yoyoyaya
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| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system @OP - Thats already a very good system. The weak points are the CD player and cables. If you can, try to audition the Esoteric K-01XD CD/SACD. Also, as already suggested, better AQ cables will deliver a significant improvement. After that, perhaps... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? @invalid - I haven't argued that SS devices are transparent. The point is that, assuming that the manufacturer is strict about tolerances, SS amplifiers will sound the way they were designed to sound. Tube equipment will sound different depending ... | |
| ATC SCM150ASLT @OP Regarding ATC updates, ATC have been using essentially the same driver technology for ages. ATC founder Billy Woodman died fairly recently so I wouldn't be expecting massive changes in their designs in the short term - though that's just specu... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? @OP If "reference sound" is sought then tube rolling is a disadvantage. How can you have a reference if the sound changes everytime the active devices are changed? | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system @mirolab Good to hear your experiences. I totally agree about over-compression. I've pretty much given up buying modern rock and pop releases because of them being over compressed and over eq'd. It's like a cheap wine, a big burst of fruit and the... | |
| What to expect if I import an amp and preamp from a Japan seller via US eBay @OP. Most people are extremely reluctant to buy gear that is requires add on transformers to correct for international mains voltage differences. It's important to bear that in mind if you ever have to sell the equipment subsequently. Regarding s... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? @OP "Personally, I will never have a reference system but will always have a good sound with tube equipment and analogue source wherever possible. The core of any music is in the midrange, and if you don't get it right more or less - forget about ... | |
| DAC as pre amp @carlsbad2 - it doesn't necessarily follow that people who have a large sum of money invested in a preamp are blindly biased. Arguably, those are the people who would have the most to gain if they could simply run their dac into their poweramps si... | |
| Roon Aquisition: Will This Help Or Hamper? There's a comparison with the photography world here. I'd say it's a safe bet that the change of ownership will be used to start to obsolete perpetual licences using the model which has become prevalent in photography i.e. the original software wi... | |
| Speaker placement Quandary @OP, there are conflicting comments about toe in in the posts. GHD Prentice's comment above is a good way to proceed. Different speakers require or don't require toe in - in varying amounts - so experimentation is needed. | |
| Invert ? @OP, there's no way to tell except by listening. MWH777's post explains it well. To the extent that it is audible, the effect is likely to be more obvious by playing some simply mic'd recordings . | |
| Speaker placement Quandary @OP - Ideally use an SPL meter and a set of test tones from 30-125 Hz to look for any major anomalies. If there are, then judicious experimentation with positioning, toe in, and the amount and placement of acoustic treatment in the room may yield ... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system An alternative to having an equaliser in the system is to take the recording into a DAW and remaster it oneself. The difficulty with any form or post production equalisation, whether permanent or on the fly, is that if a track sounds bad, the prob... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? OP writes: (A) There are preferences and subjective elements and there is also objectivity (B) Why would you go with those SSs instead of tubes, practical considerations aside ? They would never give you the midrange that those valve amplifiers ... | |
| help choosing a turn table @lewm and OP, regarding Rega's design philosophy - it's really only an issue of contention with the more expensive turntables, rather than at the pricepoint the OP is considering. The strong points of Rega's original design were - for the budget... |