akgwhiz
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Porcupine Tree, Fear of a Blank Planet. First spin of disc2 since Santa brought it. Awesome SQ. | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world @nitrorob, I went to see Genesis ToT tour and it was my first real, major league concert. It was (trite to say) life altering. Ok, musically. Was listening to Yes etc on LP back then but that sealed the deal as a life time prog rock guy. Than... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? After a wonderful TexMex meal on this Cinco de Mayo, closest I could do is from "that little band from Texas" - Tejas from ZZTop. Yeah, no it's not that late here in AK. | |
| Non Analytical Sounding DAC Upgrade- Budget $1,500 or less @ken7, of the Orchid mods, do you know which may have yielded the greatest bang for buck, or ease of installation? Did you try other tubes first, can you comment on their sound? I have this unit and love it but who doesn't love to tweak somethin... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Currently its Riverside, Rapid Eye Movement. @hifijunky, a bit ago I spun Porcupine Tree, Up the Downstair and Rush, A Farewell To Kings. Prog rock mood. | |
| have you ever bought stereo without listening first Try living in Alaska! Most of the time. AGon has been very helpful. I have to read many posts, consider the source, etc. Also try to find good used when possible to limit exposure. Not disappointed yet. Ok, one PC was so stiff I can hardly u... | |
| Looking for a hybrid integrated to do it all! Below your budget is the already mentioned Rogue Sphinx. I run one and find it more pleasing than my older NAD ss. Has the tube pre amp and Hypex class D amplification. Rogue's Pharoe amp is also tube and Hypex D but (directly from Rogue) uses ... | |
| Maybe being discerning isn't that good for us? Interesting thread for sure and as someone new to the forum world but a long time listener, I've never "thought about" absolute phase. My first blush is that it's not possible to hear but well, apparently it is (to some). As others have noted, ... | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? Awesome thread, good window into folks. For me, now living in AK it's all about fly fishing for monster trout, epic hunts and backpacking. Just upgraded powder snowmobile to one with 167 hp and weighs 415 pounds. XC skate skiing. Always been a... | |
| Accounting for slight hearing loss Sorry all, I was travelling and doing this thread during it. George, yes I clicked wrong one. If I do anything in way of more electronics in stream, I'd prefer the analog method at the end. Since it's only affecting mid/highs I'm starting with ... | |
| Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers I had drunk friends once try to "help" by reconnecting my 2 NAD Monitor series amps after I had turned in. Turns out they had no idea what bridged mode was. No harm in the end. I think the OP fared pretty well all considered. @perkri, I guess ... | |
| Accounting for slight hearing loss Erik, just make sure I understand. A DSP between my transport and DAC will convert with it's own DAC, do its eq, then convert back to the undecoded format (ADC). Then my MHDT will see it as before. Alternatively, the Loki is at the end if the c... | |
| Accounting for slight hearing loss Thanks George, your point is well taken and what was on my mind. I have a really nice DAC with nice tubes so adding another DAC in the chain seems risky as DSP has to convert it first. Still, any comments on Loki (analog) messing with relative p... | |
| Accounting for slight hearing loss Erik, thanks for the leads! This would likely suffice to "retune" my output rather than differentially doing this on the speakers. Doing it in the xo would likely result in differential impedance and likely phase curves, between speakers. Now I... | |
| Accounting for slight hearing loss Erik, just looked at Loki. Inexpensive enough to try. But it can go between transport and DAC? I use a Cambridge CXC to an MHDT Orchid. Otherwise it's my ProJect TT to Vincent Pho8. Jaytor, I like your thinking. Simple enough but I've made t... |