brettmcee
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| What do/did you do for a living? I have been pushing pixels around professionally since 1997. Some of my pixels I’m sure you have seen in the Auto Trader (back in the 90’s) and select games, films and animated features. I always buy second-hand. :-) | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life Comparing a ‘live concert‘ to your home system is a bit odd in my mind. Unless we are talking classical/orchestral concerts in a non-amplified venue or jazz in an intimate room. Even then Jazz and Classical/Orchestral recordings are rarely record... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life speaker placement can take many weekends of trial and error... my current speakers are 153 lbs each. so it can be a workout too!buy colored gaffers tape and mark 'promising placements'.also doesn't hurt to mark the center of your room.;-) | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life @audiodidact I just added 'the Schitt' to my system. I have an ModWright Oppo 105D. It's an excellent performer. But in my never ceasing pursuit to remove distortion and reduce sibilance in my system, I found even the entry level Schiit helped... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life I started with Emotiva in 2009 before they were really well known. It’s a fine place to start. I still have my Emotiva preamp boxed up just in case.For me the magic came when I started to perceive height in my sound stage. A pair of JBL 4312a ‘s a... | |
| Living the audiophile life. @geoffkait i understand perfectly what you mean about ‘costs’ and ‘nirvana’.i sat in front of my system listening to a beautiful copy of Jimi Hendrix Axis: Bold As Love on reel-to-reel, knowing that the tape would most likely self destruct at the ... | |
| Living the audiophile life. Hey Paul,I started my journey--with focus--about 10 years ago...after i finished working on "Avatar" in New Zealand back in Dec. 2009. Know that your journey is one of discovery on many fronts, so enjoy it!You do not have to spend a lot of money t... | |
| Anyone here in the San Fernando Valley area of LA? Burbank. | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? I suggest a Sonic Frontiers Line 1, 2 or 3 as a great place to start, maybe even finish. https://www.stereophile.com/tubepreamps/769/index.htmlAnd Parts Connecxion in Canada still services and repairs them.https://www.partsconnexion.com/ | |
| Berning ZH-270 Replacement This guy was just asking what other gear marries well with a Berning ZH-270.Wild. | |
| New Old Thiel CS6 Speakers--Too Harsh HI All,When it comes to driving my new old CS6's, a Carver Signature Sunfire Load Invariant Amp (600w) is trouncing my CJ Premier 350.More bass, greater specificity in imaging, a bit more 'immediate' sounding and the harshness I was experiencing w... | |
| New Old Thiel CS6 Speakers--Too Harsh Thanks much for your post!I love CJ amps for their 'holographic' sound, but in my room i am always ending up with harshness.The last setup that worked great in my room were Infinty Kappa 8's powered by BAT VK 500 with batpak on lows and ZH-270 on ... | |
| Spectron Audio Out Of Business? looks like the Spectron website is finally down.... | |
| New Old Thiel CS6 Speakers--Too Harsh My room is 14x17 and I have things setup lengthwise—speakers and gear are on the 14’ wall. Heavy, wall sized bookshelf full of vinyl and reel to reel tapes along the opposite wall. It’s got to be the room. I have been fighting this ‘listening fati... | |
| Thiel Owners i just purchased Thiel CS6's and yes i hear a huge difference when i flip the phase. I use my Sonic Frontiers Line 2 preamp to do this. I would guess its because the passive radiator is inherently our of phase with the rest of the signal. when th... |