ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Where are the cheap home streamers? When I started down the "streaming path" I installed the Tidal streaming app on a Dell laptop I already owned, with my purchased music managed by iTunes. The resulting sound quality (output from the laptop's USB to my DAC) was "good".My next impr... | |
| PS Audio Power Plant 15........ I can’t imagine what’s going on. The P15 has brought great improvement to my system too, especially with the performance of the DACs I have connected to it. | |
| Is 1990's equipment vintage? @jrwaudio My first car was a 1971 BMW 1600-2. Back then Bimmers were so rare that, when you encountered another on the approaching side of the street, drivers would flash their headlamps to say "hello".I'm a "1950's model" and tell my wife the a... | |
| Good to remember ... how to tell what sounds better When I'm evaluating gear I like to spend some "quality time" listening to item A, then some "quality time" listening to item B.From 1978 thru 1982 I worked in high end audio shops in the DC area. It was common to be able to A/B speakers, but at o... | |
| Raise my subwoofers off the ground approximately 12”? I have a pair of JL Audio F113V2 subs and in my former home (in a room with terrible bass) I built some stands using 4 x 4's and sturdy metal hardware, and that reduced the boominess in that room.I'm about to move into a new home and if I don't ne... | |
| Seeking advice on high kHz annoyance in my system I have enjoyed a pair of Focal Sopra No2's since they first arrived in the U.S. I have heard them driven by a number of amplifiers, but not yours, and they seem to sound better with a more "mellow" amplifier driving them. | |
| How do I pay? I'd pass on this deal. | |
| Audiogon Anti-Lowball Offer setting I don't blame people for trying to see if they can get a better price on used equipment, but some of the games people play are just a waste of time.I will not agree to any pricing via email, will insist the potential buyer make a formal offer thru... | |
| Frustrated McIntosh Owner Next week we settle on a new house. When we ordered the fridge, washer, dryer and freezer months ago the salesman let us know that, due to supply chain disruptions, freezers would not be available until 2021, and that he hoped the fridge we order... | |
| Audiogon Anti-Lowball Offer setting In my experience, most of the low-ball offers come from people who message you thru Audiogon, not those who make a formal offer on the site.This reminds me when I had a McIntosh receiver for sale and a very nervous-sounding guy from Ohio went back... | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? When I was in college, at a party I met someone who was moving and needed to get rid of stuff and FAST and sold me a McIntosh MC275 power amp for $75! (the original model) and a few months later I was offered $375 for it! | |
| Did your system ever get so good it pushed you out of the house? Actually, in my case the opposite occurred.We took a weekend jaunt to Boston to enjoy Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Boston Symphony play the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. I have two versions that Mutter has recorded, and after flying home, played the... | |
| What's your definition of an audiophile? One of my friends characterizes an audiophile as someone who has "more dollars than sense".Hopefully, it is someone who enjoys music, but in my experience, many of them seem to enjoy the equipment more than the music. | |
| If you could buy any system, regardless of price, what would it be? I must say, after years of trading this, upgrading that, I'm pretty much "done" with purchasing new equipment. I've got a system that has great synergy among the components. | |
| Another Bass discussion... In my experience integrating sub woofers with side speakers can be challenging and very frustrating, to get the setup to sound right.In my last house I had to struggle putting 10 bass traps around the room to make the bass sound like it "belonged"... |