Mintzar: A Sound Story.System edited: All new products updated. posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.Hey Alex,Thanks for the message. I am glad I am winning at least someone over to the light side!How amazing would it be if audiophiles started to realize audio isn't about competiti... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.Sorry I missed these two comments. I've been swamped with my film work and investing business. Boy, I have to update this a bit too.Tubes are just filters. They pass only even harmonics. It... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.System edited: Made some substantial changes to the system over the past few months. Total power supply redesigns. The new DAC totally crushed the Metric Halo LIO-8, which was stellar to begin with... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.System edited: Made a few swaps and added the new Core Audio products The LIO-8 with power supply upgrades is one hell of the DAC. The beta (mid-level) power supplies are 300% better than the Alpha... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.I think this is the longest my system has ever been solid. I haven't changed any major components in months. Always a good sign!My high-end power supplies are now available. I also have a p... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.OK... some updates. I have the Faital Pro driver installed. It's crossing over at 500hz to my AN15s, which I decided not to sell because of how fantastic they sound for bass and midbass. Th... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.FYI: I am selling my AN15s. I have been running my AN15s in open baffle with a pair of 18" drivers handling the lows to good effect. The problem is that it's difficult to sell a cabinet withou... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.Are you trying to convince ME that the results between our Dude tests weren't the same, or yourself? We had the same results. You choosing to keep your Dude doesn't mean we heard different things. ... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.I found a really cool plugin for my DSP today.It's a compressor/limiter that adds tube coloration to the sound. I tested the tube preamp plugin made by the same company, but it barely did a... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.I haven't used the Tripoint in my own system, but I've heard it in and out of two systems now so I know what it does. Like I said, it works, but I also think you could get 99% of the performance fo... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.I don't really think that musical and revealing are mutually exclusive entities. For instance, speakers only look at three factors: power, phase, and frequency. A speaker in and of itself cannot cr... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.One last point...The internet is full of marketing hype and has so many people believing so many bizarre things about audio. It's no wonder why the pro-audio guys laugh at audiophiles so mu... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.I am not talking about ground loop noise, Andrew. Grounding helps to remove RF and EMI from the circuit (the chassis acts as a shield and that has to be drained somewhere). If the chassis isn't pro... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.The amplifier I use is a Class D amplifier designed around the Jensen 4-pole linear power supply. This power supply is the same supply used in the $650,000 Pivetta Opera One amplifier. It is so fas... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.I am saying that ONE of the causes of hiss in a tube system can be attributed to the electrons smacking against the sides of tubes.Tubes will always be noisy, and I am yet to see a tube cir... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.It's simple physics. There is virtually no way to prevent the electrons from bouncing off the glass tubes. It's been proven and is 100% measurable.That doesn't negate that people like tubes... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.That information is from Ben's instructor who has a very fancy physics and digital engineering degree. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.I've been going crazy battling a resonance-related issue in my system over the past few weeks. Turns out the Herbie's footers under my amp weren't working ideally. I had some brass footers lying ar... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.Everything is really breaking in nicely. I couldn't be more thrilled with the sound. The system is so high resolution that you can hear their clothing rustling when they're standing by the ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.System edited: Added a temporary picture of the system. I'll replace the phone picture once my camera decides to recharge. Obviously haven't hung room treatments or anything yet. posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.Let me clarify what I mean by noise. I think you guys are getting signal to noise ratio confused with the noise I am referring to. SNR above 100dB is WAY more than what is necessary, since most peo... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.I have nothing against Paul. As I mentioned, The Dude is a phenomenal piece of gear. The tricky thing about noise is you don't know it's there until it's gone.The Dude WAS neutral. ... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.The Dude uses a tube regulated PSU. Tube regulation is noisy. Most of the tube gear I've heard sounds pretty good. But it never is the best sound I've heard.People like tubes for their spee... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mintzar: A Sound Story.Upgraded my Mac Mini power supply. A whole new level. Soundstage depth is tremendous and detail is out of this world, with absolutely zero fatigue.Should have my system up and running (fina... posted over 14 years ago | View comment |