photon46
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| Surge protectors and power conditioners - Good idea or bad? Rare to get hit by lightning? Guess that depends on where you live. Here in central Florida you can depend on your home's power lines being hit by electrical surges caused by lighting every few years. While a direct lightning strike to a home's po... | |
| The myth of "best" in audio needs to be addressed by all of us Like others have already said, experienced listeners know there's no such thing as "best" and a component's excellence or lack thereof is partially dependent on system and room context. Our cultural media environment encourages dumbed down and sim... | |
| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? The RCM has worked extremely well with my Ortofon Kontrapunkt H and Transfiguration Axia S, which have slightly more output than the Cadenza Black (.4 mv vs. .33.) In particular, the combination of RCM and Kontrapunkt is very engaging, full bodied... | |
| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? I'd also mention that it might be worth a call to Mehran at Sorasound and see if he has a demo deal on a RCM Sensor Prelude. He often has unadvertised items for a good price. That phono stage is under the radar but the reviews you can find online ... | |
| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? From my experience with the Sutherland 20/20, which was quite underwhelming, I'd opt for the Luxman (although I've not tried that model myself.) That said, there are so many different combinations of equipment in an analog phono setup there's no u... | |
| How do I know when to use a subwoofer? Our impression of being immersed in a performance venue is dependent on more than just music. For instance, when listening to many of the performances in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's live recordings, one can hear all sorts of low frequency... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Regarding experimentation, when setting up my current system location I tried GIK 244 panels with scatter plates, GIK Polyfuser absorber/diffusers and them GIK 2A Alpha Pro panels in the first reflection points and the differences were apparent in... | |
| Speaker advice for first hi-fi setup - Monitor Audio Gold vs. KEF R series! In the end, it's questionable how much relevance is to be gleaned from other's preferences and someone else's interpretations of adjectives like "warmth" and listenability. Personal preferences, partnering equipment, and the room all make one list... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer Concertgebouw Orchestra (their RCO Live series is great,) J.S. Bach, Stravinsky, and then Dead Can Dance. | |
| SACD You can find 268 SACD titles (as of today) at Berkshire Record Outlet to choose from at heavily discounted prices. I've ordered many titles from them over the years, they're a great resource for classical music collectors. Audite, Chandos, CSO Res... | |
| Can someone recommend a guide or book? An influential book on the topic is Alex Ross' "The Rest is Noise: Listening in the 20th Century." Also, check out his website www.therestisnoise.com | |
| Luxman d-08u vs berkeley reference 2 dac @Aerielacoustics, no I haven’t heard the Berkeley dacs. My references for digital sound includes several audio shows and having been a member of central Florida’s Suncoast Audio Society and having heard quite a few very fine member systems. (Yes I... | |
| Luxman d-08u vs berkeley reference 2 dac Jayh31, I'd have a hard imagining anyone finding the Luxman's sounding rolled off, syrupy, or too warm but I suppose anything is possible if mated with non simpatico components. I don't think I've ever read a single reviewer who found their disc s... | |
| Luxman d-08u vs berkeley reference 2 dac FWIW, I recently replaced a Luxman D-05 with a D-08u and it is exceptional. I was surprised at how much more nuanced and detailed (in a good way) it is compared to the D-05. I've heard more than a few iterations of digital playback and short of DC... | |
| Audio Furniture has its own sound! Geoffkait makes an important point. One of the last instructions for the sandbox construction is to make sure that supporting feet have a very low resonant frequency so that the whole affair oscillates at 1-3 cycles per second. Rather than using r... |