ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| The Wilt Chamberlain of Audio Gear For a few years I'd say I was a "Stephen Curry" but now I'd say I was a "John Lucas". | |
| Schiit - shipments stopped? We ordered a GE Cafe fridge and GE garage freezer in August, for our new home. The fridge was delivered last week and the dealership has no idea when the freezers will become available. Both the dealer and the folks at GE tell me the supply chai... | |
| Paying with a cashiers check? Need advice! A few years ago I sold something to a guy in TX who said, with this purchase he was back on Audiogon after several years' hiatus. He told me that he previously purchased a McIntosh amp on the site, and received a McIntosh amp carton that was pack... | |
| Streamer wanted My upgrade from streaming from a Dell laptop to my current Roon Nucleus Plus server was one of the best improvements in my system sound quality. The USB port on the server is "dead quiet" and pairs really well with my DAC and external hard drive.... | |
| How much is overkill?? Last year I bought and installed a pair of KEF LS50 Wireless speakers for our living room/dining room and they sound really good, and easily integrate with Spotify & Roon. If these were in a more serious listening environment I'd probably add... | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? When I was searching for a new pair of speakers I found I couldn't listen to the Wilson's and Magico's for very long, before fatigue set in. | |
| Need DAC Ideas I've enjoyed a PS Audio DirectStream DAC since they first came out and highly recommend it.One unique thing about this DAC is that it's performance has been improved with firmware updates 1-2 times per year.I suspect that you'll be able to find li... | |
| Recommend a dac that contributes to system for tight bass I have been enjoying a PS Audio DirectStream DAC since it first came out and would highly recommend it.When I first purchased the DAC I used a PS Audio P10 power regenerator and when the P15 first came out, I took advantage of an upgrade offer and... | |
| SQ vs. Music inna,Good point about different conductors. I have several versions of the Beethoven symphonies, some seem to be faster (though the track times are not), some seem more "dynamic" than others, etc.When I was visiting dealer after dealer, auditioni... | |
| Best Server To Run Roon Core I have enjoyed a Roon Nucleus Plus server for over a year now and it's been "rock solid", no issues streaming or updating or operating. I use one of the USB ports for an external hard drive, the other to connect to my DAC and it's dead quiet.I ha... | |
| Would you Upgrade? I've owned a pair of Focal Sopra No2's since they first hit our shores and they just might be the last pair of speakers I own (for my man cave). I have them being driven by a McIntosh MC452 power amp, which some of my friends describe as sounding... | |
| What makes speaker's sound big? A few years ago, in our prior house, I moved my audio system from our 13'x24' living room to a 24'x26' family room and my then pair of Totem Fire monitors and Velodyne sub woofer with a 10" driver just didn't fill the new room. I ended up replaci... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I've enjoyed my Focal Sopra No2's since they first arrived in the USA and am thinking that they might be my last. | |
| Remarkably better sound possible with just 1 system component change? My system has all digital input sources and is very similar to yours, though I do have a "PS Audio stack". Most often I stream Qobuz using my Roon Nucleus Plus server into my PS Audio DirectStream DAC, then into a McIntosh C2500, McIntosh MC452 a... | |
| Opinion: of the Hi-Res streaming services out there, which do you use and why? For my high end audio system I started out with Tidal and when Qobuz became available, had both for a while, thought I really didn't need both (especially since I could find everything I wanted to listen to on both), so I did an interesting A-B te... |