dancub
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| Hearing aids for audiophiles. Delightful conversation! I've recently gone down two paths since I have significant high freq loss (3 audiology tests over 10 years) and decades of tinnitus. 1) an OTC hearing aid (Jabra) which works but is a bit of a black box in terms of heari... | |
| Favourite Guitarists Didn't see Charlie Byrd or Laurindo Almeida. | |
| Its not vinyl To add to my (surprising for me) non-verbose comment, I'm a product designer by trade, with decades in hi-tec R&D. I love the mechanistic nature of analog, the look and feel of the stuff. Don't get much of that from my digital toys. | |
| Its not vinyl Own 2 TTs and 3000+ records. Adore my digital server w/ Qobuz. Analog - for the lovely sound & fun at garage sales, Goodwills & record stores. Digital - for "new to me" music exploration Update: own 2 systems in same room, one SS based... | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? Rega Planar 2 - $19.00 - Goodwill in Los Gatos AR XA - $39.00 - Yard Sell in Exeter Bryston 3B SST - $1000 - Radio station going out of biz - Cape Cod Klipsch 600M - $200 - Seller's GF beat with chain - eBag Thiel .5 - $60 - Some guy on CL - Bosto... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Aretha Franklin - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Holly Cole - Jersey Girl Willie Nelson - Stardust Judy Collins - Suzanne Mel Torme - Take the A Train Peggy Lee - Fever Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Twisted, Caravan | |
| Your method for discovering great music. Sure. It's a shorthand I use to describe movement somewhere on the web. This is based on using the free Bluesound app BlueOS, which I forgot to mention (sorry!). I'm betting there's Tidal or Spotify or Amazon have similar functionality. 1) It mea... | |
| Your method for discovering great music. Used to buy random albums at Goodwill but with streaming, the 3000 or so vinyls I have are sitting fallow. Now it's" Radio Paradise => Qobuz => "Go to Artist" => "Similar Artists" and you're off on an adventure. BTW, when I find s... | |
| Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air Replaced my KEF LS50s (only happy at louder end of things) with a pair of LRSs and a set of Klipsch RP-600M. Both were refreshingly different and fun. The Maggies need power (Bryston 4B SST) but the RP-600M is happy with a 2W Decware. Now have ... | |
| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? Speaking of testers, can someone recommend a simple, cheap unit that I can use at home? Just recently got several tube units (Schiit pre, Decware amp) and have a bunch of tubes from prior systems. | |
| BlueSound Stinks(!), anyone? Node 2i here. Had a problem after one of their updates with my PC's app. Sent them a help request. Their service responses were ASTOUNDINGLY GOOD. I know, all caps but it really was as good as it gets. Stayed with me until we found a workaround... | |
| Reliability of brand Had a Bryston B60. Lightning strike killed everything in the room. Sent to Bryston repair center. Forgot to mention the strike (dumb) so they called me and asked what happened. I told them straight away.They said and I quote: "We don’t usually war... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Choosing gear based on reviews and not my ears. :8( | |
| What do/did you do for a living? Fine Art Photographer & Faux Audiophile with Compulsive Gear Lust Syndrome. Industry Captain / Forensic Verminologist (Retired) / Neerdowell | |
| Any Love For Bryston Here? Have a 4B ST singing in my listening room now. It's maybe 10/15 years old? Bought it used and one of it's lights was didn't match the other. Bryston fixed it under warranty, no problem.Had a 3B-ST before that. Lightning strike took it out. Brysto... |