pablolie wrote:
> I have a rather high powered amp. If I turn the Benchmark DAC2 to 100%
> volume the SB Touch can't play at more than 55. I tend to keep the DAC2
> at 50% and that allows me to crank the Touch volume up to 80 (that's
> entertainingly loud but not annoyingly loud), but typically
terryd wrote:
> Sorry, I should have put a smiley face at the end of that sentence Gary.
Oh my gosh...levity in the audiophile forum. Shouldnt that be reported
to a moderator?:)
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Back in 1970 our quad setup consisted of a radio in each corner of the
room listening to Casey Kasem's Top40.
We applied judicious amounts of herbals to convince ourselves that we
had achieved surround sound.
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Golden Earring wrote:
> Shock! Horror!
>
> Sony ceased vinyl production in 1989, so this is unexpected.
>
> I am anticipating an apoplectic reaction to this revelation... ;)
>
> Davex :cool:
Hopefully their new vinyl will be quadraphonic with a brilliant new
analog MQA encoding.
An
edwardthern wrote:
>
> Truly a monkey can act like a human to dinner extent but those intellect
> will never reach that beyond a monkey.
After watching from the sidelines, I've got to say this is the most
coherent thing you've posted.
Please don't go away mad...just go away.
darrenyeats wrote:
> Even if you think you're providing a public service, it's very rude to
> pee on someone's for-sale thread.
I prefer to think of it as a preemptive caveat emptor.;)
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Squeezemenicely wrote:
> In the other thread you stated your age, this has also something to do
> with it. I am just shopping for varifocals - so I am also getting used
> to the idea that some things do not get better as age progresses. ;-)
> This is not ageism, just a fact.
I totally agree.
Fizbin wrote:
> Anyone else using this DAC with their Squeezebox product, or more
> specifically...a Touch? Does it bring it closer to the sound of the
> Transporter?
I had been using the über version of that DAC. After setting up a
passive pre amp and A/B comparing it with the analog op of the
castalla wrote:
Enough already! We don't care.
We? You don't care...don't presume to speak for me!
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Squeezemenicely wrote:
Well then it was best to sell it - as you did.
Higher frequencies fade away with age.
Indeed they do. However, my hearing is still good to 13 kHz. This allows
me to enjoy my music and ignore advertisements for super
tweeters.:rolleyes:
Squeezemenicely wrote:
As for the sound of Dacs, my Bifrost has the AKM4396, so in theory
should sound no better or different than the Touch.
But it does, even very much so. So it seem it is not only the chip that
makes the difference.
I too had a Bifrost in my system. However my experience
netchord wrote:
so yes, cable does change over time; whether that's burn in or some
other term i can't say.
It's been my experience that perception changes over timecables
remain constant.
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Archimago wrote:
But, but, but... Neil Young said 24/192 was needed to liberate the
music... And that we were going to be, like, hearing the music for the
first time!
And we know that, as a 68 yr old rock musician who's been performing
live for over 45 years, his hearing acuity can only have
ralphpnj wrote:
What I do object to and object to very strongly is when the so called
professionals who write and edit the various audiophile magazines make
objective statements, such as Stereophile's Recommended Components which
even have letter grades, after using only subjective
of sound and fury, signifying
nothing.
Macbeth scene V
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let me enjoy the music.
Congratulations for finding a way to evaluate your system to your
satisfaction and for realizing that it's about the music.
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SBGK;683342 Wrote:
hopefully I get my Squeezebox back today so shall not be upsetting
you're cosy chats in the future.
And here I was with a glimmer of hope that you really were leaving us
for good
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pandasharka;683560 Wrote:
MagicCarpetShite - is it possible to adjust your BS generator down or is
it at a fixed ego permanently way ahead of any chance of sense
setting?
You've got to stop acknowledging his posts.it's giving him the
attention his parents obviously aren't.
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A few years ago I replaced the capacitors on an old pair of JBL L26s. It
was a noticeable difference in the sound. The recap opened up the sound,
most noticeably in the high end, and improved the spaciousness in the
'sound stage'. Total cost was under $20.
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Here's yet another
optionhttp://axiomaudio.com/flatspeakerwirewhite.html
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http://www.audioquest.com/ makes a flat speaker cable that may be a
solution for you.
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://sbooth.org/Max/ is another program that can convert FLAC
to ALAC.
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think you should go for the tin foil hatit's bound to
cut down on stray RFI and who knows, maybe it will lift a few veils if
not eyebrows.
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, he said wistfully. At age 65 my high end has rolled off to
12.5 khz.
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of knowledge but you
have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the state of science.
William Thompson, Lord Kelvin.
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that ego and you starve the soul - Colonel J.D. Wilkes
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It saddens one to think that somewhere out there is a tiny village
without its idiot.
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a passing knowledge regarding monitor alignment and
calibration. Your ongoing vitriolic attacks on anyone who doesn't
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