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| 2023 DAC comparison: MSB Select vs dCS Vivaldi Apex vs Wadax Atlantis Reference thanks for posting that, @shkong78 Fred Crowder is a very credible listener. and a good guy. not had the dCS Vivaldi Apex in my room for a direct compare, but agree with Fred about the Wadax. for 18 months i've been saying it resembles good viny... | |
| 2023 DAC comparison: MSB Select vs dCS Vivaldi Apex vs Wadax Atlantis Reference FYI: the wadax combo along with some $150k reference loudspeakers were in one of the worst sounding rooms at last years Axpona according to multiple reviewers/sources. In the past, years ago, I preferred other dacs to the at the time best dac MSB... | |
| 2023 DAC comparison: MSB Select vs dCS Vivaldi Apex vs Wadax Atlantis Reference compares are not trivial to do. to start out you need a system sufficiently sorted out to give you good feedback, and maybe some analog references in the system for context. then you need a very trusting dealer, or dealers, to loan the gear. helps... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems the first aspect of a resolving system is that it reveals differences between recordings and is able to allow each recording and performance to be unique. differences become easy to recognize. the system is a chameleon and can relate all aspects o... | |
| How to Setup Your Room for Atmos and Immersive Audio Before I could slightly localize the top middle speakers and now in the new location they blend much better forming that nice immersive bubble. It was a bit of a pain running the speaker wires but it actually looks better to. I’ll need to rewire ... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? only heard the XVX once at Axpona and it was crap, a mess, with D'Agostino Relentless amps. it did look impressive. i just assumed it was the room and set-up and don't hold the speakers or electronics accountable at all for the sound. maybe by th... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? at that level of speakers ($200k--$300k+) the room and system are more significant than the speaker itself in terms of system performance. what an ’uber’ speaker can deliver is less limitations to the performance ceiling you can reach. it can allo... | |
| Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald? i’ll go with Tom Petty’s ’GLORIA’ off the ’Live At The Filmore,1997". it's deep. it's detailed. 10 minutes of joy. if there is a better story in a song i’ve not heard it. and i’m a big fan of "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald". if i need a ... | |
| Fremer's Single-leg panel is absolute tweak bs @jea48 hi Jim, i do not recall talking to you. but i might have posted on the subject and you might have had a recommendation. or over the years we might have crossed paths about it. many have asked me about my Equi=tech. added note; after thi... | |
| Fremer's Single-leg panel is absolute tweak bs i will invite 'Rex' who is a local friend, and also the consultant to Michael Fremer who appears in the video, to join this conversation. i'm not qualified to debate these issues, i just listen. but he is for sure. | |
| Fremer's Single-leg panel is absolute tweak bs Quote: "60/120V Symmetrical (Balanced) Power Systems Per NEC 647.1 (2008) the use of a separately derived 120 volt, single phase, 3-wire system with 60 volts between each of the two ungrounded conductors and ground is permitted for the purpose of... | |
| 2023 Florida Audio Expo Show Report @drrsutliff many thanks for the feedback. just sold one tt and on the hunt to replace it. looking for ideas. | |
| 2023 Florida Audio Expo Show Report anyone see/hear any new turntables or tonearms of note at the Florida Show? have not read or heard anything. thanks. | |
| How to Setup Your Room for Atmos and Immersive Audio @kota1 as far as number of speakers, past a certain number it’s more a room size and immersion by degrees issue. and then there is the reality that to get the best processor and the best feature set, that’s Trinnov, and their entry level is 16 c... | |
| How to Setup Your Room for Atmos and Immersive Audio here is the hot tip for the most advanced information on multi-channel speaker positioning from the world’s leader on this subject. when i was positioning my own 9.3.6 multichannel set-up, i choose the Trinnov approach instead of the Dolby Atmos a... |