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Someone is still green behind the ears. But weren't we all at some point!Jim
Yes, it was this high distortion that made posters at DIYaudio suggest that the LDR was not a good match IIRC. Good luck wading into that huge thread Ray. I believe that one of the posts there links to some of the LDR distortion measurements. But I just don't have the time to go searching for it right now.
Very true - but then again, many (most?) try to learn something before speaking out of school.-Jim
Then there's always the software quality. Music not well-recorded and/or recorded on inferior equipment is "listenable" on my system, but does not satisfy like music well recorded on superb equipment. Not much you can do about that.
You dont need experience to see the forest for the trees, just brains.
If they sound as good as they are claimed too, they would be a cool solution for fully active speakers. You could bolt them to a miniDSP, mount them in the speakers, and have one channel drive the tweeter, the other one the midrange, then just drop a pair of servo subs in there for the bass and you are set!
@ Scotty:For me, I understand that these will be far better than the rest of my gear, barring the Octocoupler. Bearing that in mind, I have no problem building my system around them. I think this is the kind of hardware that forces you to look at the rest of your system as has been shown by some user reports.I like Bruno's philosophy about systems and the whole system merry go round. Says people often buy gear according to a pleasant "sound" they impart to the music. Then they get bored and begin seeking to improve that pleasantness with new gear. With a truly transparent system you can't get bored. At that point you are listening to the music and not your hodgepodge of tweaks.Paraphrasing. But I dig it.
Ray,Check the huge DIY audio thread. Some there think LDRs aren't a great match with the ncore.
This is true, as those who might not want their system as a 'straight wire with gain' know better than to post their views.Consider the LDR based attenuators discussed in various threads, both here an AC as well as DIYaudio The subjective comments in both continually describe them as 'transparent'. But to the engineers at DIYaudio, the LDR is anything but a transparent device. Even with a perfect level controlling adjustable power supply, the LDR is an inherently high distortion device. Its immediately eliminated as appropriate for a system representing that 'straight wire with gain' ideal. Sadly, both objectivists and subjectivists use the same terminology, such as 'transparent' referring to system metrics.Regardsless, the Ncore potentially provides an attractive solution for moderate cost amplification for both the subjectivists and the objectivists. The former can simply provide their subjective preferences via flanking components.FWIW
Way ahead of you guys, like I said, I actually read the thread . Im not vested in octos, if there s something better, I'll do I. So far it was better than the pot in my integrated and the digital control in my dac. Interested now in Bruno's attenuator. I have no problem dumping gear for something better. We'll see what that ends up being.Be exasperated. I couldn't care less what you think.
Yep, the better the system gets, the less software there is worth listening to. It will become a must of owning two systems, one for your well recorded software and one for the inferior software.
Btw, no more a distorter than your tube preamplifier apparently. Ooooh.
You will care when your music sounds like crap.
I'll make adjustments as needed. And hopefully I can get to Rmaf and get a good handle on preamps.So far, so good. Haven't made any mistakes yet.And thanks Occam. Hopefully I'll be able to accurately measure all this stuff as it goes down. We'll see.
