audio-b-dog
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| Upgrade ....streamer or amp? I was streaming through my computer into a Chord Qutest which I thought sounded good for about $2K. I tried it out against several Chinese DACs a little lower in price, and I thought the Chinese DACs sounded... too digital. Crispy critters. I upg... | |
| There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area My listening room is 20'x15' with wooden floors (with an 8x12 carpet) and windows. What I don't want are woofers that are so powerful they rattle my windows and shake my floors, adding bass distortions. I have a pair of Sonus Faber Olympica Nova ... | |
| Shakti Stone I was given a Shakti Stone as a present from someone I helped to get hired for a job as a software engineer. I kept it for several years moving it here and there, trying to locate the power source on components so that I could put it on top. I hea... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I could happily upgrade forever, but I have hit some big limitations, mostly in $$$. Upgrading my system would be in the tens of thousands of dollars. And I'm not simply spending my money. I have a wife who wants a new car but will most probably n... | |
| Need to learn about Audio Research I've owned a PH-3 and PH-7 phono preamps. Both excellent for their time. I grew out of the PH-3 and looked in the used market for an upgrade and found a PH-7 in Canada. I didn't think there was anything new or used in its price range that was as g... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? rikkipuu struck a nerve with me and perhaps put his finger on what bothered me about the Varese review. It was given many more pages than any other review I can remember. So many pages for perhaps a handful of readers who could consider purchasing... | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? On what I call "fine" changes to your system, in which I include power cables and power conditioners, I don't recommend A/B ing. Have a friend change (or not change) the setup while you leave the room for a while, then walk back in and see if you ... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? I don't mind reviews from time to time about very expensive audio. I think it would be good, however, if the reviewer would at least nod to the readership that probably less than 1% of us will ever be able to afford this. Perhaps the reviewer coul... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? It is a judgement. When I go out and buy what I call expensive equipment, I judge myself. I don't have an audio budget, it all comes out of the common fund which includes wife, daughter, grandaughters. In the review, Michael Framer pronounced the ... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? $250,000. That's a quarter of a million! Should we only decide what to purchase with excess money in the audio world? Wait. Who am I talking to? Who is DCS talking to? If somebody wanted to show me their system and it had a $250,000 digital front ... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? The big question is can you enjoy your $10K cartridge more than I enjoy my $2K cartridge? I ask because I have never enjoyed a system more than my $100 Sears Silvertone suitcase stereo when I was in college. It must have had a steel stylus. Smoke ... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? jwei, I purchased a VPI Prime Signature 21 and am very happy with it. It’s about $9K with Fatboy Arm, decent isolation feet. Heavy platter and powerful motor. Standard VPI stuff. I don’t think I could justify spending more on a turntable. IMHO VPI... | |
| Thinking of changing things up. Need advice on DAC/Streamers I purchased a Moon 280D DAC/streamer with a slick "Mind 2" user interface. It was the bottom of Moon's line at $4K. At the dealer I compared it to a Linn at more than twice the price and I could not hear the difference. Probably if I'd sat with th... | |
| When to change a cartridge? Thank you. I'll look for it on Quobuz and/or Tidal. I'm testing them one against the other to see which one I want to keep. | |
| When to change a cartridge? whart, 12,000 is a whole heaping lot of records! I can understand why you thinned them out. I have about a tenth that many, and that's a lot. Like most people, I will go back to certain records many times before I play a more obscure record. Some... |