hickamore
Responses from hickamore
| Hooked up Shiit Mani incorrectly Another good reason why preamps should not include a phono stage. Would be an easy mistake to make for those not paying careful attention. | |
| Are you on or off? What say you? Early 1980s gave up golf, wine collecting and audio tweaking for work, marriage and gardening. Forty years later returned to the first three with a mature garden to tend. Handicap will never reach single digits, audio system will never reach the a... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? @riccitone Like you I have a Furman now containing only FM tuner and tape deck. Believe I will move streamer and DAC from AudioQuest conditioner back over to Furman and see whether I get similar results. Thanks for the tip! | |
| Tidal or Qobuz MQA is simply unlistenable (to me). Heard enough of that in one night to last a lifetime and switched immediately to Qobuz. Conductor control app can be a pain, but the SQ, not to mention the breadth of catalogue . . . no other streaming service ... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? "Better yet, separating digital front end with a separate power bar from the one used for the preamp and power amp." @riccitone Does everyone do this? Sounds reasonable to me . . . | |
| DAC as pre amp @knotscott +1 @audioman58 If the T+A DAC 200 had a second analog input I would try it as a DAC/Pre combo. | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! @cat_doorman +1 | |
| Speakers versus Balance vs Amplifier @carlsbad2 What brand of hearing aids has the "HIFI music" setting? Can't wait to try them . . . | |
| Time of Day for best Sound My experience mirrors that of @ghdprentice and @yoyoyaya, and this has been quite consistent over the years, with Sunday evening after 9pm being absolute prime time. Seems the result not just of lower in-home power competition, but of neighborhood... | |
| New Aurender conductor V4 app "It doesn't have the Play triangle on the album's song listing showing which track is currently playing." I would consider that a major defect. Does it allow user to select cuts to play from a Qobuz playlist? | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? Dylan, Blood on the Tracks (his best material & sonics) Fleetwood Mac, Eponymous, 1975 (ditto) Pink Floyd, Dark Side (material -- Floyd sonics are consistently fine) Counting Crows, August and Everything After (abundance) Neil Young, Afte... | |
| Class A integrated amp recommendations @ where test | |
| Why is Audiogon insisting on a verified physical address in order to post? This is a test. Tried posting and was asked to verify phone #. They sent a code which I dittoed. Physical address already on file. | |
| Power cable from wall socket to power strip A dealer friend on this forum is currently making custom power cables and sold one to me specifically for wall-to-conditioner which serves line preamp, DAC, streamer and subs. Current cable is 10 already AWG, but dealer says his will sound more op... | |
| Would a real butcher block be going to far? My TT rests on a new Boos 2" hard maple block perched on springs. FWIW, low frequency resonances have been reduced versus sitting naked on the rack shelf. |