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Certainly, many if not most engineers are painfully aware of these sonic assaults inflicted on recordings for reasons that have nothing to do with artistic preference and everything to do with crass marketing trickery...

I haven't ripped CDs in years but when I did it was only select tracks on CDs. Now I need to do so again, with ripping select tracks from ~ 2 dozen CDs. Last year I had Steiger Dynamics custom build my quiet HTPC: Intel Xeon 1390, Gigabyte W480 board, 32GB ECC memory, LGWH16NS60 BD drive. I've...

A pair of these drivers may be available for a price much better than this. https://www.usspeaker.com/radian%20745neoBepb-1.htm I've read of happy endings; top three posts. https://www.diyaudio.com/community/search/1308175/ But sad stories too; post #26...

Please excuse this lengthy post but I didn't want to forget asking every question I had about this complex topic, and if I'm going about solving my problems in the best sounding way. Media players like roon rightly have their adherents especially if it may offer seamless solutions for room...

Troy Crowe will finish my three way speaker build atop my sealed Altec 416-8B midwoofers using either this horn https://josephcrowe.com/collections/yuichi-a-290-3d-cad-model or this one. https://www.athosaudio.com/2021/01/01/tad-th-4001/ Due to their similar dispersion patterns, either horn...

Have forums like ours here debunked the “high end line and speaker cables are way audibly superior” myth? Or is it a myth? If not, then DIYers shouldn’t moan over Jupiter oil cap and Duelund coil prices. Certainly, with caps, choice of dielectric and purity of same, terminal construction and...

As you likely know, these are among the best rated yet affordable subs. https://www.rythmikaudio.com/reviews.html https://www.rythmikaudio.com/technology.html But some claim to hear coloration which presumably even designer Brian Ding suspects could be due to use of less than ideal op-amps in...

Some time ago Topping's R & D staff thanked me for requesting this new product-what I'm sure would be the best MCH answer to their highly successful Pre90 preamp. https://www.stereophile.com/content/topping-pre90-line-preamplifier Indeed, I am facing the exact same dilemma as did KR here where...

I'm looking to audition the Revel 226be and 228be and comparable Dali floor standing speakers for the front pair of a 5.1 system. As I might have access to the First Watt J2 amp I wondered how it might sound driving the tweets and mids of these speakers vs. say some of the best 300B SET amps? I...

My 5.1 sound journey will be painfully slow as it may take months locating and getting invited to venues for auditioning the five to ten speakers of interest. What’s puzzling and may end up upsetting my installation scheme is how placement limitations of the CC speaker may affect overall sound...

As I’m committed to using two pairs of either or both of these subs https://www.rythmikaudio.com/F12SE.html https://gr-research.com/product/sub-series-double-trouble-with-flatpacks-copy/ , stand mounted speakers seem the most logical way and cost effective way to go for building a 5.1 system...

While I have no experience with DIRAC, convolvers, DSP driven subwoofer alignment or acoustical solutions for taming room modes, I am slowly on my way getting there. And it's also nice to know that having two pairs of subs rather than one will further correct the room's sound. However, can...

I want to build a 5.1 surround sound system. The main speakers would be a 3-way rather than two-way design for the performance reasons cited in the video here. https://www.axiomaudio.com/m5-bookshelf-speakers The 5-channel Class AB power amp...