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  1. Haskil

    Does anyone else like FM?

    On paper, FM is excellent. In practice, if you do not have excellent reception quality, therefore with level and without any ghost image born from the reflection of waves on surrounding buildings, which means an antenna on the roof , directional and especially not in the shape of a bull's horn...
  2. Haskil

    Help, keep or return AUDIOPHONICS HPA-DM750ET Power Amplifier Purifi 1ET9040BA?

    The fact that the triggers don't work anyway means you should send it back.... or just the faulty cards if they are easy to remove from the device which you can of course open using a screwdriver with a suitable tip in size without making the slightest mark on the case.
  3. Haskil

    Recommended items on this site base on performance alone not reliability.

    I don't really understand, once again, this type of recrimination centered on Chinese products which are, I quote: "junk"... Besides that I own three Chinese devices including an amplifier under my television under continuous power for at least 5 years, a Topping DX3 pro headphone amp DAC and...
  4. Haskil

    SMSL DO200 Pro DAC Review

    Still no parametric equalizer or DSP where to introduce a convolution... So not very useful on the market today already drowning in economical transparent DACs. I still voted 3 because it is good. But not close to replacing my already old Topping DX3 Pro.
  5. Haskil

    Extreme Snake Oil

    But we can admire the quality of machining of the parts of a watch movement which is a marvel of ingenuity, the precision of the assembly of the case, the oiled seal which makes this watch truly waterproof to significant pressures. ...It doesn't tell the time any better but it is a little...
  6. Haskil

    Hypex Nilai500DIY Amplifier Review

    Cheater no, but wind merchant, yes.
  7. Haskil

    SMSL RAW Pro-DAC1 Balanced DAC Review

    I do not vote the maximum score, but 3 despite the remarkable performance of this DAC, because it seems out of place to me to offer today a DAC which does not include at least one parametric equalizer
  8. Haskil

    Poll for Topping PA5 owners only please.

    Do you want the list of major brand devices that are just not repairable at all? During the warranty period, they are replaced with a new one. After the warranty period, you should throw them away. This is the case for all BD-DVD players whose price is equal to or less than 200-250...
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    Buckeye Purifi Eigentakt 1ET9040BA monoblock power amplifier Stereophile Measurements

    And even to reproduce transients whose duration is so tiny that we do not hear them as an increase in the listening level but they are necessary to reproduce the timbre of an instrument which is defined by its attack and the pars harmonics... So a powerful amplifier should never be neglected...
  10. Haskil

    Dunlavy Speakers

    I listened to the SC IV and the huge, very tall black SC V (or VI?) in their day from the French importer of the time. Unforgettable coherence from bass to treble with the speakers disappearing and the music unfolding without constraints, without shine or other effects. One of the best listens...
  11. Haskil

    Is there any music that actually requires 24 bits for replay?

    Well, searching in Qobuz looking for Prévin Debussy to see if there were several editions... I found several offered at the same time for streaming... including one in MQA... so that Qobuz replied to me a few months ago that there were none among them and that I had reported two or three...
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    A simple tweak that can improve audio significantly

    I don't recommend the parrot either: if he comes within range of a cable, he cuts it... and if he likes the music, he sings over it... if it's really very good, he hums along. whispering... Mine, a yellow-naped amazon called Raoni, still helps me a lot to write my record reviews by giving me her...
  13. Haskil

    Is there any music that actually requires 24 bits for replay?

    What's intriguing is that many analog vinyls from the 1960s-1980s have all the flaws we attribute to "early digital recordings" and at a very high standard that makes them painful to listen to. I have plenty of examples in my library at Decca, EMI, DGG... On the contrary, I found - and not only...
  14. Haskil

    An audio engineer explains why Dolby Atmos Music is “definitely going to supersede stereo”

    But Atmos mixed specifically for music only exists in a domestic version. Therefore since the subject here is to say that it will replace stereo (which unfortunately I do not believe), in this case , the Blu Ray Audio which includes Atmos sound very very good... including multi-player stereo...
  15. Haskil

    David Chesky on Streaming Convenience vs Sound Quality

    When I wrote "I don't know this man", I was saying it personally, because I know his story and the fact that he is a personality versed in audiophilia which is not very rational...
  16. Haskil

    David Chesky on Streaming Convenience vs Sound Quality

    I don't know this man, only listened to a few of his records and must even have some among my 10,000 CDs and more. Including the Opp Studies. 10 and 25 of Chopin by Earl Wild which are not better recorded than many other versions by other publishers. What I see is that David Chersky uses a...
  17. Haskil

    Genelec is too expensive in the USA

    This is why, responding to a European citizen, I limited my comments to what is happening in Europe... with products purchased in Europe. ---------------------------------------- But I will give you an edifying example of the problem posed today by the repair of hi-fi devices... An...
  18. Haskil

    Genelec is too expensive in the USA

    As far as I know, this is not legal. And of course I can have my German car repaired in any European country, even under warranty, by a local dealer. Better still, I can even buy it in Germany and have it serviced in France: many people do this through a representative. This is my case, for...
  19. Haskil

    Genelec is too expensive in the USA

    What I'm saying is very simple : if I buy a car in Finland, any official garage of the vehicle brand will be required to apply the legal guarantee in all European countries where the brand is present. If I buy a hi-fi device in Finland and I live in France, as soon as this device is distributed...
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