Posted by Retsel [ 134.67.6.3 ] on August 26, 2005 at 10:17:16:

In Reply to: Re: Mouth Area and Cut-Off Frequency posted by Martin on August 25, 2005 at 19:23:38:

Thanks for the suggestion and some day I may try one, and if I do I would just try to borrow one to see if I would like it.

I am skeptical. I am skeptical because I am much more sensitive to transparency then most audiophiles. I work to remove as much from the signal path as possible. For example, years ago when people were raving about the Genesis digital lens, I tried one in my system and immediately removed it because it reduced the transparency of the sound.

In recent years I have been soldering or terminating my speaker wires and interconnects directly to my components to avoid the RCA connectors or speaker binding posts which rob the sound of its transparency. I wired my SACD player to remove all resistors from the signal path. I go directly from the digital chip through a set of mu metal transformers to the output. Thus, I am pretty aware of what I would like and what I would not like. I probably would not tolerate such a device in the signal path.

The upshot from taking these actions is that the sound from my system is amazing.

Retsel

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