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No collection of wood diffusers would be complete without a Shakti Hallograph.. Maybe it sounds “better”.

No collection of wood diffusers would be complete without a Shakti Hallograph.

My last Mch system, I used an ExaSound E38 balanced directly into a variety of amps: Spectron Musician III, Bryston PowerPac 120, Parasound A23. I used the predecessor ExaSound E28 balanced with the same amps, differing by Krell KAS-2 Monoblocs in place of the Spectron. I had absolutely...

I have been using a Smyth Realiser16 for several months with the Sennheiser 800s. God, I really love it. My inclusion of it in General Audio Comments, as opposed to Headphones and Headphone Amplifier Reviews, etc. is deliberate. I have quite a large collection of SACDs and of 2K BDs...

I had most all of the Sheffield’s. But, really, I’d sold them. They were one or two generations back in sound, ridiculous analog. I agree that they totally non-involving musically, except for the Harry James. Hey, he was married and divorced from Betty Grable, and it was 70 years since he...

I am most interested to hear of your experiences. I owe it all to Kal. He has something similar in a PC/NAS that he keeps evolving into a new or improved thing. He is deeply into Mch music and videos, as I am, and he had a major influence on me. It was through him that I embarked on a NAS to...

Kal - That‘s the impression I have. I love it.

I have been a frequent Mch listener over more than the past decade. I greatly prefer it. With a proper center channel, it Is my impression that the center or the soundstage fills from the inside out rather that the outside in for stereo. The Floyd Toole HRTF differences from speakers may...

I have used Dirac 7.1 Mch software since about 2016 on my PC using release 1. It handled 196k PCM. I had no complaints about it or about or about the ExaSound E28/E38. In fact, I loved them. Really, they are absolutely the very best sound that I have had, superior to AVRs, prepros that that...

Yes, that refers to the specific case of a convoluted, cheap Singxer hooked up to a god knows what computer. Yes, ground loops and other things are unpredictable, although not that hard to circumvent with patience. But, do you have a general recommendation for equipment which do not have...

What? I missed it, and I just recently reread them all. You are in error, to put it mildly, based on the technical measurements which Amir has taken. There is nothing to refute Amir’s initial technical opinion vs. USB over spdif.

I used Audyssey from 2007-2016, and I was really quite happy with that, same room, same Mch speakers. My last experiences with it were with XT/32 and AudysseyPro, with its calibrated microphone. However, there was a cleaner and purer sound with an Exasound Mch DAC and Dirac in the PC vs. my...

Have you read Toole’s book? In it, he makes a cogent point about HRF affecting frequency response near the center of our heads. It is not so at frequencies nearer to the sides. As a really dedicated Mch fan, I think that it is paramount to get a center channel, suitably integrated to the side...

As a huge fan of Mch music, I’m done with prepros and have been since about 5 years ago, when I retired my Integra 80.2 prepro. I first used an ExaSound E28, now ExaSound E38 DAC. I use a PC, with a 52TB NAS and a Ethernet cable card tuner. JRiver running on the PC satisfies my music playing...

I have been a JRiver fan for about 10 years. It satisfies my needs very well. I am interested in classical music, and it delivers excellent music in 7.1. Tagging and cataloging is excellent, though it requires manual attention. But, I watch TV and Blu-Rays on my TV monitor with it, as well...

What do you use?

Www.hraudio.net DSD, as from SACD or downloads, is far and away the outright leader in Mch music recordings in all genres. It not even close. But, you might try BD Videos for music, which have the desired PCM, but in much, much lesser quantities. In either case you will have to find the right...

No. You have obviosly not read Dr. Toole’s book.

The Salon, which, incidentally, Dr. Toole uses in his system.

Good luck finding those among all stereo, except maybe oldies on 33’s for the 50’s and some rare later recordings. It ain’t coming back.