echolane
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| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? I play CDs all the time, in a way. It just so happens I rip and then I stream my CDs. I was introduced to streaming three years ago and took up Roon about two years ago. I have no interest whatsoever in playing a CD physically if can help it. The... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? I am exactly like you. I’ve tried for decades to like jazz. It just doesn’t grab me much at all. However, I have one recording I could gladly listen to again and again. It’s the only jazz record I can say that about and I have a small collecti... | |
| The end of physical media is neigh I read the starting post on here with real dismay. I’ll never forget the day that Oppo announced it was ceasing production of its players. Luckily I signed up in time to win the right to buy my Oppo UDP-205 (whew!) I retain all the LPs I ever bou... | |
| Looking to move to a Tube Integrated setup As an alternative integrated tube amplifier, consider one of the Audiomats. They start with Aloha, Arpege, Aria, Adagio, Opera, Solfège. Here’s a link to their webpage http://www.audiomat.fr/Amplificateurs~T-1-0-1 The North American rep is loc... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I am listening to the most marvelous music, I really don’t want it to stop. Ever! I’ve just discovered it. The artist is Bart van Oort and he plays the fortepiano. It is what pianos were in Chopin’s day and they don’t necessarily sound completely... | |
| Integrated Amplifier Recommendations Needed If you can find an Audiomat of any kind I would grab it. I have owned an Audiomat Arpege integrated tube amplifier for more than 25 years and an Audiomat Prelude Reference MKII for over 20 years. They each have had only one Repair and it was to ... | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… I’m a member of a large audio club and we have a Zoom social weekly. There are a lot of very experienced, even obsessive, audiophiles in attendance. I attended the usual weekly Zoom meeting just two weeks ago and came away with what I think is ... | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp I attended the usual weekly Zoom meeting of my audio club last week and came away with what I think is valuable advice on a speaker that would suit your room perfectly, Here’s the story I heard: a fellow audiophile member had some Danish speakers ... | |
| I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!! When you all rip your 4000 cds or 10000 cds, do you throw the files willy nelly into a nas drive (hoping metadata will save you) OR do you organize a folder tree by root folder genre --’>> Artist name folder (alphabetical) ---->>... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I listened to Michael Fremer’s YouTube recorded visit to the Audiophile Foundation where he recommended an LP he was involved in producing. Its title is Rufus Reid and Caelin Cardello, just a piano and an upright double bass player. The theme is... | |
| An audio component you just can't let go I like to joke that when I die someone has to bury my Quad ESL-63 electrostatic speakers with me because there is absolutely no way I am going to be parted from them. Fate was kind to me because she put a stray copy of Opera News in my doctor’s o... | |
| An audio component you just can't let go That’s easy. My Musical Fidelity A3cr preamplifier. I bought it barely used too many years ago to remember. It started out in my main audio system, got moved to my TV system and then moved to my desktop computer audio system. I’m not using my... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I have been listening to Korngold:s wonderful Symphony in F Sharp with Rudolph Kempe. This is often the recommended version of this symphony to listen to, but it’s the only version I have so I can’t comment on its placement per the critics. Wha... | |
| All in One amp up to $7k I have been an owner of two Audiomat tube integrated amplifiers for over twenty years. I first bought the Audiomat Arpege and LOVED it. A few years later I had an opportunity to buy an Audiomat Prelude Reference MKII that had been a demo. I’m stil... | |
| 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... |