erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| You get to have 3 pieces: 2 speakers and 1 piece of electronics + Turntable... In my current set up, which I consider minimalist, I still have 6 separate pieces of gear (not including the outboard speaker crossovers):- Raspberry Pi music streamer- Mytek Brooklyn DAC- 2 x ICEpower monoblocks- 2 speakers. | |
| Optical digital cables? I've had good luck with the AudioQuest optical cables but to be honest I don't do a lot of comparison of digital cables. Best,E | |
| How much? The thing that keeps me listening by the way is KCSM, which I listen to via the Internet. Maybe you need a good station that keeps pulling you in too? E | |
| How much? Every morning and every evening. More casually in the morning as it's my alarm and motivation while getting ready for work. At night, KCSM, and if I'm lucky on the weekends I'll go through my digital library and pick something I haven't heard in a... | |
| Home theater setup recommendations? Monitor Audio is a fantastic choice for HT, and often on sale. :) | |
| Converter for digital out to analog in to Integrated An even cheaper idea is to run the analog outs of the TV to your integrated if they are there. | |
| I'm still mystified... +1 | |
| Bass and treble levels Many of you have seen this, but here is a great write-up of how recordings changed over time.https://www.shockwave-sound.com/blog/the-loudness-wars-over-compression-and-its-impact-on-music-qual... | |
| Expanding your hobby by expanding love @whart There's lots of little known musicians who are fantastic and could use evangelizing, so get started. :) | |
| DIY - Two kits using similar tweeter to Tekton @gawdbless There’s too much with your question I object to. I don’t believe that money = performance in speakers or electronics. However, from a practical perspective, you usually need to spend 10 times the driver cost to make money at the retail ... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? I’m not sure how tubes are rated, and am by no means a tube amp expert, but if you attach the tubes in bridged mode, instead of push-pull you could get 2x the voltage, or 4x the power. So assuming this is done, it seems quite plausible to me that ... | |
| Bass and treble levels I think it's important to note what we are sensitive to as well. I like tone controls, but my current pre's tone controls definitely dull the sound, even when set to neutral. Sadly, the design and parts quality of tone controls has really diminish... | |
| DIY - Two kits using similar tweeter to Tekton @gawdbless I do read the posts though, but can no way entertain any form of DIY. That’s a real shame, because I think every audiophile needs to at least once in their hobby build their own speaker pair. You’d learn a huge amount viscerally instea... | |
| SPEAKERS, SPEAKERS AND MORE SPEAKERS.. BUT NEED BASS.? How about some JBL monitors? :) | |
| SPEAKERS, SPEAKERS AND MORE SPEAKERS.. BUT NEED BASS.? Not sure how big you are looking for If you are a bass freak and want to feel like it's live, maybe you need some horns? |