fredlobo
Responses from fredlobo
| Bryston amp, pop sound at power down. I had a Bryston pre and monos. Exact same issue. Even if I hit mute! In the end it was the reason I sold them. Bryston was zero help. | |
| Triode Wire Labs I have used TWL for many applications. They are awesome and the best value in the industry. Absolutely recommended!! | |
| “House” Character of Popular $20-$30k Speakers I have tried a few of these. Ended up with Wilsons (they look fine to me). Auditioned the Magicos (M6), way way too clinical for me. Sonus felt boring. | |
| Think ill just go with a lumin I have the Lumin X1 in my main system and am quite happy with it. Most flexible DAC/Streamer I have owned | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other I have the AMG Viella Forte with a Lyra Atlas Lambda Mono and am in love with it | |
| Roon - 10 Things You Don't Know I have been using Roon for years, but there were a few things here new to me. Thx! | |
| Can anyone recommend a good streamer/DAC? I agree with all the votes for Lumin. I have the X1 and am very pleased. | |
| What do/did you do for a living? Tough question. My rez says I am a tech guy. But really I just talk to people all day. Occasionally sign a contract. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Faith by The Cure. 1st press. | |
| Affordable cables Yeah, I am (in theory) an EE, but I have to say that it ALL seems to matter. Some to a greater degree than others. Just replaced my power conditioner and was shocked at how good it sounded.Cables? Yep. You can go quite crazy on them. I have f... | |
| Can you put a Krell in an apartment? Well I live in an apt (in SF no less) and I had no issues installing a dedicated 20A line. I used Cardas outlets. It was a bit spendy at ~$1K all in, but totally worth it. My amps (Vinnie Rossi) don't draw nearly as much as the Krell, and I can... | |
| Phono Preamp I have an integrated phono stage in my Vinnie Rossi L2 that I adore. If I was going separates, I think I would go with the Luxman EQ-500. Every demo of it has been stunning. | |
| CD"S Personally I rip all my CDs to FLAC. I have about 8K titles and having them out was a real pain. Now they are all in storage (wallets) and live on my server. I use Roon to stream to a Lumin X1 that I very much like. When I buy a CD (rare these... | |
| External Linear Power Supplies I use the Illuminati v3 power supply from Mojo-Audio. They are second to none. When I first plugged it into to my SoTM gear I was stunned. Highly recommended. | |
| CD ripper I have over 10K CDs that I have ripped. I just use iTunes to rip to aiff (only because the title mapping is easy). I then transcode to flac with AudioRepair from XiVero. Works like a charm and can correct for some CD errors. Flac, aiff and wav... |