cat_doorman
Responses from cat_doorman
| Vintage tube sound from a modern amp I think ampsandsound should go on your list. The pictures on their website show nice layouts, point to point wiring, turret boards, etc., and I’ve read they favor that older, classic sound. I’ve been looking at some of the combo headphone and spea... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? I try not to tell even myself what I’ve actually spent. I just know I’m not eating out for at least another year, and you can dress up instant ramen really nice with a few spices, some scallions and a beaten egg. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Natalia Lafourcade - De Todos las Flores Andrew Bird - Inside Problems Miguel Migs - Shaping Visions | |
| Try This With Your SS Amp Oversized Class A and some nightlights will get you close, but it’s just not the same. | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? @lrlacosse A present from your drunk self. Congratulations! I have to be careful with leaving webpages open when I get punchy with insomnia, with or without chemical help. Intensive research can turn into an impulse purchase pretty quickly. But... | |
| Aric Audio Super 6sn7 Linestage @mdrone Last year I had narrowed it down to Aric or LTA, and read everything I could find. After comparing some DACs, I realized my personal preferences leaned a little more toward detail and speed which, based on my reading, I figured the ZOTL ... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Lush - Gala Frank Sinatra - Sings for Only the Lonely Matteo Myderwyk - Veluwe Suite Tom Waits - Closing Time Gillian Welch - Soul Journey and now I’m making my way through Qobuz’s West Coast Jazz playlist, it’s a good night | |
| Why do hipsters prefer analog? I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your computer out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record. I hear that you and your band have sold your guitars and bought turntables... | |
| Benefits of a Shallower Rack Prevailing wisdom is that stuff in between speakers is detrimental to sound quality, but expedient for set up, which is why it’s so common. Low as possible and behind the baffle plain of your speakers seem to be the goals. I’m actually planning a ... | |
| Buffer amp no gain It may not be up to the standard of the rest of your system, but that’s pretty much what a Schiit Saga does. Unity gain if you turn the stepped attenuator all the way up. There’s a solid state and tube model. Hattor has a nice looking tube buffer... | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? I always took it for granted until I had some very much non-audiophiles over in my much too small for the big speakers I had, studio apartment. There is a track that starts with a skateboarder in a half-pipe. The friend who happened to be sitting ... | |
| What's on your Dac tonight? Magnificent City Instrumentals - RJD2 Bags & Trane - Milt Jackson and John Coltrane Os Portugueses - Rodrigo Leão five seconds flat - Lizzy McAlpine | |
| Amp & Pre or Integrated for Dynaudio Heritage Special Streaming or CD would probably come down to the DAC implementation. There are a lot of choices that cover the gamut. Maybe something R2R would give you the extra heft you’re missing with your current DAC. Not sure why I assumed you had the hybrid... | |
| Amp & Pre or Integrated for Dynaudio Heritage Special How close do you think you are with your current setup? The tube front end like your hybrid has is a good idea. Have you tried rolling the tubes at all? It should have enough power unless you’re going for broadcast levels or have a dead room. Wit... | |
| Another person going digital and full of questions A summary of how to digital for noobs: step 1) Get a Bluesound Node. It’s an all in one with a better interface than most. You can get your feet wet with a minimum of fuss. It’s compatible with nearly all the streaming services so you can try the... |