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| Best balanced linestage/preamp for $4000 or less ??? Freya has issues. I’d stay away. The only thing it has going for it is price. I bought one with a Vidar and it was plagued with microphonics and I, like many, had to place heavy items on the case to stop it from ringing.gochurchgo - Is it possible... | |
| Tidal does not post the cost to buy a song or an album on their site Isn’t that what HD Tracks is about?...so-called "hi resolution" downloads for purchase?? I’m a bit of a skeptic about the whole hi rez download thing myself (especially without verification of provenance of the source material) but others seem to ... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Haha...the TEAC (Distinction series) I don't use (much) could be considered a poor cousin to your Esoteric. Likewise, to your Pioneer, I have a Denon 2910 I recently re-discovered. Nice, pre-blueray, universal player. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Using an Auralic Aries Mini into a Schiit Gungnir MB to listen to ripped CDs as well as music from Tidal, Spotify and internet radio (like Radio Paradise that reubent has posted about). Spotify’s Browse/Discover function has been a great way to di... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Thanks to teo_audio for mentioning it. Listening to Hinterland this evening. For me, it might be the best of the 4 Strange Cargo albums William Orbit has put out. Check out, "The Name of the Wave" (crank it up)...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v... | |
| Best balanced linestage/preamp for $4000 or less ??? @oem-wheels Yes...have had one since Jan 2017. Before the Freya, I had an Opera Reference 50 pre (2-6H30 w/an EZ80 rectifier) that I actually preferred to a CJ I auditioned (can’t remember model but line stage with a pair of 6922s). In turn, the s... | |
| Best balanced linestage/preamp for $4000 or less ??? Don’t know about "best" but pretty darn good. Consider auditioning a Schiit Freya. $700 bucks new with a 5 year warranty. 15 days to make up your mind. Run signal to it 24/7 for 10 days. You’ll have 5 for critical listening. If you keep it, replac... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Thanks for checking in, @teo_audioPost some of your preferred listening when you get a chance...doesn't have to be a CD but digital (any format) as preferred here.So, I was unaware of Hinterland. Don't follow William Orbit obsessively but do like... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report William Orbit - Strange CargoTrack 4, Silent Signalshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ7_iI-Um0g | |
| Hidden Treasure If I recall correctly (without digging out the record) Jimmy Page produced the Gypsy Blood album. Didn't know Mason toured with JP. | |
| Sunday Morning Suggestions? Ha...funny, @slaw I listed that on The Minority Report for Sunday evening May 6. Works in the morning or evening. What a gift for melody GH had; some gorgeous ones in that collection. Strictly instrumental...check out Lars Danielsson’s Liberetto r... | |
| Hidden Treasure Not enough attention, plaudits, respect, love, airplay, $ - at least in my O-pinion:Dwight TwilleyGreg Kihn (The Greg Kihn Band)Mason Ruffner - Gypsy BloodShawn Phillips - FacesSmash Palace | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Hi @slaw Yup...agree with you about Nine Lives. Have that (though nothing of his more commercially successful releases like Arc of the Diver or Talking Back to the Night). Steve Winwood gets a lot of respect from me...a darn good guitarist, not ... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report This early evening...Steve Winwood, "About Time"Track 9 here, Horizon...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuk716kqX_k | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Steve Winwood from his "About Time" album: Horizon (track 9)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuk716kqX_k(pardon the less than inspired visual) |