ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Balanced vs RCA between amp/preamp Tidbit about XLR cables and plugs.In the late 70's I worked as a salesman at Shrader Sound in the Georgetown neighborhood in NW DC.Bill Shrader was long out-of-the-picture, and the silent partner who kept the business afloat was Jim Canon, who dev... | |
| How do I smooth out violins? I used to have a McIntosh C50 solid state preamp and swapped it out for a C2500 tube preamp, and that change not only smoothed out violins, acoustic sounds (voices, pianos, guitars, etc.) also seemed to sound more "natural" to me. Then I swapped ... | |
| C2600 recommendations I've enjoyed a C2500 now for two years, swapped out the stock tubes for Gold Lions, immediately noticed a difference, especially in the midrange. I don't use the internal DAC. I suspect the main sonic difference between the C2500 & C2600 wou... | |
| Mcintosh C2500 DAC section I have found that of all the audio products out there, the DAC seems to be the one which is undergoing the most improvement now. I've had a McIntosh MAC6700, C50 and now C2500 and with all of those have been using a PS Audio DirectStream DAC, a M... | |
| Qobuz Windows App Since my last post on this subject in February, I gave up on the Qobuz Windows app. When I investigated further, I found that the app freezing was a really common problem, one that Qobuz support admitted they were working on. I’d say it ran only a... | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? I have a McIntosh C2500 tube preamp and MC452 solid state power amp, driving a pair of Focal Sopra No2's. In my search for a new pair of speakers, I found the MC452 was the best match for the Sopra's, brought out the best soundstage, smooth but d... | |
| eqipment on 24/7? I power all my equipment down when I'm done listening. I do find that, after powering it back up, it takes 10-15 minutes for it to "warm up" and sound its best. | |
| MC462 enough to handle Revel Salon 2’s? I have a McIntosh MC452 driving a pair of Focal Sopra No2's (91 db efficiency rating) and when I'm really cranking it in my 24 x 26' "man cave" the needles dance around the 4.5 watt mark.I see the Ravel Salon 2's are listed as 86.4 efficiency rati... | |
| Qobuz Users Update? I was a Qobuz beta tester and after my free month signed up for the service, using their Windows10 app, which was dreadfully unreliable, so after a few weeks cancelled my subscription.I recently converted my Roon setup from having the core run on ... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong Erik, thanks for the post, always an interesting read:-)... I second that! | |
| Has anybody tried Qobuz Streaming service? I had the Qobuz Windows app installed on a powerful Dell machine, and found it only functioned about 20% of the time, when it did, I enjoyed its selection of classical music and though I think the sound quality of MQA from Tidal vs. hi-res from Qo... | |
| Focal Sopra 2's vs Titron GoldenEar Reference speakers I have had a pair of Sopra No2's since they first came into the U.S. It's been mentioned by others the importance of matching an amp to this (and in my opinion) or any speaker for that matter. I first auditioned the Sopra's with a Naim integrate... | |
| Ordered a Roon Nucleus Plus Got the Nucleus Plus placed on my wall unit, connected up, attached the USB drive with the backup of my Roon database, imported it into the new unit, adjusted some of the settings and checked it out, playing only one song, nice!The unit doesn't co... | |
| Ordered a Roon Nucleus Plus UPS truck arrived a little while ago, but the driver could not locate the package...good thing it was sent requiring a signature... | |
| Ordered a Roon Nucleus Plus I ordered the unit on Monday, 5/27, with UPS showing a delivery on Thursday, 5/30, then Friday, 5/31, then Monday, 6/3 (when I'd be out of town, so I had it rescheduled for Tuesday, 6/4), then it somehow got lost in their system, UPS asked me to o... |