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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    Also bad are the small speakers with subs bolted to the side. Usually crossed over very high in the mud region. Distorted subs all the time and...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, Jun 11, 2025 in forum: Advice Threads
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    They get a small long throw woofer, boost the hell out of the low end of it in the crossover, and limit it so it doesn’t break or horrifically...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, Jun 11, 2025 in forum: Advice Threads
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    KH80 sucks and is limited 100% of the time in real world use without subs. Glorified computer speakers.
    Post by: Psalmanazar, Jun 11, 2025 in forum: Advice Threads
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    Focals are great too. Good Shape 65 and great Solo ST6. ATC has the good 11/12 and the great 19/20 but both need subs that are more expensive...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, Jun 11, 2025 in forum: Advice Threads
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    They are not smeared per se. The smearing effect is from crossovers, oft overdamped drivers, and wanting to get bass out of small cabinet volumes...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, Jun 11, 2025 in forum: Advice Threads
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    Schiit Byygy Dac Just Landed

    it's nothing more than 1-bit pcm with delta-sigma noise shaping and a crazy filter so the tweeter doesn't blow up from chirpies and shape...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, May 8, 2025 in forum: All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out
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    Schiit Byygy Dac Just Landed

    very cool paper. weiss has also just flat out said dsd is a worse storage format. paul frindle who built some of the earlier multi-bit delta-sigma...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, May 8, 2025 in forum: All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out
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    Schiit Byygy Dac Just Landed

    The reason is 1 bit delta sigma is mathematically wrong, cannot be dithered, and all positive 1 values are clipped. 2-bit gives you 4 possible...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, May 7, 2025 in forum: All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out
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    Bifrost uber the best

    Bifrost uber the best
    Profile Post Comment by Psalmanazar, May 6, 2025
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    Schiit Byygy Dac Just Landed

    Lavry and Bricasti have the gold casework for a reason.
    Post by: Psalmanazar, May 6, 2025 in forum: All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out
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    Schiit Byygy Dac Just Landed

    Wtf?
    Post by: Psalmanazar, May 6, 2025 in forum: All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out
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    Schiit Byygy Dac Just Landed

    I mean this is going to be good; it's a yggdrasil, which has been technically very good since it got dither. Schiit is just finally moving to...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, May 5, 2025 in forum: All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out
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    Schiit Byygy Dac Just Landed

    WTF? Delta sigma modulation is a mature technology for analog <—> digital conversion. It has been since the first multibit modulators in the mid...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, May 5, 2025 in forum: All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out
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    The Deals Thread

    Yes, before KRK made garbage, KRK started out by making great passive speakers with Focal drivers. Then they had financial issues, didn't pay...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, Mar 27, 2025 in forum: Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals
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    The Deals Thread

    https://reverb.com/item/86072928-bag-end-monitor-system-mm-8-monitors-and-infrasub-12-subwoofer-p400-amplifier-module...
    Post by: Psalmanazar, Mar 27, 2025 in forum: Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals