor souls were deluded from his writings, when in truth the Hirsch-Houck labs were primitive. I was driven nuts as a salesman when customers would com... | |
| Speaker cable recommendations I run biwired Audioquest speaker cables to my multiple pairs of ATC speakers in my systems, and they have proved a good match. | |
| Does the Audio press ever excite you anymore? I am still getting over the schilling by AS of MQA years ago. Told me that their character had changed. Seemed like ideological capture. I definitely read both AS and Stereophile with a grain of salt. I often disagree with the writers on what they... | |
| Generalized attributes of amplifier technologies Great discussion, thanks everyone! | |
| Recommend me a DAC under 3k I might add to mtdining that to diss the precision of resistors in RTR DAC designs, you must acknowledge the ridiculous non-linearity and precision in RIAA-based vinyl playback systems. They are truly Rube Goldbergian! | |
| Recommend me a DAC under 3k +1 enthusiastically on the Schiit Yggy. It compares well to anything I have heard, is painless to own and get serviced, and is far superior to any vinyl setup near its price range (far better than my Ariston RD11S/Grace 707/Benz Ace). I find it ... | |
| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. What’s wrong with Schiit? I have found that the Freya+ is quite responsive to different tubes, thus giving the ability to tailor the sound effectively. | |
| dac and streamer or seperates I would recommend Aurender NH150 and Schiit Yggdrasil. Works well for me! | |
| Why on earth? If you have ever heard the careful tube rolling comparisons by Tyco Dogg on YouTube,, I think you might change your tune that one can’t hear meaningful differences on YouTube. You can. And the format may be lossy, but it’s not terrible, especially... | |
| Warranty repair wait times - serious industry problem?? My recent experience with Cary repair was really excellent and rapid, quite the contrary to the above! My Cary SLP05, which I bought used out of warranty, needed repair and the total turn around time, including shipping both ways, was about 3 w... | |
| Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please! I run an Aurender N100H with a Yggdrasil (OG) for several years and haven’t had the itch to upgrade. It sounds GREAT. I agree that when I got the Yggdrasil it was a gob-smacking upgrade. Macs may be quieter than most pc’s, but when I replaced my M... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? I bought my son a Schiit Modi Multibit in December 2021 and I was astonished at how great it was. It had lots of drive and life- I would characterize the sound as exuberant. It was far better than any of my older dacs. $300! | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often In regards to ATC, I would argue that the consumer is getting a better deal, because the in-house design offers higher value for the same price. My SCM35’s with a ScanSpeak tweeter always sounded hard on top. My SCM40 II’s ATC-made tweeter is far ... |