big_greg
Responses from big_greg
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? I've had my Vincent 237 for about a month now and after putting some new tubes in am really liking it. It has a lot of bite and energy in the midrange and a lot of detail in the upper registers without being "bright" or "brittle". It seems to be... | |
| Ditching Roon going back to BluOS for Bluesound Node 2i I miss Jaybo, he always had a way of making people feel happy with what they had. It appears you're going out of your way to follow that example. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? yMusic - Ecstatic Science, Qobuz Hi-Res | |
| Best/easiest way to convert wma files? Uber, it looks like you have this figured out, but foobar2000 will also do batch conversions and it is free. I use it to rip CD's and listen to all the music on my network. | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? The NT-505 is staying in my main system since it includes a streamer. I'm using the Orchid in my computer room with my PC as the source. I can't say I like one over the other and I'm not knocking the Vega, it's a great piece, I just like how organ... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Yeah, I liked that one a lot uber! | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report The Cranberries - No Need To Argue | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? I have an Auralic Vega and the Orchid. They are both good DACS. The Vega is very neutral and detailed, while the Orchid sounds a little bit more "analog" and to my ears has more body. I haven't used them both in the same system, so my impressions ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? That's probably the best you can hope for. Usually they are apologetic, but sometimes...I had one guy go nuts after I left a positive review, but mentioned in the review that it wasn't graded correctly. Other than that everyone has been pretty d... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Rob Zombie - American Made Music to Strip By, CD | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @uberwaltz Try sending a note to the seller. Be factual, quote the Discogs grading and compare that to a description of what you received.If they have good feedback, they don't want to damage it and will usually offer a return or partial refund.... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Puss N Boots - Sister, Qobuz Hi-res | |
| Non-rear ported Speakers My Harbeth Super HL5 Plus seem to be pretty "viable". Spend a little more and get some Harbeth P3ESR speakers if you want some small speakers for near-field listening and sell the rest of your collection to help fund the purchase. | |
| Closed back headphones and Focal If you're in Portland, Echo Audio has a pretty good selection of headphones and they often have used Audeze headphones at great prices. They currently have a pair of LCD-X (not closed back however). They also have a pair of AKG812's, which are a... |