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Responses from big_greg
| Music Direct - Audio Hardware Seller? So you're upset that they went out of their way to make sure someone wasn't trying to commit fraud or steal your financial information?I've bought a number of things from them, mostly discounted interconnects and some vinyl. All positive experien... | |
| How many turntable’s have you owned? A couple from the 80's that I don't remember. I quit playing vinyl for a long time...Picked up a Marantz 6100 turntable for about $25 that sat in my garage for years...One day I decided to clean it up and try it out. After replacing the belt (wh... | |
| What Sonically is the Difference between a $1,500 CD Player and a $10K-$25K One? I haven’t reached into the 5 digit range with my CD players, but the difference between my $500 Marantz CD6004 and $3000 Marantz KI Pearl (retail prices) was quite noticeable and worth the difference in the price I paid. I bought them both used, a... | |
| What was your first big eye opener with regard to audio? I've been "into" home theater for a long time, but less serious about 2 channel listening. One day I wandered into the one local hifi shop in the area and the owner demo'd the new (at the time, circa 2010) Klipsch RF-7 II speakers. He queued up ... | |
| Tribute bands or bands/artists making a comeback..any favorites out there?? Hell’s Belles are an all-female AC/DC tribute band. They are talented and a lot of fun to go see. | |
| Why a separate DAC? If you're looking for a separate DAC, I would echo those that recommend the MHDT Labs Orchid. I'm listening to mine right now and it is my favorite out of some 10 or so that I have if you count all the CD players, and receivers/integrateds with D... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Blood Orange - Angel's Pulse - Qobuz | |
| beryllium vs diamond I have no experience with diamond tweeters, however I recently picked up a pair of second hand Focal Electra 1008 BE speakers and am using them in a near field setup in my computer room, driven by my Audio Research VSI 55 integrated and they sou... | |
| Any other lone audiophiles here? Things started out that way for me. Then I saw the "Olympia Music Club" on Facebook. I thought about going, but the fact that it was at a local audio equipment dealer's location and that there seemed to be only 1 or 2 people "going" deterred me ... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? We have a lot of knowledgeable and ethical dealers here in the Northwest that know how to demo gear - Echo Audio in Portland, Desco Audio in Olympia, Gig Harbor Audio, and Hawthorne come to mind. Most are run by people who are obsessed with music... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Van Halen - Women & Children First, Soft Machine - The Soft Machine, Vol. 1 | |
| Streamer for oppo 205 When I bought my OPPO 203 I bought a Roku for streaming Netflix and other video and a Bluesound Node 2 for streaming music - Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, etc. as well as all the digital music on my network. I only use the Oppo for watching movies on dis... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Cars - Candy-O - MOFI | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Dr. John - Professor Bizarre's Funknology compilation. | |
| What dealer/distributor has influenced you most? Kurt Doslu at Echo Audio. He has talked me out of a purchase more than once and whenever I have questions he's always been generous with his time and shared his knowledge with me. If I had to describe him with one word it would be integrity. |