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by markiteight
2024-03-21 20:30
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4734970

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

If you're looking for posts about loudspeaker internal wiring, they've been moved to their own thread, here.

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by markiteight
2024-03-14 01:04
Forum: Music
Topic: Latest records to enter your collection
Replies: 463
Views: 244430

Re: Latest records to enter your collection

I fixed the last two posts and deleted a redundant post.

Make sure the URL you are using is for the image itself, not a just page that happens to have the image on it. To be certain, right click on the image and select "open image in another tab (or window)" then use that URL

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by markiteight
2024-03-01 03:06
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Coaxial Cable Recommendations
Replies: 10
Views: 968

Re: Coaxial Cable Recommendations

I would avoid all Supra cables. I have tried different Supra cables, speakers, coaxial, RCA since they are available in most Swedish stores. But they affect music in a bad hifi way. QED budget priced coaxial is quite good. That is what I use now that the "New Level of Perfromance Audio" coaxial cab...
by markiteight
2024-03-01 02:43
Forum: Lejonklou
Topic: Lejonklou Boazu Integrated Amp
Replies: 310
Views: 271172

Re: Lejonklou Boazu Integrated Amp

I’m not suggesting that the Boazu shouldn’t have any buttons. The idea is that they could be placed out of sight, like many modern TV’s. They could be placed in the top corner of the back plate so that they could be easily found by touch. Or on the side panels close to the front. Out of sight but s...
by markiteight
2024-02-29 02:07
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4734970

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

I struggled a bit between A and B, but ultimately I preferred B, the reason b-ing I never really liked this song, yet with B I kinda forgot that and kept listening longer than was necessary. It's possible this could have happened with A had I listened in a different order, so close are the two. C's ...
by markiteight
2024-01-31 22:56
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Setting up loudspeakers for the best tune
Replies: 97
Views: 73175

Re: Setting up loudspeakers for the best tune

Yes thats 30 cm With your existing configuration of the Solidsteel tripods it doesn't seem possible to place the speakers closer to the wall. You have to turn the stands by 180 degrees to achieve that. OTOH, the speakers have a port on the back which might not be perfect for a set-up in close proxi...
by markiteight
2024-01-18 05:47
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4734970

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

erho wrote: 2024-01-18 04:13 Sorry, but which speakers are these?
https://jblpro.com/en-US/products/708p
by markiteight
2024-01-18 00:15
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4734970

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

Listening through the AirPods Max, it seems like the music gets progressively "tense" as the temp goes up (assuming the temps increase with each successive clip). The music starts to get a bit too tense in the 3rd clip, but the 2nd is perhaps a bit too relaxed. Any way to get between the two? I'm su...
by markiteight
2024-01-06 04:04
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4734970

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

I'm on Team Brass too. Lovely!
by markiteight
2023-12-12 02:15
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4734970

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

I lean toward the Kans as well, but perhaps that's because I'm surprised at how much I liked them in these clips. I enjoyed both a lot...these clips are possibly the best showing I've heard from both speakers.
by markiteight
2023-12-08 06:38
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4734970

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

I finally managed to get the clips to play reliably. This time I experimented a bit. Rather than listening through headphones at a reasonable volume I played the clips through my laptop's internal speakers at a relatively low volume, just above ambient noise, to see if I could detect a difference. S...
by markiteight
2023-11-30 00:25
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4734970

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

Anyone else had issues playing Fredrik's latest batch of clips? I've been trying to listen to them since he posted them and only now was able to get them to play. I've been avoiding reading others' responses until I could hear the clips myself, which kinda goes against my moderator duty to monitor e...
by markiteight
2023-11-28 21:22
Forum: HiFi
Topic: What’s Slam Got To Do With It?
Replies: 20
Views: 100501

Re: What’s Slam Got To Do With It?

I think you're right, Spannko. The Zu Audio Dirty Weekends could slam with the best of 'em, the 308Ps can't. The JBLs are considerably more musical and ultimately more enjoyable, but I do miss the dynamics and slam of the Omens*. There are a lot of loudspeakers out there that slam well but are quite...
by markiteight
2023-11-14 01:48
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
Replies: 7076
Views: 4734970

Re: Playground for practical listening exercises

253 exaggerates the separation between instruments.
252 sounds more organic, congruous.

I'll take 252.
by markiteight
2023-10-23 00:40
Forum: Källa
Topic: Recommended network components
Replies: 514
Views: 219287

Re: Recommended network components

Discussions about network issues has been moved here.
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by markiteight
2023-10-04 23:44
Forum: Källa
Topic: Spotify settings for best musical performance
Replies: 85
Views: 96440

Re: Spotify settings for best musical performance

It's been a while since I went through my Spotify settings to make sure they were still set properly. There's a new feature that's appeared since the last time I checked (so I don't know how long it's been there) called Picture in Picture. It's located under the Playback menu toward the top. Some qu...
by markiteight
2023-09-24 22:42
Forum: Källa
Topic: Spotify settings for best musical performance
Replies: 85
Views: 96440

Re: Spotify settings for best musical performance

Posts about Spotify Hi-Fi have been moved here.

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by markiteight
2023-09-21 22:53
Forum: Lejonklou
Topic: Forum issues are discussed here
Replies: 372
Views: 477413

Re: Forum issues are discussed here

What if the first, or first few posts by a new member had to be approved by a moderator before going live on the forum? It'll of course be clearly communicated to everyone signing up for a new account how it's working. That alone should hopefully stop most people with bad intentions from even tryin...
by markiteight
2023-09-19 21:11
Forum: Lejonklou
Topic: Forum issues are discussed here
Replies: 372
Views: 477413

Re: Forum issues are discussed here

Thanks, Pete! To clarify, I'm not talking about blocking users' ability to view a topic, just limiting the ability to post/edit a topic for the specific goal of preventing necroposting by new users. I like your suggestion of keeping things simple! My concern is that redundant threads could clutter ...
by markiteight
2023-09-19 20:15
Forum: Lejonklou
Topic: Forum issues are discussed here
Replies: 372
Views: 477413

Re: Forum issues are discussed here

On another thread Matthias suggested locking posts after a certain period of inactivity and only allowing existing users the ability to unlock and post/edit. It turns out that may actually be possible. If it is, I have a few questions for the members: 1) What do you think would be an appropriate pe...
by markiteight
2023-09-19 19:49
Forum: HiFi
Topic: HiFi fuses
Replies: 25
Views: 31409

Re: HiFi fuses

It seems we had in this thread another case of necroposting by a new account. My suggestion would be that old threads get locked after a certain time and only existing members can unlock an old thread. That's an interesting suggestion, Matt! I don't think phpBB has the ability to allow that level o...
by markiteight
2023-08-11 23:49
Forum: Inside
Topic: Majik 109 Modification
Replies: 93
Views: 113512

Re: Majik 109 Modification

How does it sound - well, first impressions was very favourable - more detail, a more open sound. I let it play on moderate volume for some hours before I listened more focused. It has been described that the sound became a bit bright when you changed it in the 109s - and I would say that it does t...
by markiteight
2023-08-08 01:58
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Akurate DSM modifications
Replies: 12
Views: 8656

Re: Akurate DSM modifications

Thanks for the feedback, Heretik, and welcome to the forum!
by markiteight
2023-06-16 05:19
Forum: Källa
Topic: Spotify settings for best musical performance
Replies: 85
Views: 96440

Re: Spotify settings for best musical performance

I forgot to mention that the settings were the first thing I checked after the great disappointment, and everything was as it should be. However I also checked settings prior to updating to *.43 and found Canvas turned on, so I turned it back off before comparing .42 to .43. The good news is the mus...