edcyn
Responses from edcyn
| Does Digital Try Too Hard? Maybe it's just because my ears are getting old, but to me digital glare is essentially gone. I currently get just as much glare (and other nasties) on vinyl. In other words, as far as I can see/hear, all the glare is already there at the source. | |
| LA - Monrovia - Brooks Berdan Anniversary this Weekend One of my favorite stores. Too bad I don't live anywhere near there anymore. | |
| Who else here is frugal? Follow your heart but keep an eye on your wallet. | |
| Vinyl cleaning and alcohol I've never heard it before but I love the term "vinyles." Even if the spelling doesn't quite work (though I gotta say I can't come up with a good alternative), it demonstrates a cardinal rule of linguistics -- that language and languages are ever ... | |
| MQA and classical music If MQA had worked for me I'd have been an avid supporter. The thing is, my ears told me otherwise. In any case, I'm getting sick of the slug fest it's currently generating. If you like MQA, go for it. | |
| Why are brick and mortar HiFi dealers so bad? I truly enjoyed going to high-end stores when I lived in L.A. Yeah, some places were run by high-handed snobs and others featured systems that just couldn't cut the mustard, but I always did my best to buy locally whenever possible. What a luxury... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report I'm experimenting with elevating my speaker cables, using Mytek boxes as the lifters. I'm playing an M+A Recordings CD of Sera una Noche DAC'd through the Mytek BB. Right now I've got the cables lifted. Yes! A whole world of difference! Well, ... | |
| Streamers with best apps? For classical music I've found Primephonic to be a treat. Fidelity via my Mytek BB is excellent. I'm pretty ham-handed when it comes to the world of streaming, but I've been getting got lots of email guidance from their resident guru Marco. As ... | |
| Why go out??? There are other reasons to go out on the town than to see a film. Yeah, it’s easier when you’re in a large metropolitan area but there's great restaurants and live theater. And oh yeah -- there’s music in live performance. Uhhh, waz zat? | |
| Why go out??? I saw the initial run of Apocalypse Now. It was somewhere in Hollywood, perhaps at the Cinerama Dome or the Warner's on Hollywood Blvd. It was the version with no credits. The lights went down and the movie just started. Utterly outstanding on ... | |
| Why is the Audio Research SP8 so highly regarded? Was it twenty-five years ago? Was it thirty-five years ago when I heard an AR SP8 in a sound system at a long-gone L.A. stereo store? Anyway, this was during my NAD 3020 days and I totally swooned when I heard the SP8 coupled with its companion ... | |
| How good can it get, really? - my stereo sounds amazing! Right now I'm listening to an Erato recording of Renaissance Music streaming via Qobuz and my Mytek BB. An older Primaluna integrated (new 6550 tubes) and a pair of cheap NOLA Boxers. No tweaks. Cables, etc. commensurate with the rest of the sys... | |
| Streamers/DACs for Hi Res Streaming Don't put me under oath for this, but I think Meridian demands a particular protocol through which MQA must be handled. For the life of me I can't seem to locate my Mytek Brooklyn Bridge instruction manual where it mentions this. In any case, as ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Byrds, Five D and Sweetheart of the Rodeo. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I love reading the disagreements here. Differences in interpretation is one of the things that makes classical music so endlessly absorbing & wonderful. twoleftears -- I love Brendel. I have his Beethoven Sonatas both on Turnabout and on Phi... |