captelee
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| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? Yes, and I did just that. From being very content in a large, older building on Ft. Lauderdale beach where we were both very happy. I friend convinced me to buy a middle-road DAC and listen to some remastered Grateful Dead at 192Khz-24b....within... | |
| Is there anything other than a Benchmark DAC? In your price range: ifi PRO iDSD Signature is a Swiss Army knife with a great headphone amp and by-passable tube stage. I run a T+A DAC 200 on my main system and the iFi Pro iDSD in my office rig. Love it/ | |
| Have you seen the new McIntosh poster for $195? I'm a huge deadhead, or I was until August 1995. That poster doesn't really interest me, nice thought I guess. And 250 people were on it fast. Good for them and I hope they enjoy it was much as I do listening to live Dead remasters turned up to "... | |
| HAVE YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR FINAL SYSTEM AND WHAT’S IN IT? WHAT ARTIST IS YOUR GO TO? I’ve spent 35 years trying to recreate any live Jerry Garcia performance in my living room that could imitate just some of the energy from the stage of whatever recording. Its always gotten better, every five years or so, and now I’m "there". Goin... | |
| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions Hands down beats the Bluesound and under $1k. Topping D70 Pro Sabre, has to be Pro which is basically the MKII. I have one here at work, a Topping G5, a Mytek Brooklyn; and a T+A DAC 200 at home, as well as a iFi Pro iDSD (MkI, not signature) and... | |
| Storage boxes. Can I discard high end shipping boxes, and still sell in the future? Original boxes worth about 10%-8% of the used market value. I recently saved $2k discount as seller didn't have original boxes for a $15,000 pair of speakers. I spent around $400 to pack them myself and ship from North Florida to Seattle. | |
| New take on CD vs Vinyl vs CD mahler123 hits the nail on the head. And when a rip is done right it will definitely sound better than playing the vinyl. I have about 400 rips and the sound quality is stunning, even in my car on the way to work or running at the gym. Each one to... | |
| UPS. Friend Or Foe? Sorry to hear this story and claims etc. are always a pain in the ass. I pack all my gear myself. Recently sent a pair of B&W 802D3 to Washington from Florida, using the larger B&W 801D4 boxes. It is completely possible to ship anything ... | |
| I think I just smoked my Amp Smoke Salmon, not amps. | |
| Two amps into one pair of speakers Smoking in bed. Why is this thread even on Agon, the 2nd amp for a gaming system? | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? "Spanish Moon" (Little Feat) by Gov't Mule...Warren Haynes puts some ass into this classic song meant to be driven hard live....and the Mule delivers. And yes, this is a very bold statement considering the world knows the song from the epic live d... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Linda Ronstadt - Tumbling Dice...no one here should need to be told who wrote that originally. | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Travelin' Light by JJ Cale. A very melodic, weaving tune by the Tulsa master. Dig out the jet-fueled "live" version by Widespread Panic and it'll rip your head off. Mr. Cale sent the band a case of Jim Beam when he heard it, with a thank you n... | |
| Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass After around thirty years of various systems moved to a larger room and dual REL Gibraltar G2 (modified internal wiring). 3/4 of what I enjoy is live recordings, some recordings are a sonic astounding engineering feat for the live experience....go... | |
| Which subwoofer? Rel subs, in stereo, sized for your room. Easy to adjust for various recordings and media, which is a requirement. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8259The Time Machine doesn't lie. |