edcyn
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| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? I take sound quality extremely seriously, but I'm not inclined toward drawing my sword whenever I come across an opinion I don't agree with. I actually enjoy all the backbiting endemic to this site. It's okay. Blast away. As long as you guys d... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? I recently substituted the stock power cord I got with my Mytek BB with a Shunyata Diamondback I fished out of the closet. I won't tell you how it got there because I'm not really sure. Short story shorter... Dad gum, it actually made my stereo... | |
| streaming source When I finally pulled the trigger and got a DAC/Streamer set-up (complete with MQA), I simultaneously purchased trial memberships with both Tidal and Qobuz. I figured I'd ditch the service I didn't like as much. Qobuz not only gave me better sig... | |
| The quest for sound vs. music I see uberwaltz's observation and double it. To me, it's the music that is the obsession. From the material itself to the means of reproducing it...and that includes playing a couple...okay, more than a couple...of musical instruments. | |
| Favorite Recordings Featuring Odd Selections of Musical Instruments. bdp24 -- How many times did I go to McCabes? A thousand? I went to high school not far from the shop, and was a regular there during my hippie days. Stroll in. Take a Martin guitar off the wall and give it a go. Me and the wife bought several... | |
| Favorite Recordings Featuring Odd Selections of Musical Instruments. bdp24 -- I'm totally envious that you saw Cream live during that tour. As blatty as Jack Bruce's bass may sound and how self-indulgent Ginger Baker's solo on Toad may be, the album's Spoonful remains one of my all-time favorite record cuts. Clapt... | |
| Best DAC for SONY SCD XA5400es I've been enjoying my Sony XA5400es through my Mytek Brooklyn, the two connected optically. Of course, the Mytek can only decode regular CD layers. The SACD feed must go, old school, out of the Sony and into my integrated amp. And I gotta say t... | |
| What was in your first "real" higher end audio system? From Day One my audiophile dad always gave his hand-me-downs. The first real hifi he gave me was a Heathkit mono tube amp, preamp with a half dozen EQ's (including Early 78's!) and an AM tuner. I've mentioned this before but I watched him assemb... | |
| Favorite Recordings Featuring Odd Selections of Musical Instruments. Like almarg, I get off on weirdo period instruments of the past. It's one of the things that keeps me returning to my Harmonia Mundi and MA Recordings discs. | |
| Audio reviews: too many analogies, never simple, but most of all, never clear. I wrote reviews for a living for close to forty years and, yes, like a bunch of you I just can’t help but lose my emotional equilibrium when a review doesn’t meet my august criteria. Trouble is, whenever I turn up the steereo to mellow out, my wif... | |
| Gypsy Melodies Try googling Roma Gypsy music. | |
| Religious music for less than devout Almarg. I got that Hildegarde of Bingen recording. On CD. Love it. | |
| SACD Junior Brown -- Down Home Chrome, on Telarc. I saw him live!Dmitry Shostakovich -- Preludes & Ballet Suites, on Caro Mitis.Giuliano Carmignola -- Late Vivaldi Concertos, on Sony Classical.Anna Moffo - Arias from Faust, etc., on RCA Living St... | |
| Mytek Brooklyn Dac plus running hot My Mytek BB definitely runs quite warm to the touch, but nothing my fingers can't handle. As for my Primaluna... | |
| Silver is the appropriate color for everything but speakers. teo -- thanks for the explanation! |