ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Just wondering... kalali,For the last 4-5 years I pursued my system upgrades and find that the best sound comes from components and accessories which work well together. Having said that, I think that having better quality earlier in the process is a good thing, s... | |
| DAC for CD transport I have had a PS Audio DirectStream DAC since it was a relatively new model. I snagged one of their PerfectWave CD transports on Audiogon, along with an I2S cable, to use that output/input setup, sounds great!The DirectStream DAC uses an FPGA, so ... | |
| Any News on MQA Lately? Lots of great info here, thank you everyone for what has been contributed.In my travels, one of the audio salesmen I encountered said that "remasters" oftentimes were the reason why newer versions of the same old music sounded better, especially w... | |
| Any News on MQA Lately? The "re-mastering" comment is (to my way of thinking), key. If I understand the advantages of MQA, it's that the removal of "blur" requires that they go back to the "analog to digital" point in time and fix it at that point, so when the DAC does ... | |
| MAC Book Pro Computer vs Aurender N100h vs Aurender N10 Music Servers My dealer steered me to the Aurender N10, when I was having intermittent problems with my Autonomic MMS-5A server, which went back to the factory to have the hard drive "re-imaged". I record CDs and purchase hi-res files from HD Tracks, all AIFF ... | |
| Has anyone NOT listened to their system for a long time? My wife and I took the "trip of a lifetime", three weeks in East Africa, including an incredible safari! Three weeks away from my "man cave" is probably a record amount of time! | |
| Any News on MQA Lately? Aside from the technical details, I'm guessing that if MQA doesn't gain "traction" in the marketplace by the end of next year, it'll go the way of SACD/DSD.I'm reading that Warner Music is working on converting many of the albums in their catalog ... | |
| Any News on MQA Lately? The big question will be if the market goes for MQA. Without a large enough catalog of music, I don't see the DAC makers investing in making their units MQA-compatible.The MQA folks have said that non-MQA-compatible DACs will be able to play back... | |
| Why So Many Raidho Speaker For Sale? I discovered Audiogon about two years ago, and have been surprised at how many relatively new items have been offered on the site, for considerable discounts from "retail".I have made two purchases where the seller said they were condition 9 out o... | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? After 4-5 years of upgrading my hardware, piece-by-piece, to the horror of one of my audio buddies, I think I'm "done" with system upgrades for the foreseeable future. I've got hardware I really like, "dialed in" to the "man cave", now I'm teachi... | |
| Sopra No.2 Overpriced? Eric,Back in the late 70's, early 80's I worked in high end audio, back when Yamaha was a "more exclusive" brand. One week, some folks from Yamaha corporate visited and one of their chief engineers said that, to put a model into production, it ha... | |
| Sopra No.2 Overpriced? To say something is "over priced" or not, only the marketplace determines that.My friends who consider Bose to be "high end audio" are shocked at how much my equipment costs...so to them it's all "over priced".When I took Econ100 back in the day t... | |
| Am I the only one to opt-out on the Sopra 2's? I am one of the people who has been smitten with their Sopra No2's. I auditioned a lot of excellent speakers before selecting them, nothing "wrong" with the other's, just not my preference.When I first auditioned the Sopra's, it was in a smallish... | |
| Best DAC for over 2000 I have enjoyed a PS Audio DirectStream DAC for now about 18 months, no plans to change.My dealer highly recommends the Bricasti M1, thinks it's a step up from the PS Audio. He's not steered me wrong on any of my purchases. I'm perfectly satisfie... | |
| Berkeley Dac 2 or PS audio DSD or Schiit Yggs? I have enjoyed a PS Audio DirectStream DAC for about 18 months now and it still puts a grin on my face!Yes, it does do DSD, but the sound quality from "regular old fashioned" 44.1/16bit PCM is just awesome!Another thing I really like about the PS ... |