bob540
Responses from bob540
| How loud are you typically listening? I never checked the sound pressure level before — just set volume at comfortable level. I just downloaded a SPL app to check it. My ambient room noise level is around 17dB.I am a quieter listener unless I am using headphones. At night, I listen... | |
| Stirring Up Trouble The thing with me is that I don’t trust my ears, or most any other of my faculties. When someone says, “We hear differently”, I assume that it is that some hear better than others. I listen to music on a system that the owner raves about, and I ... | |
| The anachronistic CD Transport? And do I really need one. Looks like you don’t need more recommendations, but . . as I posted elsewhere, I just bought the Audiolab 6000cdt and am playing it through an inexpensive dac, the Pro-Jett DAC Box S2+. They replace a 27 year old Pioneer CD changer, which still w... | |
| New-ish to Audiogon Forums... Is it always like this? I like to read the questions and responses, though I don’t have the knowledge or experience with various equipment that others do. I try not to jump in unless I have something useful to add . . but I just jumped in, didn’t I? Oh well. | |
| Enjoying New CD Transport Purchase @jriggy: Bingo! Crisp as opposed to muddy bass | |
| Enjoying New CD Transport Purchase Yes it is. Thank you! | |
| members and their systems @birdscantrow: I get your question and I think it is a common one. When I came to this forum a year ago, I was totally unfamiliar with the audiophile-level equipment and brands, and I too thought, “Who can spend $100,000 on stereo equipment?” I... | |
| How Do You Store Your Record Collection? Recommendations Please! I’m cheap. I bought a couple of these crates at my local Walmart. They hold about 75 albums each.https://www.walmart.com/ip/Crosley-Record-Storage-Crate/49606723?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSeller... | |
| The Wilt Chamberlain of Audio Gear I’m just one year into this hobby, and that is what I consider it, for me. I am looking at it as, “What is missing in my life that I am trying to find by ‘getting lost in the music’?” I had just lost a love relationship and was looking to find s... | |
| to buy or not to buy (ultrasonic record cleaner) When I hesitantly decided to get back into vinyl, I wasn’t sure about it or putting big money into it. So I bought a TT for under $300 and got a SpinClean. I go far beyond the SpinClean’s recommendations of a few spins, as the records I had were... | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? The bad concerts that come to mind were all in recent years. I think they were even more disappointing because we had high hopes they would be good:Bob Dylan — As others noted, he was like this little depressed old man that mumbled, not sure he d... | |
| Subwoofer Recommendations I have two SVS SB 2000’s, as I listen mostly to music. The ported SP 2000’s provide more boom and were noted to be better in a home theater for movies. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Meshell Ndegeocello — Bitter | |
| A system for my college-bound daughter Sean Fowler has his “Zero Fidelity” videos on YouTube. This one is his recommendation for affordable quality amp and speakers. Your daughter could stream through the system or add accessory equipment. Worth a look:https://youtu.be/6UcVCk27N8I | |
| The Weekend I think the SB halftime shows fall victim to the same problem the game itself does: very high expectations. After all the build-up, people want to be wowed with something good they haven’t seen, and in real life that is hard to do. In a regular... |