echolane
Responses from echolane
| Roon isn't stable and they edit their forum to hide it I’m a Roon lifer. I joined about 4 years ago. I’ve had my share of problems but they have all been about Windows, not about Roon. My only disappointment with Roon is their support model. It depends on helpful users. I don’t know what motivates... | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear I have 3 vintage Pioneer Stereo Receivers. two SX-105”s and an SX-950. I bought the first SX-1050 new in 1978 and was thrilled to own it. It sounded great at the time. It went down in the 90s. My boyfriend at the time, an EE with a Master... | |
| Electrostatics and tubes I have owned Quad ESL-63s electrostatic speakers since I imported them from England in March of 1985. I imported Quad amp and preamp at the same time but eventually replaced the electronics with a tube amplifier, an Audiomat Arpege integrated amp... | |
| I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!! Quoting Mahler 123: itturns out that there isn’t a single software program that I’ve encountered-and I’ve tried many, including Roon-that can organize Classical Music. I can find CDs faster on my shelf than in the media libraries. Also many of th... | |
| Ethernet cables May I suggest Blue Jeans Cable for replacing your Ethernet cables. They are the only place I trust to make a cable to proper specifications. They test every cable that it meets spec and they even include a paper indicating the measurements. Th... | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? This is easy to answer. I play albums. I don’t think I’ve ever just selected a track to play unless I’m listening to a selection on an album I like so much that I replay it in situ and when it’s finished the album play continues. i grew up i... | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? This is an easy question to answer, I listen only to albums. I am habituated to albums having started collecting LPs in 1956. When tape cassettes became popular I got a Nakamichi tape player and began copying LPs to listen that way to save wear on... | |
| Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why? This is a no-brainer. Blue Jeans cable is the cable to buy. If you read their website you will discover that BJC has tested Ethernet cables from other manufacturers and has found that very few cables make their spec. Cat 6 cables might be cat 4 ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I love threads like this, though to be honest, I wonder how much anyone actually reads what everyone is listening to. But I will happily take my turn, in part because I haven’t been using my newly restored Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4004 turntable... | |
| How to copy a picture These instructions presume everyone uses a desktop or a laptop. Not me, I use my iPad. I think this is the only forum where I can’t choose a photo from my Photo library. Goodness, Audiogon, how about making it a lot easier!. | |
| if you had this system, what would you do to make it sound the best you can Quoting: I bought new Quad ESL's 15 years ago - and I'm keeping them. The 29 series is very smooth and elegant, and build quality is high. The 28 series is brighter, too bright for my taste. YMMV I quoted ithe 2nd recommendation for Quad ESL-... | |
| Differences in YouTube, Spotify, etc. I didn’t tally all the responses, but my impression is that when the choice was between Tidal and Qobuz, Qobuz was by far the preferred choice. I wonder why that is??? Too bad for me, because I prefer Qobuz too. I have a family option on Tidal... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps I have this problem too! For many years I owned a 55 pound Audiomat Arpege and a 51 pound Audiomat Prelude. Both integrated tube amplifiers. The Prelude was in my living room audio system and the Arpege in my TV system, Both Audiomats come wit... | |
| DAC suggestion for PC I was steered to an Audio Alchemy DDP-1 as a DAC for my mid / hi-end audio system. An audio guy who sells and installs very very big money system uses its related product the DMP-1 in all his installations. When people who can’t afford bazillion... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. I vote for regular bananas. I was using spades for decades between amp and speakers and once in awhile one of the speaker wires would come loose and fall off my amplifier. Recently I finally discovered the reason I was having problems. It was be... |