ejr1953
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| 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"... | |
| Anybody want a laugh? I didn't see in the photo where one would pour snake oil into the switch. | |
| Moving company illinois A few weeks ago we sold our home in Maryland and moved our stuff down to Asheville, NC, about 500 miles away.I checked the Department of Transportation site for complaints and found that, if you don't specify, your mover will have you sign a "non-... | |
| You can't have too many bass traps... In the house we recently sold, my "man cave" was a 24’x26’ room. I got the system with the main speakers "dialed in", sounding awesome. Then when I added my sub woofers I discovered that the room had terrible acoustics in the bass region; regardle... | |
| Too good a post to waste I remember back in the late 1970's, when I was a salesman at a high-end store in DC, having lots of visits from a guy who said he was just "kicking tires", not to bother us sales people. On one of my slow days I struck up a conversation and he sa... | |
| What do you sit on? I have a Stressless Buckingham sofa, which seats three, all three seating positions have a recline feature, which isn't a full recline, but I'm able to find that "sweet spot" and can sit for hours. | |
| best vintage stereo receiver In the past I had an Kenwood, Marantz, NAD and Tandberg 2080, the Tandberg was my favorite. | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? My system, with all digital sources, has a P15 power regenerator, DirectStream CD/SACD disk transport & DirectStream DAC from PS Audio, Mytek Brooklyn DAC for streaming MQA, a Roon Nucleus Plus streaming server controlled from my iPad & An... | |
| What are the most used terms that say the least in the "High-End"? "accurate" or "reference" |