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What do I like in a stereo system?<\/p>\n
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First off, I just want to say that there is no ‘right or wrong’ way to set up a system.\u00a0 Part of this audiophile hobby of ours is about putting together a combination of gear that suits your particular tastes.\u00a0 Different strokes for different folks.\u00a0 So just because I have a preferred way of putting a system together, doesn’t mean it is any better than the way you would put a system together.\u00a0 But since people ask me, I guess I’ll put my thoughts here in writing.<\/p>\n
I like to keep my system simple.\u00a0 I’m not real big on using DSP processing, bass\/treble controls, EQ’s, and overly complex passive crossovers in speakers.\u00a0 I like instruments and vocals to sound ‘natural’ to me – that is, the way they would sound if I were listening to them live.\u00a0 I figure that the most natural the source signal can be is right off the record, or right out of the music server, and I can’t do much to improve the purity of that signal as it goes down stream through my components and cabling.\u00a0 I can use gear that manipulates and enhances the signal in many different ways, but nothing is likely to improve purity.\u00a0 I think the less that is done to the signal, the better.\u00a0 I think just about every component along the way from source to speaker is more likely to do harm to the purity of the signal than improve it.\u00a0 I try to choose components that minimize that harm.\u00a0 You’ve probably heard the term “Do No Harm” as it relates to the components and cabling in a stereo system.\u00a0 I think that’s a good approach.<\/p>\n
Tube amplifiers are pretty simple – and good.\u00a0 An integrated tube amp is simpler than separates.\u00a0 A DAC that has no oversampling or filtering is pretty simple – and good.\u00a0 Copper cabling is good.\u00a0 Passive crossovers with fewer components are good.<\/p>\n
Mystery boxes, or mystery circuits built into boxes that have inputs and outputs should be looked upon with suspicion.\u00a0 Pure and natural signal in – and what kind of signal comes out?\u00a0 Probably not as pure and natural.<\/p>\n
If a speaker requires more than twenty components in the passive crossover network, something is wrong.<\/p>\n
Here’s a basic list of gear that I set up here in the Volti Audio demo room:<\/p>\n
Innuos music server<\/p>\n
BorderPatrol DAC<\/p>\n
Cary Audio SLI80 Integrated tube amplifier<\/p>\n
Triode Wire Labs USB cable, interconnects, power cables, and copper speaker cables<\/p>\n
Volti Audio horn speakers<\/p>\n
It’s a recipe that really works well.\u00a0 Yes I will help you put your system together, just ask me.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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