ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Is the Roon Nuceus device a good streamer? I have owned a Roon Nucleus Plus server and give it two thumbs up. It's really well designed and made and the USB port is "dead quiet", really good sounding box. It also has the Roon software installed and "automagically" updates itself. I've n... | |
| Audio tax write-off For the 21 years I had my business I did not write off the "office in the home", though it was 100% legit, as it would have figured into the "basis" when calculating the capital gains on my home and its equity.Having said that, I did write off the... | |
| Offer / counter-offer? Audiogon rules One thing I would avoid is dealing with people who want to contact your via "in mail" on the site, then want to negotiate outside of the formal Audiogon "offer" method.I had a guy who said he had all sorts of questions about the unit I was selling... | |
| Shipping. Hard Lesson. We did an "out of state" move in June. When the movers were about to grab my power amp (110#), speakers (122# each), and subwoofers (133# each) I warned them, so they wouldn't hurt themselves, and I was amazed at how easy it was to handle these i... | |
| Perfect sound Now what? I had experiences similar to those who have posted here.When I "finished" my 5-6 year journey, swapping out this, upgrading that, I got my system to the point where I could relax and enjoy the music, as the "sound of the system" was where I wanted... | |
| Shipping. Hard Lesson. I have always kept the original factory cartons, to avoid the story you told. One of my buddies who had a large McIntosh power amp had the same experience with "generic" packing materials. I think he said that purchasing the factory carton was s... | |
| What have you been working on in 2020? My audio equipment is all packed up in the original factory cartons, as we are having a new home built, with a "bonus room" over the garage for my "man cave".I worked with the builder to adapt their "standard bonus room" to make it useful for my l... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? I've been pretty lucky with my purchases, even luckier connecting with people who gave me great advice, which guided me to "listen for myself". | |
| Hegel H590 vs. PS Audio DIRECTSTREAM DAC. I bought the PS Audio DirectStream DAC shortly after it was introduced, and don't use the DAC built into my preamp, thought it is quite good. One thing I really enjoy about the PS Audio is how they distribute firmware updates, usually 1 or 2 a ye... | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? Trust is definitely the glue that holds our society and economy together. In my experience, fortunately most of the people I interact with are "trustworthy", not all, but most seem to be.With regard for buying and selling on this site, whenever s... | |
| Diminishing Returns Years ago, when I could see the "light at the end of the tunnel" for my kids' college expenses, I began a several year journey to change this, upgrade that, etc. My system is at the point now where I'm "satisfied" and like the original post, will... | |
| Is Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) sexist? One of my audio buddies was preparing his house for listing with a real estate agent, who asked that he remove the giant speakers, but he refused, and the agent had the staging company deliver some very large plants to place in front of them for s... | |
| Is imaging reality? I have a system I really enjoy, especially the imaging and sound stage.My wife & I flew to Boston to enjoy Anne-Sophie Mutter playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. When we returned home I played her SACD ... | |
| Musings from old school on High Fidelity I'm thinking that our current "big iron" approach to hi-fi, matching this component with that, using a such and such interconnect, will become mostly a "thing of the past". The younger generations don't seem interested in this approach.I recently... | |
| You know you are an Audiophile when: With regard for how much you've spent on your system, you have "more dollars than sense"... |