big_greg
Responses from big_greg
| If I have good local shops available, should I restrict my purchasing? I buy most of my gear second hand from a "local" shop in Portland. There is a really nice audio store about 20 minutes from where I live (Portland is over 2 hours away) and I know the owner pretty well and want to see him do well. Having said al... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Ozzy - Ordinary Man, Qobuz | |
| Whatta Ya Think About Hsu Research Subwoofers? I found HSU to be a step along the path to finding good subs. I started out with a couple of Klipsch subs, which were complete garbage. I then had a couple of HSU subs including the VTF-1, a VTF-3 MK3, and a VTF-3 HO. The VTF-1 was surprisingly... | |
| Heavy Metal Anyone? The internet is neat! Anyone can express an opinion. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Grimes - Miss Anthropocene, Qobuz Hi-Res | |
| What are you streaming tonight? @uberwaltz I did some listening this morning with the Nordost Heimdall 2 cable, comparing it to the following:- The "stock" single-ended Audeze cable for the LCD-4 which retails for $600 and is very nice in its own right.- Cardas Clear balanced (t... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Steely Dan - Aja, Qobuz | |
| 12AX7 replacement Brent Jessee at Brent Jessee Recording will give you good recommendations and has a large stock and will offer an optional warranty on your tubes (not a bad idea with NOS tubes). | |
| Help to chose acoustic Get yourself a pair of JBL L100 with the orange or blue grills... sweet! The Klipsch Heresy and a sub (or 3 or 4) is a good recommendation also. | |
| Speaker cable recommendations in my budget For the equipment you have now, Blue Jeans Cable should work great. If you get more resolving equipment in the future you might benefit from some better cables. | |
| Expert Advise Needed on Streamer - DAC combos. I went from a Node 2, bypassing the Node 2's DAC and using an Auralic Vega DAC (a $3500 DAC when new) to a TEAC ND-505. I paid less than your budget and it was a noticeable improvement over the Node 2/Vega combo. Music is a little warmer, less "... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Uber, will do. I've just been listening this morning. I haven't been doing any A/B comparisons, but it does seem like I noticed some things I haven't before in music I'm familiar with (The Nightfly is one of my most listened to albums). I bough... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Pat Metheny - From This Place, Qobuz Hi-ResTrying out a new (to me) headphone cable this morning... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Donald Fagen - The Nightfly, Qobuz Hi-Res | |
| Tubed Monos for Focal Aria 948s Not sure what your budget is, but Rogue Audio's monoblocks are fantastic. I have the M-180s. No experience with those speakers, so can't say how they would match up. When I had my Legacy Audio 20/20s (94db efficiency if I remember correctly), it w... |