Maybe not but that doesn't mean not striving for the best possible.
Looking at your signature you seem to have spent a little more than clock radio money on getting great sound.
Why? Just enjoy the music, no?
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Looking at your signature you seem to have spent a little more than clock radio money on getting great sound.
Why? Just enjoy the music, no?
For me, simple. A multich AVR including all the bells and whistles with SOTA measurements, totally transparent to all sources.
One and Done.
Even better if it was affordable.
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A speaker that automatically calibrates itself to the room and listening positions. It should have user selectable targets, e. g. Harman curve, etc.
Cabasse has already done that with its connected speakers : https://www.cabasse.com/fr/
Never heard them, though.
Hi ,
Slightly off topic, however, I am excited.
I just tried to run my MC phono signal through the RME UFX II mic preamp, convolve the signal with inverse RIAA FIR filter in Acourate convolver and - not bad, not bad ;-)
Read a lot about correct loading of MC cartridges, and in the end, reason for low impedance seems to be to fight RFI induced distortion in the phono preamp. Might well be the RME mic preamp is so good that 3.4kOhm impedance are perfectly fine and lower impedance is not required...
Only issue I still have: How can I digitally increase the gain after inverse RIAA convolution? The signal is too quiet, and my Acourate convolver does not allow positive gain.
D & D 8c's are close.
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A dumb TV.
Apple’s ‘HomePods’ did that.
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Is your RIAA curve only reducing frequencies relative to 20Hz, rather than boosting bass and reducing high frequencies?
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Not sure I'd call this the perfect component, but I sure wish miniDSP made a version of the 2x4 HD with balanced in an out.
Only reducing. Will try to generate a filter curve with boosting below 1kHz and attenuating above.
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Can send you mine if there’s a way to on here
Thanks a lot, managed to generate such a FIR filter using Acourate Pro. Seems to work fine from a gain perspective.
Never listened to a vinyl record without the slightest hint of noise or hiss... No noise from the loudspeakers even with maximum volume. Shocking experience.
Will compare with my phono preamp more thoroughly the next days And do some comparative measurements.
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I agree. MC into a good interface and digital RIAA is far better than anything else I’ve heard.
Also allows room correction on vinyl, which is for me now a basic system requirement.
Will never go back to an analogue phono pre.
Looking forward to your measurements.
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Isn’t that the Flex?
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Close, but I don't need the streaming capability.
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It’s only Bluetooth… and you don’t have to use it…
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My wish list is simple and includes 2 items:
1. Small, $250 or less black box with optical, coax, and USB digital inputs and SPDIF digital output (preferably coax). Doesn't need a display or volume control, and doesn't even need a remote to switch between inputs - it can simply pass data to the output from whichever input is playing, and like many existing devices it can be hardwired/programmed to prioritize inputs so it won't try to output the signal from two inputs at once.
I realize this functionality is available as a subset of more complicated devices that cost $500 and up, most of them $1000 and up.
2. An app - and if necessary a signal-converter dongle - that allows one to replace the Genelec 9101 wireless remote control with one's smartphone. if that's not feasible, then a successor to the 9101 that adds a display of what the actual f***ing GLM volume level is, better buttons, and momentary LEDs to confirm your button press has actually changed the volume by one step or has actually turned the system on or off.
1. Small, $250 or less black box with optical, coax, and USB digital inputs and SPDIF digital output (preferably coax). Doesn't need a display or volume control, and doesn't even need a remote to switch between inputs - it can simply pass data to the output from whichever input is playing, and like many existing devices it can be hardwired/programmed to prioritize inputs so it won't try to output the signal from two inputs at once.
I realize this functionality is available as a subset of more complicated devices that cost $500 and up, most of them $1000 and up.
2. An app - and if necessary a signal-converter dongle - that allows one to replace the Genelec 9101 wireless remote control with one's smartphone. if that's not feasible, then a successor to the 9101 that adds a display of what the actual f***ing GLM volume level is, better buttons, and momentary LEDs to confirm your button press has actually changed the volume by one step or has actually turned the system on or off.
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