Feeling glad that dsp can make emotional engagement a more frequent thing. Cheaper than changing sheetrock, hot damn.
I have officially accepted membership to the Dark Side, and will, henceforth digitize all analog through a digital amp. Whoda thunk?
I am dealing with room issues, and the alternatives are daunting, the possible gains can huge though. Or not. DSP is easier, by far.
offset stud construction? raised floor? acoustical drywall such as https://www.acousticalsurfaces.com/soundbreak/soundbreak.htm ? Acoustic materials?
If you like jazz, give yourself a laugh. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgIJnKMJSNEyHROpQaVlmHBW2I9xeAUKR
Listening to Keith Jarrett's folk rock album feels like AM radio breaking new songs used to. Remember the first time you heard (your fave)?
Saudade is selling an unused amp for peanuts, hooking it up to test and finding out it sounds marvelous in your current setup. 8-(
Well, its just a different sound, but a much easier one to like due to the overall balance. Not as revealing, not as detailed, more pace. It think like the Senn 800 vs 600 argument. And if you consider the difference in price ($2K new vs $16.5), well.
I’ve been looking for a used DNA to put up against Vidar for a while. Hard to come by up here in Canada.
You know you are getting too old for your hobbies when you regret buying something because its too heavy. Gawd.
DSP subtract certain frequency amplitudes, room treatments work on time domain and echo. It's hard work. Thank God for ears, lol.
Finally found time to measure the room, and clean up modes. Of course, putting DSP on analog seems like a fool's bargain. Still....
Bought the insanest thing for a turntable stand, but cant figure out where to put it. Problems, problems.
The two things that really drew me to vinyl were the expense and the inconvenience. Pt 2. Try shipping tables, jeez.
But I have doubts about this being digital v analogue. I've got my own rips (they call them needle-drops these days? Could never get my head around that one!) of scratchy old LPs that I play in preference to the brand-new digital-clean CD rip. Yes, they sound "better." But the source I'm listening to is still digital. ...
... I also have CDs that. to my ear, have always sounded the same as the LP. They tend to be the older ones and I wonder if mastering methods have changed. But I think that... it's all in the mastering rather than the media,
You know when you go around making changes, and realize the one thing you missed makes everything work. Moving speakers is like Sanctuary.
