grislybutter
Responses from grislybutter
| Made in USA I think the State of HiFi product made in a country says a lot about the country's technological state, as in education, innovation, agility and to some extent: appreciation of music. I am surprised (is that good or bad :) ) the US has so many hig... | |
| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. @clearthinker I am in not danger of spending $100 for a MoFi LP, but not even $30. Interesting to hear that that's no guarantee either, it seemed they were somehow worth the big investement. I buy $5-10 albums and about half of them are spectacula... | |
| what cd player ? @innersound300 The Rotel 1570, 1572 both very solid. | |
| what cd player ? Rotel, used | |
| Made in USA besides where it's made, there is where it's designed, where it's owned, where it pays taxes/avoids to pay taxes, where patents are owned, where the parts are made, where the source of the parts are mined, etc. Being from a country that has sunk ... | |
| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. as i did a little research, new pressings are very rarely purely analog. And then what would be the point, you could just get it much cheaper in a digital source | |
| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. @ghdprentice and I know close to 0 about streaming. We are probably the two opposite examples - system-wise, your system is as good as it gets (I know you keep improving it) and I don't just have poor albums but very basic components as well, tha... | |
| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. to me, digital would win, based on "average" sound quality. It varies a lot less than vinyl. I don’t have money for expensive albums, so half of my collection is pretty poor quality. But about 10% of my LPs is way better than any CD, as it has bee... | |
| Chat GPT wrote a poem about digital vs analog sounds pretty 4 grader homework level to me, cute but devoid of any substance or joy | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market @richardmathes that's good to hear. I did read that the Heritage was amazing. I was never too impressed with the Special Fourty. Dynaudio speakers are so musical, my next speakers would be the Contours. | |
| martin logan dynamo 700w subwoofer trouble shooting @m-db I emailed them last night and they responded before I woke up, Pretty amazing service from Martin Logan! Unfortunately the board is busted, and it costs over $220 | |
| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. I received a lot of insight to my question, should be relevant for you: | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? @orenstein Sounds lovely! If only... I am physically at the furthest possible location in the mainland US, San Diego. | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? @orenstein I can come over and take and post your pictures for you :) | |
| Quobuz subscription I had a lot of qobuz troubles both with the quality and the subscription, not going back |