ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Concert halls from around the world. What have been your favorites. My wife and I have enjoyed what classical music buffs think are the three best: Musikverein in Vienna The Concertgebow in AmsterdamSymphony Hall in BostonWe have also loved concerts at our formerly local:The Music Center at Strathmore (in "Nor... | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? I bought my son-in-law an 18 month old Yamaha AS-1000 integrated amp from a guy who didn't have a box, so had to be "local pickup" for a ridiculously low price, what he asked for. These high end Yamaha's are just awesome! | |
| Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them? I used to be a big B&W fan, had one stand mount after another, just before ordering a pair of their best stand mounts, attended an event at my then local audio dealer, where Totem was sponsoring the open bar, so I ventured into their room and ... | |
| Power Conditioners For my "all digital sources" system, each time I've upgrade the power conditioner, the performance of my DACs improved. | |
| Purchase breaks well within 30 days I must agree with csmgolf.It's fortunate that the manufacturer extends the warranty to subsequent owners, lucky for you, most do not.Every time I evaluate purchasing a new vs. pre-owned item, I always factor in the risk into my purchase price offer. | |
| Does your pet listen to your system? Our collie mix is partial to Beethoven symphonies.We recently had to put my mother-in-law's 19 year old cat, who slept through all types of music.We are moving into a new house in a month and I started singing "our house, it's a very very very fin... | |
| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store Back in the late 70's/early 80's I worked in a high-end store and we would take someone's credit card number or a check we would hold onto, in case the customer didn't return the loaner, but I've never heard of having a potential customer having t... | |
| How to physically move large heavy 100lb amplifiers easily (up and downstairs) In five weeks I'll be moving our stuff from storage to a new house. My audio room is the "bonus room" above the garage, about 15 steps up from the main level. My amp weighs 110# out of the box, speakers are 122# and subwoofers are 133# each. I'... | |
| Streamers, servers, players - woefully overpriced?? I agree, somewhat.I enjoy using a Roon Nucleus Plus server. I could have gotta a maxed out Intel NUC and installed the Roon software and probably saved some coin. But I didn't want to mess with that. As well, the Roon version of that seems real... | |
| House buying and the aspiring audipihile Asvjerry,Good to "connect" with you. I did join the Carolina Audio Society, but I suspect it'll be a while till we meet "in person".No bumper stickers on either of our cars! | |
| House buying and the aspiring audipihile Grey9hound,My daughter has lived in the Asheville area for about 12 years now and we've visited lots of times. Yes, the Mellow Mushroom is a wonderful place. There are other really fine pizza places, Pizza Mind, Galactic Pizza Asheville and we g... | |
| House buying and the aspiring audipihile We sold our house in the DC/Baltimore area and in June moved in with our 22 month old granddaughter and her parents, just a few miles from a new home that we are having built in the Biltmore Lake, NC community, just outside Asheville. November 12... | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? When I was visiting audio dealers in my search for my current pair of main speakers, before entering the sound room, the salesman asked if I preferred "analytic" or "musical" speakers, an interesting question. My preference was for "musical".I fo... | |
| Another equipment recommendation request for DAC with Pre Amp I would add the Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ to the list. It's got an excellent DAC, and is a full-featured preamp, with a wonderful phono input and headphone output.I have owned the original Brooklyn, gave it to my son-in-law. | |
| Is the Roon Nuceus device a good streamer? emergingsoul,There is lots to learn in the new world of digital audio and streaming. With the Roon Nucleus (or Nucleus Plus), the server is connected to the internet and (in my case) to an external hard drive via the USB connection, the second US... |