Recent content by AJM1981

Some (maybe most) hi-fi dealers understand that optical pairing to the masses works better for sales compared to "logical" pairing for the smaller groups (luckily a lot of logical pairing is also a good optical one as black and silver was range-wide). And from a 'hifi is furniture' or 'hifi...

I (also) see Hi-Fi as furniture-extension and I usually buy something that integrates well or what integrates with the hifi (the other way round). I have chosen the 'other' option as it is usually silver-ish or black with woodgrain edges. Combines well with the mix of industrial and colonial...

Well done, nice work! These loudspeakers are omnidirectional. It seems they perform best a bit inward the room, not too close to the walls. I don't have the space to utilize them, but what I would suggest is a short stand or a direct mount to a solid column in the same or contrasting color...

5.1+ sound has not really impressed me enough to buy dedicated gear for it . A good stereo or 2.1 system for a good film or series is already an experience.

Point for sure. A little to counter; Hi-fi demonstrations aimed for selling gear to the largest average group of consumers would not do really well if they would mainly throw in Opera or Choral. Unless it uplifts the aura around their flagship model or something. Quite arbitrary. Something a...

I am with anyone who has a quite visible view on the backside of their loudspeaker and thinks that a complimenting cable is a good choice for optical reasons, as it is part of the interior. Also with anyone who just wants to have a sturdy cable that creates easy hot-swapping options. Something...

I like the blend of a synthesizer with non synthesizers as a good middleground. What a track like the original 'Chase' by Moroder sets apart from its fully "synthesized" remakes (like on these 'synthesizer greatest' albums recorded by others) is the 'human touch' on the drums. Subtle shuffle...

Bought a Sansui Au-505 integrated amp. The image below is not mine, but it is in a great condition technically and optically.

A topic for fun mainly. Taken with a big grain of salt as it excludes a lot of factors. Recently I got some quite good quality earbuds that came with a ten band EQ option. While listening I thought about asking A.I. to create some loudspeaker profiles based on these ten bands. I have shared...

Baseless claims are baseless.

First. 320kbps is a compression that everyone here will fail on in double blind comparison to lossless. Second. Compression doesn’t do anything to a frequency of a tone. Only a faster or slower speed of playback would do something to a frequency. A440hz will not be A439hz and A432hz will not be...

The music cast app is one of the finest around. Just configure it to your personal settings and preferences

First of all.. nice one. :) The point made in that it elevates the physical position creating a slightly different vertical soundstage ánd the type of tweeter does the rest. But it still makes everything work withing the audible range. Also sound signature besides this is defined by emphasis...

Frequency ranges of a well configured tweeter don’t overlap with the midrange and are not smoothing anything out. The “super tweeters” I came across are mostly ribbon or AMT and they give a different signature within the audible. Placing them on top of a loudspeaker to replace another type of...

Spotify’s videoclips are a nice upgrade. But some lean on the same quality sound as MTV did in the past, a straight conversion from TV, not utilising the better quality audio. Is there a way to give priority to audio instead of video? Maybe I missed out on a setting, but when I checked last...