curiousjim
Responses from curiousjim
| Disservice: XLR interconnects I learned in the eighties that interconnects matter when I went from the cheapie IC’s that came with components to Monster. I paid $112 a pair for them and was blown away! I ended up getting two more pair later! | |
| Clicking preamp So I’m listening to John Coltrane, The Lighter Side Of John Coltrane. The first song, Soul Eyes is in HR and the second song, What’s New is 16/44. | |
| Clicking preamp It might be Amazon Music. It’s kinda weird when listening to an album and you see the lights on the DAC change from CD quality to 24/192 from song to song. It’s almost as if they are reconstructing the album on the fly. And yes there are occasiona... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? You never mentioned the rest of you system, so I’m going to say, DAC first, analog interconnects from the DAC to amp/preamp and Ethernet cable last. All the best. JD | |
| Don’t fight your speakers. If you can, Room, speakers, equipment, cables or cables, equipment, source. | |
| Accuphase dac 60 @duketbrd88 If it helps, I have a Denafrips Pontus ll Dac and I just looked up the output voltages and they are 2.0vrms RCA at 625 ohms and 4.0vrms XLR at 1250 ohms. All the best. | |
| 12'x16'x8' room OK for good stand mounts? That room size is perfect for the Prism or the Pulsar2’s. Depending on your musical tastes, you always add a sub or two later. All the best. | |
| Silver Speaker Cables I know silver can brighten interconnects and I have a little experience with silver and speaker cables. I do have some 12 gauge, silver coated copper wires that are fantastic. I’ve had them over thirty years. To bad they are only about 6’ in leng... | |
| Isn’t the forum to post reviews of gear you have experience with? Yes this is a place to give our opinions whether we have a clue what we’re talking about or not and there will always be those who have strong opinions about equipment, cables or even music they have no experience with. | |
| Beatles Get Back documentary I have liked the Beatles since my older sister brought home Meet The Beatles and have since bought and rebought and rebought all the albums. Having said that, I didn’t rush out and subscribe to the Disney channel just to watch Get Back. I’m sure... | |
| Tuner - FM over the air - suggestions @curtdr I have an older Pioneer TX-950 tuner you can have, you pay shipping. JD | |
| Is symphonic music kind of like Phil Spector got hold of chamber music? Um no. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @dcpillai I just played that Peter Green album this week. The only thing I can say is, it’s tooo short! 😃 | |
| Upgrade Internal DAC of Node or go with Atoll ST120. @temmple I have the newest Node, the N130 and as a streamer it’s really pretty good. They also added USB that can be used as an input (memory stick/hard drive) or an output. The DAC in it is better than it’s predecessors, but isn’t great by any... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Houston Person, The Art And Soul Of Houston Person. |