ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| New or Old CD Player? Of all the things in audio that are improving at a fast rate now, it's probably the DACs. Your older CD players will have an older DAC chipset in them, so in my opinion, I'd go for "new" in finding a new CD player. | |
| Oppo Ceasing production Wow! Didn't see that one coming!I have a PS Audio memory player. I think they use an Oppo disk unit in that product. I wonder if their parts are used in lots of other name brand products? | |
| ESOTERIC K-07X VS Mcintosh MCD 550 Which is better ? I have a McIntosh preamp and power amp, love their equipment, but feel that "digital" is not their strong point.I have had a PS Audio DirectStream DAC since it was first on the market, and have paired it with their DirectStream memory player, inte... | |
| MQA and the "Pre Ring - Post Ring" Hoax Very interesting post and very interesting responses as well, thank you all for that.Lots of people who have posted here seem to have a LOT of knowledge about this technology. So, I'd like to ask, could the reason those people who like vinyl and ... | |
| Norah Jones - Tidal vs. Hi Res ? I'm not sure the dates or sampling rates from the spreadsheet I received are accurate, it seems that the dates are not. Sorry for that.I do have the "Come Away With Me" SACD and have compared that to the MQA version streamed from Tidal...and the ... | |
| Tube and SS pairs I used to have a McIntosh C50 solid state preamp paired with an MC452 solid state power amp.One of my buddies implored me to try a tube preamp, so I snagged a McIntosh C2500 and immediately noticed that vocals, acoustic guitars, pianos, violins, e... | |
| Norah Jones - Tidal vs. Hi Res ? Someone sent me a spreadsheet of the MQA titles available on Tidal, it's probably at least a month old, but has the Norah Jones albums on it. There are two "Not Too Late" entries on the spreadsheet, both added to Tidal on 10/3/17, both with relea... | |
| Car audio of the future .... car audio of the future = whatever system is in that Uber you are riding in!;-) | |
| New to Digital Patrick,I have a Mytek Brooklyn DAC for MQA, it's a very good unit for non-MQA as well. They have recently replaced that with a Brooklyn DAC+, which has a few small improvements, including an upgrade to a little better ESS DAC chipset. I think t... | |
| What does moving from a 150 watt amp to a 400 watt amp get you? Over the years I've upgraded amps from lower to higher power models, and in every case, the result has always been better sound quality.That may not be attributable to just the extra power. When I've made the jump to a higher-powered amp, it is u... | |
| DAC recommendation You don't see many of them come up for sale, but if you could snag a Mytek Brooklyn DAC (the original model), that might be something to consider.It does MQA, is basically a "pre amp", has inputs for a turntable, excellent headphone amp and a very... | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? McIntosh C2500 pre amp, MC452 power amp, Autonomic MMS-5A server, PS Audio P10 power plant, DirectStream DAC, DirectStream CD transport, Focal Sopra No2 speakers, JL Audio F113V2 sub woofers (2), Sennheiser HD800 headphones, Dell laptop iTunes/T... | |
| Whats your DREAM System that has synergy for your type of music? I'd been "on a tear" with upgrades over the last 4-5 years and now I think I'm "set" with the hardware side of my system. Enjoying learning more about classical music.I use my system and enjoy just about all types of music, except for rap and cou... | |
| McIntosh MA6300 headphone output I am not a big headphone user, but do have a pair of Sennheiser HD800's, which take a lot of power to drive.I used to have a McIntosh C50 preamp, which didn't have much "umph" and couldn't drive the HD800's to very loud levels.I now have a McIntos... | |
| If your system were a car! BMW 7 Series. |