tomcarr
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| My expert tips on building a sensible world class audio system. LOL! Grave's!!! LMAO!!! Made my day. This post is better than 90% of the others, including my own...Tom | |
| Will budget Schiit Modi3 help? I'm using the Modi Multi as the DAC for my Oppo 103. Very happy. It sounds a little warmer than the Oppo's DAC. | |
| Single wired hookup Better yet, why not try them bi-wired? Two of my systems allow for bi-wiring, and both sound better that way versus single wire and jumpers. Not just a little better, enough of a difference even my wife noticed! | |
| Speaker Break In...? Or listener “Break In”? The only difference I can hear consistently, every time, is how my system sounds immediately after start-up and during the first twenty minutes or so. Definitely improves during that time. Have never been able to positively, consistently hear any ... | |
| Jumpers - how long is long enough If the manufacturer of your speakers allows for bi-wiring you should remove the jumpers and bi-wire them. They will probably sound better, I know mine do. | |
| Phase Inversion, to flip polarity or not OP- you are very welcome. For decades I never thought to reverse speaker cables at one end. Then one day I did and it sounded better reversed. My focus is on imaging and soundstaging and that's where I noticed most of the differences. Good luck on... | |
| Ugly vs Gogeous speakers I don't care what speakers look like, I just want to love how they sound. Having a dedicated room allows for that. When I listen it's with eyes closed, always. Focused, critical listening. Just me, sometimes also a friend. Saturday mornings for a ... | |
| Phase Inversion, to flip polarity or not Unfortunately the elephant in the room is the fact that there is no absolute standard for polarity through the recording/mixing/mastering chain. Some albums are released in "correct" polarity, many are not. But like Elizabeth says it really doesn'... | |
| Anticable Cables: what do you like about them thread? @drumsgreg Richard Vandersteen states "Jumpers defeat the main advantage of bi-wiring". Since there's no harm in trying bi-wiring with and without jumpers it's worth experimenting. Maybe start a thread about your findings...?The Doug Schroeder me... | |
| I need opinions, Schhit Freya+ and an appropriate Amp I think my Schiit Freya sounds wonderful with my Vincent SP-331. | |
| Should I add a Preamp to my system It depends. I listen only to CDs and prefer using a tube preamp versus no preamp. Gives a warmer sound. Others might prefer no preamp.Agree you definitely don't need to spend $4K. | |
| Spade vs bare wire My ancient (1979) Vandy 2Cs accept only bananas. My Anticables were terminated with spades (for previous Monitor Audio Silver 8s). After cutting off the spades, I doubled back the ends of bare wire and seated them firmly into the 2Cs. Listened tha... | |
| Speakers under $5000 maintained a reputation for quality sound over the last 15 years. Another + for Vandersteen and Magnepan | |
| What is trully important? @kosst_amojan-Wonderful story! Thanks for sharing.Tom | |
| BEST UPGRADE regardless of cost? Acoustic treatment |