dogearedaudio
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| Would a DDC (Denafrips Iris) improve my system? I can't comment on some of the other equipment mentioned, but I recently added a Pi2AES Mercury V3 streamer between my tweaked up Mac Mini and my DAC. The elimination of grunge and a bloated soundstage is addictive. I'll never go back to USB. | |
| Looking for a CD Player @richardbrand Well, you can certainly make the choices you want to make. I consult for a company that produces digital media, both hard and soft, and over the past 15 years I’ve witnessed hundreds of palletes of returned CDs headed for the landf... | |
| Looking for a CD Player @nonoise Honestly, nothing you have said there undermines my point: CDs account for a fraction of music sales these days. They are environmentally harmful to manufacture and cannot be recycled. And what difference does it make WHO buys streami... | |
| Looking for a CD Player @jayctoy Great!! Two other things I'll mention about streaming: 1) I've discovered artists on Qobuz who I would never have heard of otherwise, and who would not have a gotten a cent from me in CD sales; 2) Streaming is vastly less wasteful than... | |
| Looking for a CD Player ...and if my 72 yo, computer illiterate audiophile friend can work the Black Ice streamer (which he can, thanks to excellent personal assistance from Black Ice), anyone can. | |
| Looking for a CD Player @jayctoy You don't need a "computer" to stream. Decent, small, self-contained streamers can be had for less than $500. It's a wonderful way to listen to an enormous variety of music for the price of a single CD every month. And anyway, the Bl... | |
| Looking for a CD Player If you’re tired of getting up and down and up and down, I second or third the vote for streaming. The $3000 you might spend on a new CD player will buy you over 15 years of CD-quality streaming music. I have a nice CD player in a pretty darn good ... | |
| No God No! Say it Ain’t So! Yes, perhaps we will see McIntosh at Best Buy. But I will readily admit that I LOVE my Bose QC headphones and Open Air buds. Both are very comfortable, very convenient and very musical, especially for classic jazz and classical. The headphones ... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? I would say, "That's a really interesting system. Tell me about it!" That steers the discussion to how he acquired the equipment, what he likes about it, etc. People love to talk about their gear. If he comes over to your house and *asks* to h... | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget A friend of mine is in the same position as you. Small room and sensitivity to brightness. On my recommendation he bought a used pair of ProAc Response 1SC's and they work very well for him. He also uses a REL sub. But I would also agree with ... | |
| Amplifier used w/ headphones and no speakers connected, can it be damaged? You can easily test this by leaving the speakers hooked up and plugging in the headphones. The speakers should cut out with the headphones plugged in. If that's the case there's no issue at all. And if you aren't going to use your Harbeths an... | |
| Seeking a Warm 12AX7 Tube for Preamp The Genalex are warm and rich, not bright at all. | |
| AR XA turntable needs new cartridge... @jasonbourne71 Unless I'm mistaken, you can adjust the tonearm tube length by loosening a screw on the pivot block. Also, IIRC, there was an issue with hum when using Grado carts with the AR. The plastic body of the Grado and the plastic heads... | |
| Cary SLP98L upgrades--yea or nay? @nlitworld I'm using the True Copper Max. Yes, the leads are a PITA. ;-) I had to reduce the number of strands at the ends to fit them on a PCB. @northman I don't know what tubes you're currently using, but I'll put in a plug for the Sylvan... | |
| Cary SLP98L upgrades--yea or nay? I own a Cary SLP-98p and I fully agree with the comments from larry, russ and harpo. Sweet, musical, but a bit "sluggish" and thick-sounding. Nonetheless, you're wise to keep it unless you can afford something a lot better. (I myself moved to a... |