afranta
Responses from afranta
| Importance of Soundstage/Imaging OK, I'm convinced by the timbre arguments, so I think I was wrong. Almarg's ranking looks right to me now. | |
| Importance of Soundstage/Imaging 1 - coherence2 - openness3 - dynamics4 - timber5 - bass6 - detail7 - air8 - imagingMight be why my speakers are 20+ years old. | |
| MacBook Pro output to DAC I think the headphone out is also an optical out on the Macbook Pro. If that's correct and your DAC has an optical input, then all you need is a mini-toslink to toslink cable (or an adapter and a toslink cable). | |
| Quad 21L2 vs Dynaudio Focus 140's??? Can't speak to those specific speakers, but when I changed from Quad 11Ls to Dynaudio Excite X12s, the Dynaudios were substantially more resolving and detailed than the Quads. They were also better integrated from top to bottom; the Dyns went lowe... | |
| Need speaker for a small space and close to wall Audio Note? | |
| Forgiving, musical speaker.... You might give old Snells a try. I did and am very satisfied. Definitely musical and forgiving. I started with K/IIs, now have J/IIs (and a pair of Ks for my office on the way). If you happen to live in Illinois, there's a super nice looking pair ... | |
| Old Integrated Amp / Digital sources? No problem. Hope it works out! | |
| Old Integrated Amp / Digital sources? No need to get a new amp. All you need is a D-to-A converter (DAC) with an optical input. The FiiO D3 is very cheap and, I've heard, very good. | |
| Selling dispute. Please comment. On that point, I see clearly wrong ads all the time. In fact, the guy that sold me these exact amps, his ad said they came with "Remote". He checked the "Remote Included" box on his ad when he listed it. Now, of course power amps don't have remote... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Beck, Sea Change, Mutations, The Information | |
| Wilco /Newport Folk Festival Saw them for the first time in three years earlier this summer. They're a great live band, and they just seem to get better and better. I think they made their best albums awhile ago (Summerteeth, YHF, and Ghost), but I like the new stuff and will... | |
| Netflix streaming, is 11.5 mbps enough? That's plenty fast. My service is around 10 Mbps, and the only problems I have are on the Netflix end. Apple TV and Roku are cheap ways to try streaming. | |
| the quest for the best--within limits People do have a hard time with the search function. (How long until competitive googling becomes a sport?) But I also think that looking for equipment on the used market expands the possible options far beyond what most people have seen or heard,... | |
| Integrated Amplifier for Silverline Minuet Supreme I had Minuets for awhile. They struck me as pretty forgiving speakers--sounded great with an old HK receiver, even better with an original Rega Brio. I haven't heard the new Brio-R, but given the very positive things I've read about it, it might b... | |
| Duet to Touch for next upgrade? I just replaced my Duet with a Touch and agree that with an external DAC and analog volume control, there's no discernible difference in sound quality between them. (The Touch's analog out, however, is far superior to the Duet's.) With my Duet, th... |