ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| 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. | |
| Help! Buy McIntosh MA252? Do you have the option of giving your dealer a credit card number and bring the demo units home to hear them driving your speakers in your listening room?I have a McIntosh tube preamp and McIntosh solid state power amp and love that combination dr... | |
| What's The Furthest/Longest You Have/Will Travel To Audition? oldhymac,Funny you should describe being ignored. In the 1978-1981 period I sold audio on straight commission at Shrader Sound in the Georgetown neighborhood in DC. One afternoon a guy came into the store that looked like he was homeless, hadn't... | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? Tandberg TR2060 receiverTandberg TCD310 cassette deckB&O 2400 turntableCanton LE900 speakers | |
| Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members! Joe55ag,Very Well Said!I'd add that we all hear differently and have our own unique preferences. In my search for a new pair of speakers, before setting me up to listen a salesman asked me if I preferred "analytic" or "musical" speakers. What ... | |
| Craigslist Fraud Before we moved to a new home about 500 miles away, I attempted to sell a 15 year old Honda snowblower, listing it on Craigslist. I had the same sort of experience. I reached out to the FBI and opened a formal case, the person on the phone said ... | |
| Neal Young and Tidal I have an SACD setup and most of the Super Audio disks DO sound better than my CD versions...but not all of them. A few of the SACDs I have purchased from legitimate sources sound a bit "dull" compared to the CD versions. I suspect that these we... | |
| Qobuz charges I must say that Qobuz sounds really good on my Focal speakers, both from France... | |
| Does it annoy you when companies don't show the internals of electronics ? Nope | |
| About to invest in room treatments; GIK, RealTraps, DIY -- what is your experience? The "man cave" in my former home had terrible bass. No matter what the bass line was in the music, the room added a single loud note. I bought a miniDSP UMIK-1 USB connected microphone and REW (roomeqwizard.com) to help me position the bass trap... | |
| My system is ... well, not ready Erik,A few months ago I thought you posted that you were looking to move, if my memory serves me, to someplace in the South. We moved into our "forever home" near Asheville, NC in November...our LAST move. |