gdnrbob
Responses from gdnrbob
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID @OP, Congrats, and enjoy. Heck, join the club.I hope to see Pete soon and help him with some marble plinths.Bob | |
| New Breaker Box-Should I upgrade? Don't let the door hit you on the way out.B | |
| Speaker manufacturers or box manufacturers with off the shelf drivers? I'm the expert here when it comes to questions like this ğŸ¤Yeah, right.B | |
| Through unfortunate circumstances........ And, given the age of the equipment, I would have it checked out.The caps on the amplifiers will probably need replacing.Bob | |
| Looking for a DAC w/ balanced XLR line out, budget $1k Unfortunately, balanced line out players don't come cheap.I recommend an Aurender A10- way above your budget, but after getting a N100 after my Bluesound Node, I can honestly say it is superior.Bob | |
| Integrated tube amp with usb dac advice please I would rather purchase the DAC separately from the preamp.Considering how DAC technology is moving, buying an All-in-One, means you are stuck with possibly outdated tech-unless the manufacturer offers upgrades.Bob | |
| Looking for a DAC w/ balanced XLR line out, budget $1k A used Ayre Codex or a Schiit Gungnir Multibit. The former might be a bit more, but I have seen a few just under $1k. The Gungnir should be under $1K.To be honest, the Codex is the better of the two.Bob | |
| Through unfortunate circumstances........ You only need a DAC if you want to stream music/play music from a digital source(computer/NAS) or play music from a CD transport (a CD player has the DAC built in).It also depends upon how 'high-end' you want to go, as separate DAC's will provide ... | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. @erik,Oh, yeah, I heard of Jarrett. But, thanks for reminding me. I have to cue up some recordings of him, too.Also, The Coltrane 'Ballads' was pretty good.What would you experts recommend next?Bob | |
| Looking for Speaker Thoughts If you don't like a harsh/non fatiguing tweeter, I would stay away from ribbons.My 2 cents.B | |
| New Breaker Box-Should I upgrade? To all. I have a two separate stereo systems. As well as, separate lines for computers/network/washing machine and dryer, etc.B | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. Hmm, McCoy Tyner.Now I have another artist to listen to.B | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. I just saw this and am listening to Ballads, too.Coltrane was never my fav either, but I always wondered why so many sing praises, so here I go...Bob | |
| Axe to grind know it alls @erik_squires .You might be on some peoples list, but not mine.@OP,I concur with your assessment. For me, I just scroll past those threads.@jl35,I agree, many of these posters have a knack of derailing threads.B | |
| Building an AUDIOPHILE friendly PC from scratch so what is a must to consider in 2020? I forgot Keetakawee (Fidelizer) also makes the Nmitra: https://www.fidelizer-audio.com/nimitra-computer-audio-server/ for the money, it seems to be a nice deal.Bob |