knotscott
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| Have You Seen - 10 Characteristics of Great Audiophile Sound We all have our descriptors, but that list works for me. | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? I just got an idea to market audiophile vacuum tube gripper gloves... | |
| Break-in time Caps burn in...maybe other things too. New equipment typically has new caps. I installed some new caps in my preamp a couple of months ago. Everything sounding brittle and sibilant for a while....now it doesn't. It's like magic! | |
| Did I Expect too much? @bigtwin That's about right. Most manufactures spend 20-25% of MSRP to build their speakers. | |
| Do sound characteristics matter when moving from midfi to hifi? What we like and how something sounds is unique and personal, and every room and situation is different, so is a bit difficult to predict what you’ll like. I’d expect a significant upgrade in overall sound quality and refinement from a change to h... | |
| Buy or stay with? I'd expect different speakers to yield more difference than an amp change for those. | |
| Did I Expect too much? It would actually be helpful to name the company. There can be a myriad of reasons why those what they did, but cost and profit could certainly be among them. Big companies are influenced by many departments other than the chief designer, and ten... | |
| Klipsch vs B&W brightness Avoiding both makes it a moot point....or are you looking for a pair to give your ex? | |
| Is this a new trend? cookies | |
| purchasing tubes The best prices I've gotten lately have come from Leif, from Tonal Tubes. I even found him on facebook marketplace | |
| And the biggest influence on sound quality is... If you're just getting started, the speakers and room are the places to spend your resources, but at some point it all matters. Once the system reaches a higher level, you need to more careful to match anything new that gets added to the system l... | |
| A life sentence!!! My Sterling Acoustics Acumen II speakers have been with me since they were a schematic. I hope they outlive me. | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @sargonicuse Thanks for app suggestion! | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? No measuring devices involved, but my listening volume is usually fairly low if other family members are nearby. If left on my own, it often depends on the song, but I'll play it loud enough that you'd have to raise your voice a bit to have much ... | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? Seems logical in theory. It makes a difference if you cup your hand behind your ear, so a chair is certainly capable of some reflection depending on how and what it's made from....damping that refection could certainly have an impact. Tough to m... |