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    Amp advice for soft,laid back sounding speakers

    Hi, Have a look at the WiiM Amp. It has the power and features you need, very flexible and powerful tone control (PEQ) and is under budget. https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/wiim-amp-streaming-amplifier-review.52372/ No display, but there is a pretty good and easy to use...
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    What was your best (and worst) audio purchase for the dollar?

    Best, and worst :) is the Topping PA5 amplifier My first foray into a measurement-based purchase, this change in thinking stopped my "hi-fi" upgrade plans dead and saved me a ton of money. But ... I was an early adopter, buying soon after Amirm's review and before the problems were reported...
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    Help Shape Our Next Innovation: The ZA5 Balanced Power Amplifier!

    Seems to me that; The low, budget, end of the market is reasonably well covered with <200$ products - including by yourself. The mid-upper end, > 700$, is good too with plenty of choice from good quality suppliers. There's a gap in the market for the step up from budget. The sort of behaviour...
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    Which deceased musicians you miss the most and wish were still alive?

    Second Franz Schubert, but the further back you go the more candidates there are for untimely demise Amy Winehouse left too early, as a songwriter as much as a performer. Kirsty Maccoll is missed. For me though: John Martyn ... I'd love to have heard what he matured into
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    Audiophonics HPA-S400ET (Purifi) vs dual mono Icepower 1200as1

    If there is no audible noise (hiss) in the quiet passages and no distortion or clipping when you go loud, and you like the sound ... save your money, resist the urge to change for the sake of change and just put more music on! Purifi should measure better, but you won't hear it. If you get...
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    Understanding studio monitors

    I don't know anything about your Sven speakers, but they are bigger and more powerful than the Edifiers (as you know) https://www.sven.fi/gr/catalog/multimedia_2.0/stream_mega.htm?sphrase_id=3242599 Just that, even if the Edifiers are "better" can perhaps make them seem more "fun": more base...
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    Can you hear any audible difference if they are measured as audibly transparent?

    Sometimes I'll see it one way, sometimes another depending on all sorts of factors. If I was buying a device to view this image on, and if accuracy mattered to me, I'd read the specifications and look at the technical reviews. I'd buy a technically competent device and then I would know that...
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    Topping D50 III Balanced DAC with EQ Review

    Thanks for another great review. I was initially put off by some of the constraints with EQ; USB only, no channel differentiation. Then I gave myself a good talking to - it's only a couple of hundred $ and it's whistle-clean. Pretty outstanding really.
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    WiiM Ultra

    Preview announced https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/wiim-ultra-teaser/
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    Integrated amp/stereo receiver

    I know - that's the C3050, with hdmi, that you were asking about (isn't it)
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    Integrated amp/stereo receiver

    Have you seen this: https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/nad-c3050-le-measurements.42378/
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    Need Help in building 2.1 system

    Hi, The usual starting point is that electronics don't make all that much difference and you get the biggest improvements by upgrading speakers - and by using room correction or EQ to adjust how your speakers interact with your room. Your speakers are ok, and you can't upgrade them with your...
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    Where does quantization noise come from.

    My head hurts a little bit :) What I'm taking from this is that there is only the yellow signal (quantized). It is only when we compare that (externally to the audio process) to the original input (green) that we can measure the difference (red, noise). What we are calling 'noise' is a...
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    About design philosophy _ are minimalists right or not ?

    Consider a pre-amplifier (or a device providing the functionality of one): simple, minimalist design might be good. Adding more components is no longer minimalist, but might be more robust and last longer. Add in much more complex circuitry for DSP and it's better at producing sound...
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    Bi-amping, searching amp for low tones

    Presumably you then also need an active crossover? I'm a bit confused to be honest :) Edit: I'm definitely confused ... the XO4 is the crossover, I realise that now. I see how this would work but it seems like a lot of money to spend with no guarantee that the results would be audible
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