tonyrox
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| Can you hear bit rate? Did any of you guys take the Dr. AIX test? I did and couldn't tell the difference reliability between 44.1 and high rez. I feel like my system has plenty of ability to get the most out of these files, but still couldn't hear a difference. Bench... | |
| John DeVore talks about Knob Feel I click on the speaker icon to raise the volume to my Benchmark DAC3. Does that count? | |
| Why I sold my $50,000 DAC ... @yags1 The first sound company I worked for had Flag "Hi-Fi" boxes. Two 18's, 3 12's, a 2" compression driver and two bullet tweeters, all in one box, I don't miss moving those things around. | |
| Most listened to artist According to JRiver my 24564 songs are catagorized in 50 different genres, which also includes a Spanish Language course, a Mix Magazine test disc, Stereophile test discs, some holiday tracks and some marked as Unclassifiable, lol. So there's a... | |
| Looking for HDMI I2S Cable Recommendation [Short Cable - 0.5 meters] I replaced all the HDMI cables in my HT with PixelGen, it made a noticable difference in some video content. SQ was unchanged as far as I could tell. https://www.pixelgendesign.com/thxinterconnect/shortrange | |
| Do you recall "instant improvement" from your first stand-alone DAC ? My first DAC was some cheapo optical to RCA converter to get audio out of my bare-bones plasma screen into my circa 1977 Kenwood integrated. It worked well enough for TV Audio. Then I bought a Cambridge DAC200 for use in live sound production, a... | |
| Incredible Audiophile Imaging -- at a Concert! @corelli As the house audio guy at a major Las Vegas venue for near 10 years, I saw lots and lots of A-list acts and how their FOH engineer used our system, (JBL line array + D&B subs). Some used analog consoles, PM4000, XL4, Venice, EX56, e... | |
| I2S Recommendation I wired my theater system with Pixelgen cables and it made a noticeable difference in the display, although I didn't notice much in the way of audio improvement. https://www.pixelgendesign.com/ca/thxinterconnect/shortrange | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables Buy some bulk Canare 4S11 cable and terminate how you wish, or buy pre-made from WBC. Your money will be better spent in other areas, like room treatment or calibration, IMO. 4S11 has some science behind it as far as noise rejection, and has ver... | |
| What does your DAC sound like We have to keep in mind that the A in DAC stands for Analog, so in order for a DAC to sound great, both the conversion and Analog output stage must be good. I like Benchmark products which have an astounding SN ratio, and some features found on v... | |
| Bi amping with two different pairs of monoblocks I use the MiniDSP SHD as an active crossover, feeding two powered subs and a Benchmark AHB2 amp for the ATC SCM7's. Digital is pass through to a Benchmark DAC3. | |
| Experience with stacked subwoofers? SCM7 | |
| Experience with stacked subwoofers? I'm with Brsd on this topic as it's settled science going back to work done back in the early half of the last century at Bell Labs. Very common in PA application, not as common in 2 channel home applications. BTW Brad, I picked up some used... | |
| Electronic cross-over on pre-amp out, to split signal to subwoofer and bookshelf speakers I'm using a MiniDSP SHD as an electronic crossover and also using DIRAC. Digital signals pass through to my Benchmark DAC3, and the sub signals go direct to my powered subs. I come from the pro audio world, so using electronic crossovers/DSP is ... | |
| Thoughts on using the DAC in my oppo 205 with a CD Transport. I think the engineering behind Benchmark products is solid, for example the extra 3db of digital headroom. I've had Parasound, ProJect and now Benchmark with a noticeable upgrade in sound with each product over the old. https://benchmarkmed... |