chilli42
Responses from chilli42
| Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why. I have tick skin so if I get beat up for stating the obvious I can handle it. It does not matter how much I spend on a piece of new gear or a tweak, the single biggest contribution to my listening pleasure is the quality of the recording. Why we... | |
| Adding Home Theater To 2 Channel System Thanks to everyone for the terrific and consistent feedback. It will save me a lot of time, money and disappointment. Your advice on this is invaluable. | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player I am just in the middle of the same effort. I came across a brand that I had not heard before … Ayon (from Austria). I am home demoing the CD35 and CD10. Tube output, PCM to Digital conversion, upsampling, slow roll of filter. I am very impres... | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player Suggest you have a look at the Ayon players. The CD 10 or CD 35 (generation II Ultimate). Does PCM to DSD then runs it through a slow roll off filter (if you like). Tube output stage. The strength is musicality … analogue like for a CD player. ... | |
| Boy, Oh Boy! Towshend! I put Townsend bars under my speakers a few weeks ago. Money very well spent. Liked them so much I added their stands for the amps. Also a noticeable difference. I have tried all the home remedies and tweaks that others have suggested over the ... | |
| Why are Ayon tube amps not mentioned very often? I am actually in home trialing two Ayon CD players at the moment. I never heard the brand before but ran across them at a local dealer. Am quite taken aback by both. Ayon makes some great looking and performing products. As always though it’s ... | |
| Best of... Soundbar for Samsung TV Happy with Sonos. They have two different bars depending on what you want to spend. Happy with the sound. Can add peripheral speakers later if you like (sub woofer, rear channel) | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? I have 4 kids. All of them love music ... multiple genres not just rap or pop.Only one (age 16) is an audiophile. One is a musician (age 19) lots of her work is on Spotify. Music to her is about creating it and listening for learning about lyri... | |
| Samsung flat screen TV’s We have 5 Samsung TV’s at home. They run all the time. The oldest is 8 years the newest 2 years. Honestly, I wish that one of them would die so I can mount a serious effort to convince my wife we must have an 8k TV. | |
| CD v Streamed I like my vinyl but was very pleased with my Lumin music streamer ... all the albums I could think of at the push of a button and decent sound quality. Then someone posted something recently about the tips and tricks of getting the most out of st... | |
| Soundstage Apologies to all who have responded ... a late edit that I should have caught before sending. My post says “...does extend beyond the speakers...”. Should have said “...does NOT extend beyond the speakers” | |
| Pass XP12. Tame, Anemic? I have Pass XA 160.8. It’s paired with a tube preamp (AR Ref 6) and Silent Source cables. Works for me. Very musical and dynamic. | |
| The Most "Analog" CD Player? I assume this post started off as a joke intended to get a chuckle from everyone. It has ended up many look a bit foolish | |
| Subwoofer Recommendations You need 2 subs to integrate the sound. I use REL and am super happy with them. They compliment my main speakers. Other brands mentioned here are good as well. | |
| Disappointment with Pass Labs - I'm looking for something else If you do go with the Pass X250 and AR Ref 5 pre ... take a close look at the gain matching. I have Pass XA 60.8, AR Ref 6 and Avantgarde UNO speakers. The I love the sound of my setup but I can’t turn the volume control past 5 without blowing my... |