douglas_schroeder
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| What made the biggest, most noticeable improvement The biggest, most noticeable improvement? Well, lessee...First it was the speakersThen it was the ampThen it was the cablesThen it was the roomThen it was the treatmentsThen it was the cdpThen it was the DACThen it was the preampThen it was the am... | |
| Wharfdale Diamond - Pleb Audiophile speaker? Ellrotts, you are way out of line with your, "whitevan scam speakers," comment. I reviewed the Wharfedale Opus series for Dagogo.com and this is a legit company which makes very fine sounding speakers at a good price point. I have not worked with ... | |
| Best Aesthetic Vintage Black Receiver or Tuner Yogiboy, LOL! Man, that brings back a painful memory...Back when Lynn Swan made one of his amazing athletic catches with the Steelers - can't remember what game - I was visiting my grandparents who had a porch with a railing on a short but steep s... | |
| Which Burson or Dexa did you get? Peleg, I wrote several "Audio Blast" articles at Dagogo.com the past two years or so; one is specifically on the IC Opamps I tested, and the other is on the upgrade to using both the Burson and DEXA Opamps, also DIP style. | |
| Which Burson or Dexa did you get? Glad to see some people are catching on to this. I have usedThe Burson and Dexa opamps for about a year now following myDagogo. Com review related to the Dac Plus; it continues to impress me.Just returned from CES and THE shows and conclude that w... | |
| Speakers or..... I flipped between Vandys and Maggies, etc. for years. In the end I realized that I was seeking "the One," a single speaker to satisfy all my desires to hear music; there's just one problem - it doesn't exist! I stopped the foolishness and bought b... | |
| I don't like the sound of my system. Help please. I would not be quick to pair ARC and Naim; I can understand why you would have issues. The nature of these two house sounds would not be complementary, imo. Further, if you are using stock cabling I would assert the weakenesses of each would contr... | |
| Anti-Vibration pads: which component most? A suggestion; Why are you seemingly trying the most marginal, minimal tweak in an effort to gauge effectiveness? Consider that by limiting the extent of the utilization you are preparing for a failed test. If you are going to test, why not test wi... | |
| Hello Old Friend Yeah, this is not a music critic thread; glad to see you guys worked it out. :) John, I still have cassettes in the garage with some good stuff on them. I have a deck out there and sometimes when I work at the bench or play basketball with the boy... | |
| The Making of a Jazz Audiophile...Interesting Read Lovely article. It's a win/win when musicians understand the beauty/"necessity" of fine domestic systems as part of the ideal music reproduction chain. Rok2id, I think you misconstrue the comment that one can set up a good sounding rig for not too... | |
| Is there any real alternative to Oppo?? Doggiehowser, I don't know where you're getting the idea that the Cambridge player is based on the Oppo. That's not my understanding; I reviewed the 840C for Dagogo.com and have owned it. My understanding is that they use the Analogue Devices chip... | |
| Serious Soul/Jazz in Church We had a guy that sat in with our church contemporary worship group for a while; he was an accomplished musician who played sax. Needless to say the improv was quite good! The horn added a wonderful element of liviness to the music. More power to ... | |
| Merry Christmas A very joyous Christmas to you as well, Zman! :) | |
| Maximizing Sonos and Mac Mini Steve, again, thanks for the additional clarification! | |
| Maximizing Sonos and Mac Mini Steve, good to hear from you; thanks for the clarification. It seems you have outlined an approach where the Sonos and Mini would operate on parallel paths, not convergent in the Mini. Please correct me if I'm wrong about that. A few more question... |