bruce19

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Guitar playing audiophiles, Martin or Taylor?
Cordoba!  
Open baffle speakers
My experiences with open baffle speakers started with the Caintuck speaker that I first observed on the Decware site, which I built and bought a pair of the least expensive Lii audio 6 inch speakers for. I wasn’t expecting much and was shocked how... 
PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread
Shill seems like far too strong a word. A shill to me is somebody who promotes a product and offers nothing but inflated opinions. In this situation, most of the praise seem to come from users, and the person representing the company took the role... 
PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread
Too bad, the thread was informative, and it appears that many users are very pleased with their product. I wonder if there was a complaint from a competitor who didn’t like the good PR they were generating.  
PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread
@facten would you care to share the source of this knowledge and any updates relating to why? Particularly, could you clarify if she was suspended by her company or by audiogon. Thanks.  
The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma
For you Roonies out there right now Roon’s PEQ feature can be used to build an EQ curve based on the Fletcher Munson curve (see Wikipedia) for a specific end point volume level. I used a free app on my phone (Sound Tools) to determine I wanted one... 
Are all streamers the same?
I like the analogy to cars. A whole lot of marketing but essentially all the same.  Numerous superficial differences yet what matters most is where you drive in the car, whether it gets good fuel, and of course reliability. To quote Paul Simon, “c... 
300B, 2A3 experiances wanted
@alexberger so you added an interstage transformer into a 300 B amp that originally did not come with it, if I understand correctly. What amp was it and what kind or what model transformer? Did you determine the specs for this or did someone else?... 
300B, 2A3 experiances wanted
Great input @glennewdick  on your tube experiences, I will be saving it for reference. The interstage transformer idea is a new one to me. I will be looking for examples of that implementation down the road if I fall under the 300B spell, but I ha... 
300B, 2A3 experiances wanted
Lol, I was reading Joe Boyd and thinking he was the producer of the incredible string band and a bunch of other British folk rock type bands. Thanks for the clarification, of course there could’ve been more than one Joe Boyd, I suppose :-)  
300B, 2A3 experiances wanted
@lynn_olson @jasonbourne71  The possibility of the 2A3 is one of the reasons I got this amp and I am enough of a contrarian to go this direction first. I have heard others say the same as you , Lynn. If that were to be the case do you have any rec... 
Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp
It has been wisely said that choosing a streamer as as much about choosing software as hardware. many people think Roon is the best software interface for playback and search and offers other features like DSP, Control and sharing between multiple... 
So, a reviewer just said something I need to talk about.
It’s cool you’re into technique, but it’s worth noting that even many extremely accomplished musicians don’t feel they’ve arrived until they get beyond technique into the realm of pure expression.  
Eversolo DMP-A8 vs iPhone plugged directly to integrated amp - why no difference?
@juanitro I started a similar thread a while ago and got the same pushback from people who like to say “trust your ears“ unless your ears disagree with their preformed opinions and experiences. I’m interested what model iPhone you have I use an ol... 
Hardware or source materail
@benanders 👍 I think it’s pretty well established that the quality of the recording is the single most important factor in sound reproduction. I second the notion that looking into streaming could bring you the biggest benefit since you have acce...