big_greg
Responses from big_greg
| What are you streaming tonight? Paul Simon - Graceland 25th Anniversary Edition. Love the alternate version of Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.Eric Clapton and Wynton Marsalis - Wynton Marsalis And Eric Clapton Play The Blues.Both on Tidal | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? On to Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates and Jackson Browne - S/T | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Slaw, this one is used but sounds like new. I haven't looked up the pressing on Discogs yet. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Haven't had much time to spin records lately. Picked up a few new to me ones today at my favorite record store. Listening to Steve Earle - Guitar Town right now | |
| Ended my Qobuz subscription For critical listening I prefer Qobuz. I like the fact that I can listen to hi-res files and don't need any proprietary equipment (hello MQA) to do so. Tidal does have a bigger library and the MQA files do sound good, even with a non MQA DAC (I ... | |
| 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... |