dougthebiker
Responses from dougthebiker
| Whats on your turntable tonight? True, mono would get rid of that very strange decision to put Jimi’s voice in only one channel on the first cut on each side. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Just got the Acoustic Sounds remake of Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced." Totally remastered on premium vinyl. Better than Qobuz version. Listening on my Well-Tempered Reference TT. Extremely quiet background. No obvious pops or clicks. | |
| How much $$ do bells and whistles add to preamp? The Schiit Freya + has no bells or whistles and gives you huge flexibility - passive, active SS or active tube. And it's under $1k, yet very well reviewed. The tube option lets you listen to some edgy recordings that are otherwise hard to listen... | |
| Looking for an integrated amp to replace my Cayin A-50T For under $2k you could get a pair of Schiit Aegir monoblocks (you have to run balanced cables from your Oppo.) Tremendous value for the money. Class A most of the time, 80 wpc. Very smooth yet revealing. | |
| replacement for MOFI beatles box set If you’re looking for SQ and excellent re-engineering, check out the Beatles Love 2 LP set. I find it much more interesting and better SQ than the originals. I got mine new for $50. Only Abbey Road interests me among the originals. | |
| Elekit TU-8600S. Best 300B’s? Took the plunge and got the new Western Electric 300B’s from the Georgia plant. All I can say is Whoa! I thought this amp was great before. The difference now is I can’t stop listening. Every track I play makes me think of another I just have ... | |
| Elekit TU-8600S. Best 300B’s? @markusthenaimnut I'm with you there! Loving the Elekit 300B amp. Reveals everything my sources have to give. But I always like to have a spare set of tubes on hand, especially since I'm going to sell my old monoblocks now, since the Elekit is ... | |
| Holo may lte vs denafrips terminator 2 vs musetec da005 I'm a bit confused by the review provided by @dbb. The referenced review says: "I fed both dacs via computers (an Asus mini and an Asus laptop) because I had two. Thus I could do quick comparisons by preamp input switching. I recently bought an I... | |
| Kef LS50 We could better advise if we knew your budget and more info about your source components. | |
| High Quality Input Switch? Thanks everyone. Great suggestions. I’m checking them all out. Doug | |
| Will I benefit from a subwoofer with 20Hz speakers? I bought the MiniDSP and returned it before the 30 day trial was up. All the components in my system are many times the price of the Mini and it sounded like I had a really cheap preamp in the system when I put it in. It gave me a wonderfully fl... | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl My speakers are very revealing GR-Research NX-Oticas with sub. TT is Well Tempered Reference with rebuilt Lyra Clavis. Schiit Freya pre with monoblock Aegirs. Currently building an Elekit TU-9600S 300B tube amp. Gryphon silver cables. Transpare... | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl I appreciate everyone’s thoughts on this. This leads to a related question. Given that the age of the vinyl stamper impacts the SQ of a given copy of an LP significantly, wouldn’t it be true that if you stick with a single digital source, e.g., ... | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl I ask because I‘ve got a $5k TT with a $2k cartridge on it and am trying to figure out whether it’s worth investing in a really good phono preamp or not. Based on responses so far, I’m thinking maybe not. | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl The Madman included on Qobuz Tumbleweed Connection Deluxe Edition is a totally different performance and much better engineered recording than the one on the Madman Across the Water album on Qubuz. If you’ve never listened to it, you’re in for a ... |