Jay,
Your XLF is the first speaker you've owned that I think is so much better than everything else you've owned that I consider it money well spent. OK, Alexx much cheaper, and second choice. But ricevs' most recent video a few days ago of a cheap system I thought sounded excellent. We would all learn a lot if you can record the same music on your XLF, to see if the recording is so good, or the cheap speaker is so good, or both.
I regretfully admit that for business reasons, you are right that you get more out of YT videos where you speak. But as much as you are respected, talk is still not as informative as your great shootouts, such as this latest greatest dac 1 and 2. I did notice that getting up to 5K subscribers was slow as you got close, but after the shootout videos, the numbers increased much more rapidly. Another benefit is how much we learned from each other, which you were happy about, such as how chazzzy and I unexpectedly connected much better than before the shootout.
Keep the shootouts going as far as your time permits. Thank you. |
kren,
Don't you agree on anything ? I agree with you on a few things. This shootout has enabled me to discover my agreement with most people on objective qualities of sound, even if we have different preferences. All this is good, which fosters openness. Can you relent and open up a little? That would be nice. |
Nobody cares because it’s irrelevant, but I play two musical instruments with over 12 years of training.
But it’s irrelevant. Anyone who is familiar with music can tell what instruments sound like, whether they play or not. It is entirely possible to educate oneself about musical sound and audio quality without being a musician, because the hobby of audio is listening, not playing.
If someone has a lifetime of musical training yet their audio assessments are infantile, then the musical training helps them play their instrument but doesn’t help them assess audio any more than it helps them dunk a basketball. Speaking generally here not about anyone in particular.
Now let’s move on. |
Jay, I didn’t know blumartini was your friend.
Sorry for your loss bud. 2 years ago I lost a childhood friend who went to bed and didn’t wake up in the morning. Boom gone. I know how you feel.
I didn’t know Blumartini personally, but on his threads he seemd like such a cool guy. A peacemaker. Always saw the big picture. Thanks blumartini for all your contributions here. RIP
That could happen to anyone of us here.
Too much hardship in 2020. Too much acrimony on this thread.
Let’s make 2021 better than 2020 on Audiogon.
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Viber please apologize to Kren.
Kren you too bud.
You guys are both better than this.
Too much good music to enjoy and too little time to do it. We all share a special love for this hobby. Let's not dick up our time and the thread here with pettiness.
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Viber I want to apologize.
In the past I've been quite demeaning towards you. Your constant lectures about zip cord and talks about treble and how that was so important to you that you use an EQ in your system. TBH because of that as well as your playing in a symphony I thought your hearing quite bad. Viber the deaf Doctor! lolz
But on this thread how you picked up those nuances in DAC #1 was quite remarkable. It took me having a SOTA headphone system to do the what you do with your little headphones and PC.
Wow...
The only thing I ask is that you show more often the graciousness and humility you seem to be quite capable of. I saw your posts about your dad's system and wanting to give it to someone to enjoy. Your dad's own system. Who else here would do that? I know you are much better in real life than the person who posts here under your account. Please do your best to be that person more often. This thread would be much better for it.
My apologies to you.
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With all due respect, Viber doesn’t need to apologize to me or vice versa. We are all adults here. Nothing that has been posted is personal or offensive or hostile.
If we are going to put ourselves out there we need to be able to accept if others disagree with us or even think we have terrible opinions, so long as those views are expressed respectfully. That’s kinda normal in life. I usually put a lot of thought into what I post, and he does too I’m sure, we just usually disagree. But yes, we should move on as I’ve been saying.
Hopefully today is the day WC reveals the identities of the dacs.
I thought ricevs opinion that the diminishing returns WC spoke of in last video applies equally to every type of component. My opinion is that while of course diminishing returns exists in all segments of audio, the curve is probably steeper with dacs. Most of us other than WC are probably trying to find that sweet spot on the curve- I know I am |
On the silver v gold choice of cable selection, I agree with the others who said that’s a pretty critical aspect that could dramatically affect choices, potentially. Or not I suppose. But potentially. Kinda funny how WC told us that at the end. Lots of variables at play with this shootout.
I’m sticking with my guess (and now chazzys) that msb #1, dcs #2. But in a strange way I kinda hope I’m wrong and it is really the opposite
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The points about life being short is a good one though, as has hit way too close to home for me recently. One of my very best friends was murdered senselessly about two months ago. Mid 40s, leaves wife and kids.
Take advantage of every day and don’t take anything for granted. Never know when time will be up |
Sorry for your loss Kren. Yes - it does put things into perspective. You never know when is our last day here.
It's cool to see people trying to apologize or agree to disagree.
I'm glad i can at least give you something to be entertained with during these times. You get to virtually play with my system without having to spend a dime and hopefully it makes you realize a thing or two before spending your money.
I know some of you have bought mágico speakers, Wilson speakers and even Gryphon amps because of my shoot outs (I've been told this by some of you) so I'm glad i was able to somehow contribute to your journey.
Now let's see the DACs and discover which is which. |
Thx. Yep this thread is a fun outlet. Really fun to see all of the gear you go through and to hear your thoughts on it WC |
chazzzy, kren,
You (chazzzy) are a great person, not just in audio. I learned much from you. You have the nobility to apologize for any past negativity you had towards me, although I didn't get too worked up over that, because you were not over-the-top disrespectful like kren. What really makes you noble is your willingness to change your mind when new evidence is presented to you. You have an open mind, unlike kren. You listened carefully and repeatedly and changed your preferences according to the evidence of your ears, without bias or preconceived notions. In fairness, Kren did the same, which is good. But the evidence that you saw that I listen carefully and competently led you to develop a newfound respect for me and my views. Kren has yet to admit that his choice of words WAS hostile ("you don't know what you're talking about" etc, etc) and continues to be demeaning towards me, even indirectly when he just said, "If someone has a lifetime of musical training yet their audio assessments are infantile, then the musical training helps them play their instrument but doesn’t help them assess audio any more than it helps them dunk a basketball. Speaking generally here not about anyone in particular." INFANTILE--is that appropriate? NOT ABOUT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR--what a falsehood--it is clear you mean ME.
Kren, you suggested that we agree to disagree. That is a good idea only if certain conditions are met. The main one is mutual respect, avoidance of negativity towards each other. For example, Dave (thezaks) has completely different preferences than I. But he has been supportive of my right to voice my objective findings here without sneering attitudes from others who disagree with my assertions. In Dave's own head, he disagrees with my preferences, and he would not consider the equipment I like for his own enjoyment. Fine with me. Our relationship is truly a great example of agreeing to disagree while maintaining mutual respect. If I came to his home and listened to his home theater system, I would enjoy his system and the experience of being with him. Well, maybe I wouldn't enjoy his system much in my own mind, but I would be in a great frame of mind because he is a great guy and I would find something to enjoy and would praise him for it.
So in the future, Kren, please, no direct or implied negativity towards me. I never initiated anything against you, but my negativity towards you was only in response to yours. If you object to any advice I may give Jay or anyone else, don't say that nobody wants to hear it and I should get outta here and write my own thread. That would be the scalding and scolding imposition of your own views, a kind of censorship, the very thing that you criticize me for when you claim that I scold people who have other preferences. How do you know that there is nobody interested in what I say? That's for them to decide for themselves. Good people who disagree with me can ignore me, scroll down and not respond, or if they want to say something, they do so respectfully without negativity. Ron17 is a great example of that.
If you agree to these conditions, we can coexist here. But otherwise, a statement that we agree to disagree is merely a license for you to continue to show your negativity towards me. Most international wars are due to this excuse that the countries agree to disagree. So what--they carry on with mutual destruction because they don't respect each other.
Chazzzy, wise statement from you--"Too much hardship in 2020. Too much acrimony on this thread."
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Jay,
Yes, thanks for your efforts which have been entertaining throughout these tough times. But most entertainment is just transitory fluff, except for the rare great ones like Seinfeld, Fraser, Jackie Gleason. You have offered shootouts and commentary of GREAT value, which will become classics like those great entertainers. |
Viber,
I’m a straight shooter and I’ll be honest. I think your views on audio are fringe and so freakishly outside the norm that they are near worthless. That’s my personal view. I know that offends you, but that is my opinion.
You continually reinforce that opinion by what you post.
That doesn’t mean I think you are a bad guy or that you don’t add value to the thread. It’s not personal. Rather it’s based on your audio assessments and the way you present them. As I said, you provide the evidence.
I’m not going to lie and pretend differently about how I view your audio assessments or the audio notions you promote.
And I am not claiming to be any sort of expert and it’s only one person’s opinion. It’s WC’s thread, not a contest to be liked by as many as possible |
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kren0006,
Let's be objective and honest. Yes, my views on audio are fringe and freakishly outside the norm. But they are not worthless to some people who realize that I know what I am talking about. I am glad chazzzy came around to value my insights. Electrostatic speakers are enjoyed by only a few, certainly not mainstream a-philes. There are some people like me who value clarity above all else, and are willing to compromise bass power and extension. You are right that most people on this thread have your preferences rather than mine. That doesn't make my views WORTHLESS. That word is still another of your many words with a negative connotation that show that you either do not recognize nor care about your own hostility and negativity towards me. You don't admit to the truth of anything I said in my last long post, whereas I can agree with you to a certain degree on what you just said in your last post. Also, since you said, "I know that offends you" this tells me that you will say whatever you want and don't care if it offends me. I am an honest straight shooter like you, but I have made progress in stating my views without offending people. Ron17, pokey77, and even rbach have made valid points about this and have helped me. However, your continued antagonistic words to me don't help my communications to you and do put me on the defense with you. That is one of my weak points, true, but I have a higher opinion of those people than you on this subject.
You are entitled to think, "I’m not going to lie and pretend differently about how I view your audio assessments or the audio notions you promote." The best thing to do is to keep these thoughts in your head, off this thread, and be respectful of me publicly here. But your next statement is good--"And I am not claiming to be any sort of expert and it’s only one person’s opinion." Just don't be the unelected censor of what you think Jay or anyone else wants to hear and avoid. Moderators do that, and they are mainly on the lookout for offensive remarks.
As for the audio fringe, most any of the a-philes here would be judged by the mainstream mid-fi and low-fi community to be on the fringe. That's axiomatic, a statement of fact by the number of highenders vs lowenders. No a-phile here is ashamed of being in the fringe of the mainstream world, and they rightly embrace it. But the defining characteristic of audiophiles is not how much money they spend, but their care and attention to subtleties and SOTA innovation. It just so happens that innovators in any field have been on the fringe. They do things that the mainstream thought were nuts, in part because the mainstream wanted to protect their status quo and was envious that the innovator got there first. There is some old wisdom about new things--first they are denied, then ridiculed, then grudgingly accepted as possibly true, then embraced as everyone wants to cash in or benefit from what's new and better. Actually, I was like that with early digital. My analog setup was better and digital was lousy. Almost 40 years later, I now embrace digital sound for its precision, even if sometimes there are unnatural digital artifacts. Things are getting better and better.
I hope you get better and better. |
I miss blumartini and almarg. Both were extremely knowledgeable and true gentleman....always happy to help a fellow audiophile.
Jay I totally agree with your last video about the diminishing returns of DAC's. I believe I would have to spend 30k+ to hear a worthwhile improvement over my Mola Mola DAC. I'm guessing the same would apply to servers. I have heard improvements moving up the Innuos line of servers and going from an Aurender N100h to an Innuos Zenith SE was a very nice improvement all around. You heard the Taiko Extreme at Mike's place and I believe you were impressed with the upgraded USB card Mike had just installed. You have 2 very impressive Aurender servers in house. Have you thought about a server shootout? Or would that put the YouTube crowd to sleep?
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i have thought about it, but the Taiko server is big dough...
i have received different feedback from different people who have heard it or own it and let's just say it is a mixed bag at this time. Some say Aurender is still better and others say the opposite. It is not a "guaranteed" win for the Taiko extreme. |
It is amusing. The results of the DAC shootout are yet to be announced, and yet already this forum's more active participants are fantasizing about what Jay should do next.
I confess to being among those fantasizers, and initially I thought "how about a totally different sort of shoot-out"? Being a music lover for decades, there are recordings of favorites of mine which I have on vinyl, CD, hard drive (provided to me as part of a pre-loaded HDD), and, now, via Tidal. Which version sounds best? Thinking about it a little more, I realized I could not obtain an objective answer. Before reaching the point of amplifier via speaker cable to speakers, my vinyl version is impacted by my choices of turntable, arm, cartridge, phono preamp, preamplifier, and related cables; the CD by my choices of transport, DAC/preamplifier (I have a Theta Casablanca, which incorporates an excellent DAC internally) and related cables; the hard drive by the source loaded onto the drive, as well as by my choices of hard drive, DAC, the preamplifier, and related cables; and Tidal by streamer, DAC, preamplifier, and related cables.
Obviously, with this many variables, we don't have a situation of just apples and oranges; it is more like apples and screwdrivers. The only standard apparently remaining is not what IS better, but rather what SOUNDS better to the listener. And, ultimately, even that is not the end goal, for all of us listen for our own personal pleasure. The equipment we choose to accomplish the reproduction of a performance in our homes is what enables us to experience real enjoyment from listening, limited only by our individual financial resources.
Stepping down from my soapbox, let me say that I simply enjoy Jay's videos and postings (and most of those of fellow contributors). They might even influence some of my future equipment purchases. In the end, however, I buy something, bring it home, set it up, cross my fingers and hope the result is "better" in my system than what it has replaced. Fortunately, doing this has been fun for me for over 50 years. |
jmeyers,
I have a few recordings in LP and CD versions. From 1982 to 2000, my Denon 305 MC cartridge was pristinely clear, and the LP trounced the CD, which was rolled off and veiled by comparison, really bad like blankets over the sound. Even mid-fi turntables used with receivers were clearer than CD. Now my Denon is still playing music, but it has aged, and the CD is clearer. After maybe 5-10,000 hours of play, it is remarkable to still be playing the music. I will modify the dictum in 1981 when CD's came out--"Perfect sound forever" to say "Good sound nearly forever" (until the laser breaks). After 25 years, CD Player is still going strong. Another disadvantage of the cartridge system is that the sound would change markedly from day to day. As a physical device, it was temperamental. I found it much easier to A/B equipment because of the consistency of the CD sound. |
Jay, Just some observations and small lessons I’ve learned in choosing a streamer earlier in the year. The #1 thing I learned in choosing a streamer was noise floor. It’s actually how I built my system previously starting at power cords and conditioning. Lower noise floor, more details, more air around instruments, better spatial sense during presentation etc... That ended up being why I bought the Aurender N20 myself. They leave Roon out of the equation for a reason. Noise. How Aurender implements everything is designed around lower noise floor and fidelity. Your Aurender is pretty SOTA. Aurender just came out with a new Halo product by the way. The N30 which is a 2 box solution that further isolates noise by separating power in a 2nd unit. https://youtu.be/bXQwkiSliT0How much is the Taiko extreme? Just my thoughts on streamers.... |
@rsf507
@kren0006
I agree with you both on the Viber6 conversation. I've been perhaps a little too mild in my few postings asking for Viber6 to take a step back and hear what others have to say. If we could all just agree that none of our positions are "absolute" it'd be a lot easier to have a conversation around here - I think most do understand their opinions are indeed just theirs, but EVERYONE needs to see this bigger picture. Though most don't seem to speak up, I'm sure others wish that the constant interjections of absoluteness or comments on "hostility" do not add nor apply to this thread.
Finally, in regards to "hostility", I for one do not see Kren's or anyone else' comments as hostile to Viber and I hope that Viber can understand that when someone posts an opinion counter to his that it is just an opinion. Constantly trying to get others to come around to his point of view is not looking good on him nor adding to this thread. As chazzzy007 said, "Let's not dick up our time and the thread here with pettiness". I agree, let's move on.
@kren0006
I'm truly sorry for your loss. I think about this from time to time and will be retiring in a few years to spend a lot more time with my couple of amazing friends, hopefully before we all pass on. God grant me time with them. |
Thanks all for the great conversations above.
Man i wish you all lived closer so we can do this here in person and i can interview some of you about your own rig. I'd love to learn more about your situation and what you are doing to make it better!
With regards to the Taiko, yes it's $28-30k... Big money |
K ren00061,421 posts06-23-2021 3:28am The points about life being short is a good one though, as has hit way too close to home for me recently. One of my very best friends was murdered senselessly about two months ago. Mid 40s, leaves wife and kids. Take advantage of every day and don’t take anything for granted. Never know when time will be up. WOW... So much evil we’ve seen this last year. Massive riots. Crime way up. I spoke to a friend of mine who had a childhood friend that just one day last year in 2020 decided to murder his mother. He lost his job and just went nuts during quarantine. |
Thanks pokey.
On the tiff, I made clear in like 5 posts that I’d prefer to move on without being as blunt as I finally needed to be to turn the page.
Just my opinion. Everyone decides for themselves.
WC, so which dac is which?
chazzy, do you use a power conditioner? |
@kren
I have 2x Puritan Labs 156 in my system with a full loom of all their power cables. Absolutely no hum in my system and zero reduction in soundstage and dynamics in my 2 channel AND home theater systems. I have a BAT VK6200 which is 5x200 watts per channel and quite power hungry. The 156’s are pretty incredible. Not very pretty but to my ears they are pretty SOTA in terms of performance.
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I find the 156's to be reference neutral. No coloring of the sound whatsoever. |
@chazzzy007
Wow, my heart goes out to you.
BTW, I have an N10 and was able to bring the noise floor much lower using an UpTone Audio EtherREGEN with a Paul Hynes SR4T LPS. Would love to try an N20 or W20SE. |
pokey,
So those 2 add ons really helped each? So much snake oil out there and I am a beginner Streamer.
I've seen the regen. I added an upgraded linear power supply to my Modwright Oppo and the improvement was substantial.
Can you tell me what you heard when adding each of those 2 units? |
@kren:
I'd like to wait until i release the next video. It doesn't make sense to say which dac is which here. |
And thx chazzy and sorry to hear about your loss as well |
@chazzzy007
Yes, I can tell you that the ER is no snake oil for sure. It just drops the noise floor tremendously and because of that you can hear much further into the music, it just becomes more natural. And as you found adding an LPS also helps too. In the case of adding an LPS to the ER, it was nearly the same improvement as the ER brought. You don’t need the LPS to hear the improvement the ER brings but it sure is another step up. I recommend both. I think Jay has an ER as well. |
@chazzzy007
I've thought about getting a Puritan 156. Have you compared the sound of your amp straight into the wall vs. into the 156? The reason I ask is both the Shunyata Hydra and IsoTek Aquarius I've tried detract from the sound I get from my amp going straight into the wall. |
I'm just razzin' ya WC. But, you know, today would be a good day ....
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Let the other video get me a few cents...
It already has more views than video #2 and # 3 from the shootout...what did i tell ya...proof is in the pudding... |
If you really want a lot of views you could review really low priced stuff that you don’t mind taking the hit on, and then after doing a shootout instead of just declaring a winner, you take a sledgehammer to the loser and just fricken destroy it, like the Who or Nirvana used to do with their guitars.
That’d get 100k views. Probably not so politically correct, but .....
Yeah, I’m bored waiting for the reveal ............
disclaimer: don’t do that who knows maybe you’d accidentally electrocute yourself. just a joke post, not serious (unless it's a goldmine, then i want a cut) |
I wish it was that easy...
You're bored? I thought they have other YouTube channels that put out content every 5 hours which are about 12 min long each? |
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I'll preface my comments with if money was no issue I would spend $100K on a DAC.I don't begrudge anyone that spends their money on expensive items no matter if it's cars, jewelry, audio, or anything else. I agree with Jay that, "DACs are getting Stupid expensive", but I submit everything in this hobby is getting stupid expensive. My experience has taught me that "we" spend a significant amount of money to receive marginal improvements. Although marginal, once heard it's hard for many of us to ignore the improvements and we spend our money. I hear the differences between the two DACs and depending on my "system" I could see owning either one. |
Yep - if you got the cash then do it and get more performance. I just don’t think it’s the wisest move to buy a 30k DAC and having to spend 60k to beat it. That extra 30k is better used on a better amp or better speakers for that matter.
Manufacturers know we aren’t exactly the brightness lightbulbs in the tanning bed so they take advantage of that. They play tricks with our head to get us to buy the "next great thing".
Think about it: what do they do to create a better product? It’s simple... Same bs they all do:
-external power supply
-batteries to get us off the grid-better ground
-mundorf capacitors
-bigger transformers
That’s it folks. Those are the tricks they have up their sleeve all the damn time. For instance, look at the new aurender n30. What do you see? An external power supply. You don’t think they have known all this time that the n20 needed an external power supply to be better? OF COURSE they knew...but they wait for us to buy and then they magically have the solution for a better unit. The writing is on the wall often times.
DACs are maxed the hell out especially if all you do is streaming. They don’t know what to do next to release a new DAC. Oh wait: they know what to do so we buy again:
New chip
New chassis
Isolate it better
There isn’t much else to do with DACs. Again, if you’re streaming, it doesn’t matter...you’re playing the same damn songs you’ve always played.
Don't get me started on the DCs built in filters... What a joke. They don't do a damn thing.
You all want to go buy the hype? Go on and buy your next great DAC.
Burn 20k on top and play the same songs from tidal and qobuz.
I have been trying to find the difference between qobuz and tidal here and I'm like hmmm... You sure both streaming services aren't owned by Jay Z? Because most songs sound like it's coming from the same damn DJ that's playing the music from the other end of the network...
Sh!t i forgot to pay my tidal subscription...
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I don’t want to deviate from Jay’s thread, but a quick comment about improving the sound via streaming. I recently added a network switch and to my ears, in my system, adding the switch slightly improved detail. For the money spent adding the switch is a no-brainer for my system. Not night and day difference, but enough to convince me to add the ENO streaming system to complete my digital setup. |
pokey77,
I have long moved on from the "my way or the highway" routine. The latest exchange between kren and me began after I said the XLF tweeter was hot. He already didn't like me personally it seemed to me, so he chose this issue as his opportunity to attack me on the subject of the tweeter. Jay and I agreed that HF emphasis of any speaker could be due to many design factors, and clarified that the soft dome tweeter of the XLF may not be the cause of the HF emphasis. This should have been a simple dignified clarification of this issue, and Jay was proper and professional about it, but kren jumped on me and said I was wrong, didn't know what I am talking about, should be REBUKED and corrected, etc. That is plain hostility, particularly inappropriate over a simple question of what causes HF emphasis. There is no audio issue that requires a REBUKE, ever. Outside of political scandals and other criminal activity, I can't think of many private personal issues that merit rebuke. On another occasion, Jay corrected me about the Mephisto Stereo using two power cords when I said one. Factual corrections are always appropriate.
You, ron17, rbach and others may have similar sentiments as kren about me, but you all do it in a non offensive way, unlike kren. If you want, check and compare kren's posts with all of your more respectful statements. Ultimately, you all get the same message across more effectively than kren because of your non insulting manner. If I have come across as insulting to anyone, I had no intention of doing so, and apologize for my mistakes. Let kren henceforth avoid insulting me, even if he claims he never did. Then we can all get along nicely and move on. |
Jay,
I agree with your last post, but I don't just stream music, I actually use Tidal to find music and then I purchase the cd and rip it to my music server's hard drive. |
Sorry Jay, looks like I won't be listening to your video's anymore with that new mic. The sibilance on Peter Gabriel's voice is so bad I had to turn it off. It actually sound better on my laptop, than my stereo system.
Too bad you don't have a laptop you could connect with the cable I linked to earlier so you could hear how bad it is on your own system (probably worse on yours than mine). |
@golfnutz:
Relax man. It’s just a video lol. You aren’t making life decisions nor are you throwing a party in your home while you play my videos at 100 DB.
All i did was present the Antileon Evo with the DCs direct into it. Just a reference point. It’s not for you to go and say "you won’t listen to my videos". Are you always this drastic?
Are you the type that if you buy a car and the remote control does not unlock the door then you won’t be buying that car anymore?
People were raving about the mic not long ago... Now it sucks?
It’s fine if it sucks.. Amazon has a 30 day return period... I’m simply shooting videos with it and letting you all hear it. Has it occurred that it might be the recording that sucks? I’m not sure - I’m just saying because the other recording i did seemed to be mind blowing for many people.
Try listening to the video in a few hours again and report back. Maybe the video hasn’t fully processed?
Let me know either way.
If the mic sucks then it's going back. No biggie. I'm relying on you all to tell me. Just remember that in this particular recording i did not have a preamp in the mix. |
Right on, Jay. A month subscription costs about the same as a new CD. I have enough CD's for the time I have in listening. I have 1000 decent LP's collected over 50 years, some of which I still haven't heard, haha. People use streaming the way I use the free FM radio to relax and find out about new recordings I like. I haven't bought a new CD in a long time, so I can't justify a streamer plus subscription for what you say is inferior sound quality. People with more knowledge than I might say that servers give better sound quality than CD's, and give access to hi res music not available on CD. Is this true? |
Yes the servers are great. No question. They make a big impact. I tried it here without a server and it was a big step backwards. |
golfnutz,
Keep in mind that eliminating the preamp always seems to bring certain sound characteristics - some say forwardness, some say brightness or thin, etc - so it might not be the new mic.
Dave
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Jay, I know the CD very well. Yes, some songs on that CD are hot, but that song isn’t one of the worse ones.
I made a comment previously about the same issue, and since I was the only person who had something negative about the mic, I thought I would just casually mention it. Everyone else seemed to like it. It makes me wonder what their using to not be able to hear what I’m hearing (again, this was on the 1st video). The second video confirmed it (at normal listening levels). Actually, I thought I was doing you a favor by being over the top so you would take notice. So, no I’m not that type at all. |
@golfnutz:
Thanks man. Noted. I appreciate the feedback. I should try a few more songs and see ? Maybe i was blasting it too much so you all can get some bass 😂
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Ricred you are right whole hobby is stupid expensive. Almost like there is incentive for manufacturers to price things ever higher on basis of that leading to yet higher demand, opposite of most industries |
