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| Technical assistance and recommendations needed @nonoise Interesting. I haven’t heard the SUG700 described as bright, but definitely not warm. Thin and light is what I read from various reviews and it matched closely with my impression of earlier, similar amps made by the same parent company.... | |
| Technical assistance and recommendations needed I've read the technics SUG700 is a very good integrated but I've not heard anybody describe that as warm sounding, more light and lean. I'd try auditioning a different integrated amp before giving up on your speakers. I've not used that particular... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? One thing I haven’t heard many complaints about are audio systems or components that over exaggerate depth effects. I do hear about them over exaggerating width from time to time. Imagine a dac that makes instruments that should just be a little ... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? @rodman99999 Naysayers are on both sides in this argument. They also argue that it cannot be their imagination so they don’t care what a double blind test shows - that they can’t really hear what they’re perceiving. I don’t call it their imagina... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? @cey Are you not merely defining people who enjoy high quality audio as more perceptive? If not, how do you know? I read that Paul Klipsch hired people to do blind testing, and found that some of them were very perceptive to subtle differences... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? @hypoman Visual is a huge part of discerning depth for me, and in general making sense of what I'm hearing. If I can see that I'm in a small room my brain will try to interpret whatever I hear in a way that can fit into that small space. David G... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? Thanks for clarifying the use of the Nikon camera’s microphone. You had mentioned that but I didn’t make the connection to it also being the audio source. Is it the camera’s built-in mic. or a separate mic. you attached? I can hear the stereo sepa... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? @toddalin How did you get stereo in the recording? The mic. in the picture looks mono. It’s interesting to hear the original track over headphones and then compare it to you recording, which sounds more reverberant and brighter. | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? Our ears have no direct depth perception mechanism like our stereoscopic eyes do. Our brain can simply measure the convergence angle of our eyes for things up close. Once the convergence angle gets close enough to zero everything is just far away.... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile @bob540 The problem of leaving an equipment mess behind for others has been on my mind too. I've built some huge speakers that are a pain to move around. I don't know if anybody will want them after I'm gone. Will they end up in a landfill? Heck... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile @dayglow You can critically listen and enjoy music simultaneously. I never knew this was an issue for some. True. I have experienced myself becoming so critical in my listening at times that I’m impossible to please. I think I hear a problem ... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile @thyname It’s not an issue. It’s just someone who has decided to give up on the hobby trying to get some mental and moral support to complete the process. Simple. They have my support. If chasings sound quality is getting in the way of their ... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile This thread seems like a good place to share my recent experience listening to an inferior system than I usually do and enjoying the heck out of it. I was recently tasked with doing some quick evaluation of a Denon PMA-900 HNE stereo receiver. Jus... | |
| CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE @vthokie83 So all those high quality components and the overall build quality is somehow getting better information to the DAC. What surprises me about this is the fact that cheap transports have reliably delivered photos, videos, software, and ... | |
| CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE @baylinor I can only tell you about what I know. I used to have a Cambridge transport and went to a Jay's CDT2-MK3. The difference is simply phenomenal. In this case you get what you pay for is real. That's fascinating. I wonder exactly what ... |