blindjim
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| I need help, please? Listening to my system through music! Sounds like some disappointment exists now where little or none did previously. Sorry to hear it. It happens.Although speakers can work with a goodly number of amps, how well, or just how, is another matter entirely. Was price a consideration here... | |
| The Aaron Copland / Bob Dylan connection nice. Thanks for mentioning that book.That book seems pretty incisive on a portion of Bob's life and work.It did not take long for me to begin finding out the ties between one musician’s works and some other musician. Regularly current works when... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions OP >From the Robert Harley account on this unit in The Absolute Sound mag… http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/schiit-audio-yggdrasil-dac/“I decided to let it sit in my rack, powered up, for a full month before revisiting it”.Citing the TA... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions Hi...Nice outfit.Gdhal > I’ll be patient, but if there are any suggestions to "try" in order to hear *some* audible difference, that would be great. Appreciate any feedback you have. Blindjim > I’d recommend a few things but primarily, just... | |
| Moving the Soundstage; Help. lowrider57 OP > Any ideas how to experiment using diffusion before investing in real panels?> lack of overall focus, e.g., string section is not definedBLINDJIM > You have Gallos. Given any thought to repositioning or redirecting them?I ... | |
| Moving the Soundstage; Help. well, would you be opposed to putting the LP now, behind the speakers? lol. just a thouhgt. sorry.I think the orange and Green lable Amperexs were 60s – 70s iterations. Its been a while. Sorry I can’t be more specific.Rolling tubes is like baking ... | |
| Silly prices for Nordost cables If you can hear the diff, and like it enough to pay for it, the whatever gizmo is worth what you paid for it. No more or less. To you. Period.The main issue I have now, is I can’t see well enough to make a clean get away from amajor heist, and I’m... | |
| Lossless iTune music Convenience, thy name is Andnroid and Apple. Dilly. Dilly.Using mobile devices for controlling functionality is one thing, using them for storage and serving is another.Even if a iPad or Iphone had the greatest amount of HDD space, it still see... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? Defiantboomerang > do people who use such services actually know what quality is streamed? > Don’t you lose all control over your music when you surrender to streaming services?As DS said, Yes, Yes, NO.The only question I have is, ‘are Audio... | |
| Moving the Soundstage; Help. @lowrider5710Looking for advise... I installed new Tung Sol EL34B's in my amp, burned them in, and they sound wonderful. The problem is the soundstage is now forward of the speakers. This has never happened with my system before, even with changes... | |
| Issues with AudiogoN forum website, anyone? @AdminI NAVIGATE THE WEB WITH THE KEYBOARD ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY. USING THE BACK SPACE BUTTON TO RETURN TO FORMER PAGES. Oops. Soory ‘bout the caps.I frequently get 404s trying to return to former pages.Also I get “no account under this name” or some... | |
| Devor - KEF - Vienna Acoustic – Wilson? pokey77> Thanks for the link. This was one thread I was able to search for and find a couple weeks ago.. I tagged it today and asked a Q or two.sometimes, with the exact thread name, Google will find it and that path is very easy.Since A’gon c... | |
| Vienna Acoustics Liszt - Fad or Future? As it has been a couple years since this thread originated, would these same people say the same things, or has some other loudspeaker derailed the Listz from their former lofty perch?In the Listz, I thought only the midrange was latterly moveabl... | |
| Devor - KEF - Vienna Acoustic – Wilson? Soix > I think it would be more efficient and effective if you could summarize where you stand on these critical points so we have a more focused picture of what you're looking for.Blindjim > many thanks. Let me know which points you need cl... | |
| Devor - KEF - Vienna Acoustic – Wilson? pokey77 > …. Rogue tubes & Sopra 2s - it was very analytical and shrill. I don't think any electronics could put the Sopra 2s in my wheelhouse. Blindjim > My only EXP with the Focal line was with their 900 series in a dismally poor se... |