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| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? It occurs to the casual observer that a more expensive device would have less need for any aftermarket mitigation due to having a better power supply in the first place. It also occurs that any reported reduction in noise would be quantifiable as ... | |
| What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds? 1) A strict cerumen control regimen. 2) Room Acoustics 3) Speakers and proper room placement 4) Source material 5) Source transducer / ADC 6) Source preamp / DAC Filters 7) Power Amplification ... 17) Power Conditioner ... 41) Interconn... | |
| Any experience with VPI Super Prime scout with 10.5 inch tone arm Another VPI Prime Scout / 10.5 3D Printed Unipivot happy camper. I know some people think unipivots are the evil spawn of Satan, but the fact is they have no bearing slop, no bearing chatter, and no binding. And for the life of me I've never seen ... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Sounds like you’re interested in a low maintenance solution, so reliability and servicability are important criteria along with sound quality. I’m not a huge fan of the esoteric cottage shop brands because of having tried to find service for exoti... | |
| Isoacoustic puck mini's or orea bronze for 12 pound tube preamp I'd go on Amazon and order Sorbothane pucks, donuts, squares, whatever you need from there. You can get what you need for probably $20. Sorbothane is a very good, fairly generic, and widely available isolation material used for all kinds of vibrat... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST @audphile1 I think I wasn’t clear in what I was saying. The job of a DAC is to convert the digital bitstream input into an analog output. All DACs must do that identically or the ones at variance are defective. But that part of the job is incomp... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST All DACS must be 100% accurate in decoding the bitstream or else they are defective. So yes, all DACS have to sound the same. Where they may vary is in reconstruction filters and analog output stage. Power supply differences are again largely myt... | |
| IS THE WEISS 204 A SUBSTANIAL UPGRADE FRON THE CHORD QUTEST Resolution is defined by the sample rate and bit depth. Both of those in turn are defined by your source. Any DAC that changes even a single bit in the bitstream is by definition, defective. So, no. The Weiss will not have, cannot have, better res... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” If you want to simply relax and enjoy the music with a piece of gear that will put a smile on your face ever time you use it, then your shortlist should definitely include the Luxman 505 100/150 W/Ch or 507 110/200 W/ch Z series and the Mark Levin... | |
| Is the microwave the perfect model for audio marketting? @noromance You are 100% spot on! @CDC Thanks to modern micromotors, power windows weigh less, cost less, and are more reliable than manual windows. That's why they're nearly universal today. I suggest everyone get a copy of 'The Design of Everyd... | |
| Room is way too bright. The issue is not the output of the speaker into your room, it is the output of the room into your ears. This is the fundamental misunderstanding about equalization and all the other proposed fixes that don't fundamentally change your room acoustic... | |
| Top 10 Live Albums Can't add much to this list, but I can add votes for several: Eva Cassidy "Live at Blues Alley" Jackson Browne "Running on Empty" Rory Gallagher "Irish Tour '74" The Band et al "The Last Waltz" Neil Diamond "Hot August Nights" Joni Mitchell ... | |
| Good preamp for under $300 You will likely be very disappointed in anything less than your Apt preamp. It was and is one of the great pieces of audio equipment of the pre-digital era. Not just because Tom Holman pretty much redefined how you build a phono stage that doesn't... | |
| Shrink Totem 1's? Get a pair of wall or ceiling mounts from Amazon. Shouldn't cost more than about $20 each. Get classy and run the cables into the wall/ceiling and out to your amp. Get a set of fiberglass wiring 'Fish Sticks' from harbor Freight for about $12 or r... | |
| Ugliest Component of the Year 2024! While McIntosh will always have multiple entries on this list, I believe the true winner of this year's UCOTY Award goes to ML1 Loudspeaker Mk II. Truly it answers questions no one asked while ignoring multiple basic rules of design and acoustical... |