ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Vienna Liszt vs. Focal Sopra No2 I have had my Sopra No2's now for five months and am smitten.Having said that, I auditioned them in a room about the size you mentioned and they sounded "good" but didn't sound "great" in that smaller room, with an 80 watt per channel integrated d... | |
| Speakers that open up at low volume levels They weren't my "cup of tea", but you might want to audition a pair of Harbeth's, if you like that "English sound". If not, I'd recommend auditioning a pair from the Totem Element line as well. Both are very smooth, very musical, great sound sta... | |
| Can you smell your speakers when youre rockin out? Very funny! Never heard of speakers smelling.I received a pair of Focal speakers in September with beryllium tweeters and a notice in the owner’s manual about the dangers of ingesting that metal.I texted one of my audio buddies to see if I should ... | |
| Subwoofer cable recommendations I went thru this process a few months ago, when I received a pair of JL Audio F113V2 subs.I enjoy Wireworld cabling for my interconnects and speaker cables and bought a set of their "Oasis 7" cables with RCA connectors to use with my former Velody... | |
| Best recordings to demonstrate soundstage? Diana Krall "Girl in the Other Room", Beck "Morning Phase". | |
| Modern Jazz (as in recent) Music Suggestions Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Stanley Clarke, Diana Krall, Marcus Miller, Lee Ritenour, Ray Brown, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Jeff Hamilton Trio, Ray Brown, Bob James, Keith Jarrett, Esperanza Spalding, Pat Metheny, Norah Jones to name a few. | |
| Firefox freezes when using Audiogon I am a Google Chrome - Andriod user, no problems with Audiogon on either. | |
| What's your profession? Age? I'm a 62 year old software engineer/consultant/business owner with a music audio system which was about $70k. | |
| Noticed the Patriot Act's effects on PayPal? I haven't experienced dollar limits with PayPal. One of my dealers told me that, using their "friends and family" feature too often, he was nailed by PayPal (not the government), as they caught on to him being a dealer, so I started sending him p... | |
| So many variables with audio Audiophiles often have very strong opinions and aren't shy about sharing them. Some of those opinions are rooted in a high amount of "judgementalism", but this is a hobby, and if you like something that some other "expert" doesn't like, I wouldn'... | |
| Whats the weirdest concert you ever attended? Frank Zappa, 1975. | |
| Scotch? No thanks. Whats the best Vodka.? Grey Goose, then Svedka. | |
| Opinions on the Tandberg 3012 Wow! Hadn't heard the name "Tandberg" in a while.I worked in a Tandberg dealer in DC in the 1979-1981 era, had a TR2080 for quite some time, enjoyed the sound very much. In 1980 my wife & I took a trip thru Scandanavia, stopped and toured th... | |
| Would someone explain what "up sampling" means and how it can affect the sound? I'm a "computer geek", so when I bought my current DAC, I was concerned as well when I read that it upsampled to high resolution DSD as part of its way of operating.I concer with mapman: " Just listen to the DAC and don't worry about upsampling." | |
| Im over Tidal I have my laptop/music server connected to my Comcast router with a wired ethernet connection, as it's on the very far end of the house and the signal is not very strong or consistent, no one's fault, just a long distance from the router.Having sa... |