immatthewj
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| SACD Players First thing to be aware of is that most SACDs contain both muti-channel and two-channel (stereo), as well as a completely separate CD layer. "Most"? That has not been my experience in the time I have been buying SACDs. I'd go with "some." | |
| Dedicated CD Transport vs DAC I completely sold out to digital in 1989 and as time progressed, so did the quality of the CD playback I bought. Sometime in the late '90s I was listening to three pieces of digital separates (Rega transport, Genesis Time Lens, Muse Model 2 DAC)... | |
| Using biwired cables on speakers with only 2 connections But I tend to think cutting the gauge effectively in half is not a good I tend to think that you are correct. | |
| Amp Stands - Wood or Stone I also wondered if wood would improve my stereo, so, I created Maples wood blocks and used them with different types of cones. I have a few extra, I could list them on Agon if interested. @jab , so did it improve your stereo? | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid Well a 15k speaker today there 15 yo equivalent would be about 4k back then. That’s adjusted for inflation, but does that also apply to or account for the potential for increased performance due to R&D over 25 years? | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid I am also a bit confused, @ozzy62 , but maybe he meant he went with a new set of Von Scheikerts. | |
| Kris Kristofferson @bdp24 , I don’t know beans about the banjo (or any other string instrument) but I could tell just by watching and listening to the guy that he was crazy good. What I really got a kick out of was how deadpan he was the whole time , every time. I ... | |
| Kris Kristofferson @immatthew: Yeah, the lines separating Country & Western, Hillbilly, Bluegrass, Folk, Singer/Songwriter, etc. are not clear cut. And it was---imo---the emergence of Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, etc. that led "mainstream/commercial" Country mus... | |
| Kris Kristofferson ....hang on Willie as you are from a time when country was country and was good music. @garebear , I am inclined to agree with you. I remember growing up in Montana and listening to AM country radio stations and hearing Tammy Wynette and Lorett... | |
| Amp Stands - Wood or Stone I have never heard any amp sound different no matter what it was sitting on. Some people may have a more acute ability to hear than others. I don't, but I do not discount those that say that they do. | |
| Kris Kristofferson @immatthewj I am sure I had heard him on many occasions. In general I stay away from country which morphed into a joke lately. Of course his country genre is not this current genre... You probably have. He wrote and recorded a ton of music. He ... | |
| Kris Kristofferson I just listened to an album of his the FIRST TIME, and I was pleasantly surprised. What a strange coincidence. @grislybutter , he was in a lot of movies as well; he played the part of Billy The Kid in Pecinpah’s ’73 classic, Pat Garrett And Bil... | |
| Kris Kristofferson Wow. Another bummer. He had a great career and it always appeared as if he was enjoying his life, and he did live a relatively long life. | |
| HiFi satisfaction and/ or Musical enjoyment Sounds more to me like you put together a poor sounding main audio system like many people do and you are now in lament. OP has never described his "main system," but how bad could it have been, considering that he claims it cost 25 times more ... | |
| When I listen to my system....... @desktopguy , I meant to also say that adding music to the equation could turn it into a world I didn’t want to leave. I remember the first time I really truly ’heard" Legend Of A Mind, I was like, ". . . yeah, maaaaan . . . nowww I get it . . .".... |