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RE: The original recording!

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In Reply to: RE: The original recording! posted by E-Stat on November 15, 2023 at 12:11:30

You two do an Abbot and Costello routine that would make AnalogScott and Geoff Kait jealous. ~:)

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My role was easy - E-Stat 12:02:04 11/28/23 (6)
just provide the obvious answers. :)
- MQA - Mendel 19:20:50 12/10/23 (5)
  I'm not a digital person. I listen to my turntable 90% of the time.
  But I do have a Bluesound Node streamer and subscribe to Tidal hi rez.
  Every time I have compared the MQA version of an album to the CD version, I have preferred the MQA.
  Not sure why so much hate for MQA, but my experience is that it generally sounds better than CD quality and I prefer it. Maybe I am getting "fooled " but I can live with that.
  If you really care about source quality analog is the way to go anyway...-
  - RE: MQA - E-Stat 06:43:43 12/11/23 (4)
    There is no practical reason why *any* company should pay a license fee to achieve lossy 17 bit content while true 24 bit high resolution is free!!!
    But I do have a Bluesound Node streamer
    That is a popular, well supported entry level all-in-one box. Much better exists especially when using studio reference formats.
    If you really care about source quality analog is the way to go anyway...
    Using your references, I might agree. As for me, I find the best vinyl offers certain advantages at the top over the forty year old 44/16 standard that was fenced in by the storage limitations of that day. It does not, however, match what the best true high resolution digital can achieve. Further, my musical tastes did not end in 1981 when Telarc started using the Soundstream digital recorder. Virtually all vinyl produced today was recorded digitally.
    Your Acoustats could benefit from more power. I use 300 watt amps with the 1+1s in the HT.
    
    Edits: 12/11/23
    - RE: MQA - Mendel 11:12:38 12/11/23 (3)
      Hi E-Stat.
      Thank you for the info. I definitely will be looking to upgrade my digital side so I can hear how good hi rez files can be. As far as amplifer power, I agree that more would be nice, but I'm a tube guy and would prefer not to have 8 or more output tubes going due to cost and replacements issues. Besides my system is in a small dedicated room and I usually listen at moderate volumes. And as you know, the Spectra 22 speakers are considerably more efficient than the 1+1 series.
      Cheers!
      - RE: MQA - E-Stat 11:46:40 12/11/23 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: MQA posted by Mendel on December 11, 2023 at 11:12:38
        
        but I'm a tube guy and would prefer not to have 8 or more output tubes
        Each of my VTL amps has eight. ;)
        And as you know, the Spectra 22 speakers are considerably more efficient than the 1+1 series.
        Where did you get that notion? I've owned a range of Acoustats since the very first model X in 1977. Efficiency was determined by the number of panels. What the SPECTRA series did was electrically divide each of the otherwise similar panels ( according to ex-Acoustat guy Andy Szabo )in half so that one half was used as a "tweeter" with the others running full range or all bass with the three across models. The design goal was to minimize beaming which I find not terrible using one panel across. The manual states the minimum power at 100 watts vs 70 for the 1+1!
        I improve headroom with mine actively crossing them over at 80 hz via the Emotiva processor incorporating a pair of powered subs.
        
        Edits: 12/11/23 12/11/23
        
        RE: MQA - Mendel 14:56:16 12/12/23 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: MQA posted by E-Stat on December 11, 2023 at 11:46:40
        
        Thanks for the info on the Spectra series E-Stat!
        No doubt more power would be nice.
        When I had my interfaces rebuilt by the late, great Dan Santoni (he posted often on the Asylum as "Blackdog") he increased the sagging bias current to over 6kv which made the speakers much easier to drive. He said no worries the panels can easily take it and he was right (now 6 or 7 years later).
        
        RE: MQA - E-Stat 19:57:38 12/12/23 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: MQA posted by Mendel on December 12, 2023 at 14:56:16
        
        It's nice having a good source upgrade the interfaces. Mine was rebuilt by former Acoustat engineer Roy Esposito including his "air" mod for bypassing the HF pot.
        
        The Sound Labs have a variable bias control that can deliver 12kV. Largely driven by humidity, you increase bias to just before arcing. Dry winter air takes less drive.

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