Recent content by haider

To me you have answered your own question here really. If standard, commonly accepted specifications and measurements were all we needed to design a good amplifier, why then it's simple. We set parameters on the test equipment and keep adjusting the numbers on the circuit till it hits the right...

Thank you, pants and all. I have to say the difference in reactions and responses on this forum is quite marked when compared to, how shall I put it, more aficionado led ones. All valid just the same. Haider

Yes I am very familiar with this. Having worked in a recording studio environment in my yoof I do recall end of day mixdowns were a waste of time really. I always advised clients not to just book one day to record as they would regret the result of the final mix. My other advice was not to use...

It could of course be much simpler than that. In the morning the whole world has its Kettle on, Toaster charring their seeded bread, and DAB radios torturing their ears. These all leave their mark on the mains supply which is part of your system. Often this makes things just sound a bit rubbish...

Yes perhaps, but doesn't the experience you are describing suggest this is not an Ear issue? I may be wrong but I am convinced that when I do experience it, my ears ache. I hence I make a great effort to design it out. Good design practice, which we have developed, seems to ultimately eliminate...

Thanks. Yes 1, and 2 or often stated. The problem is there is no empirical evidence presented in any academic/medical studies that I can find. We all, I beleive, have experinced the phenomenon is some guise. There may be many causes or just one simple one. I have seen studies publised at teh AES...

Yes, but do you have any incling why? Is it too bright for istance? Haider (of Sonneteer)

Hi, I've just been trying to do some research into listener fatigue. There is a Wikipedia page on the subject, but I was wondering if anyone knew of any medical or scientific research on the subject or even if you have had direct experince of it? I am not talking about Auditory fatigue which...

Good morning chaps, Thanks for all the kind words. I will obviously have a biased view, however, please feel free to google us as there is much said in the known hifi forums about us(Sonneteer) including this one. Also we have an article or two which are more or less written by users on our own...

Andrew Everard: This is hardly the way for a manufacturer to have a discussion with/make a pitch to the magazine, is it? And can you make clear the company you work for in your signature, please? Sorry Andrew it wasn't intended as such. I assumed, wrongly, that who I was would be implied. My...

Hey guys of What Hifi. Dont you think that Streaming devices have now gone from low fi gadget to hifi? I mean the Sonneteer Morpheus is at the very least hifi as well as one or two other brands who have produced separates to that effect! Also we all play everything from FLAC to WAV as well as...

Sounds like a lot of you have been helpingeach other out. One thing though, teh guy who said that speakers are the main thing in the system is misguided. Yes a lot of speakers are unfortunately, rubbish, and hence switching from one to the other can seem to make a big difference. The main...

I would recommend any other Arcam or Sonneteer amp really. I just wasnt mad on the 9. Anyway its pretty old now, time for an upgrade! Then you can get some speakers that will really make you music..erm..sing! Plenty of them about, but you need to try them. Your tastes may not match the reviewers...

Having had a hand in both the products you have (well the predecessor of the CD73, but unlikely to have changed a great deal) then i would firstly say keep the CD player, drop the amp, then consider your Speaker options. The 9 was really far from our finest hour(when i was there) and I really...