ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| 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... | |
| Canine Listeners? I must say, our 14 year old collie mix rescue dog (Gatsby) seems to like Beethoven symphonies. One time, after we listened to symphony #6, just for grins I streamed a Jay Z song and he immediately got up and asked to leave my listening room!Smart... | |
| Why is there so much separation between the professional audio and audiophile worlds? When @mapman says " Pro is about getting the job done well within a budget." I think back to 1971-2 when I had a part time job at a recording studio in St. Louis which had the contract for Budweiser radio commercials. The operation was "all busi... | |
| A good idea when buying on line Interesting approach. Looks like both you and the seller were interested in creating a "win-win" with this transaction. Good for you! | |
| Improving Your Front End Sound Quality Without a Dedicated Line My system has all digital sources, with a separate DAC (in addition to the one built into my preamp) and over the years I've found that the cleaner the AC power, the better the DACs perform. When I upgraded from a PS Audio P10 power conditioner t... | |
| Mcintosh c2600 I've owned several pieces of McIntosh equipment over the years, currently have a C2500 paired with an MC452 to drive a pair of Focal speakers. I think the C2600 has an upgraded built in DAC compared to the C2500; in my case I used a PS Audio Dire... | |
| Reference Recordings The last time I visited audio dealers to audition speakers I'd bring a selection of CDs from the ones I enjoyed listening to, some that were not the best sound quality, as I needed to hear what those would sound like. One of the dealers I visited... | |
| Roon - 10 Things You Don't Know Chris this is Evan from the DC Hi-Fi Group. Enjoyed your Youtube and learned some things I didn't know about Roon!Thanks! | |
| Would I benefit from a dedicated streamer? I have a Roon Nucleus Plus connected to a PS Audio DirectStream DAC and the SQ streaming Qobuz is awesome.I'm not sure I'd put another device in the path. |