jallan
Responses from jallan
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. I started in 1972 with Advents, Sansui 2000x, and Dual 1215S with Shure M91E, as a 15 year old paperboy. Upgraded constantly for 10 years, then sat mostly tight for 3 decades while raising kids and doing a career with lots of moves. Now, I have fu... | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home Folks are hostile to MQA because there is no trust where funny business that is not explained is going on. I was appalled at Absolute Sounds promotion of it. It sounds like an attempt to reproduce the flaws of vinyl- overly smooth, rolled-off high... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound My experience is that in general high res Quboz sounds better than anything else on my stereo. Tidal MQA are more variable, usually sounding smoother and warmer, more like vinyl (I interpret as MQA adding pleasing distortions). Sometimes, as with ... | |
| Does an Audioquest Niagra 1200 limit amplifier dynamics? My Niagara 1200 resulted in a noticeable improvement in noise floor reduction and increase in inner detail while not limiting dynamics at all, replacing earlier generation PS Audio gear. Big thumbs up. | |
| Neutral Dac? I am very happy with my Yggdrasil. Music has life and drive. So, I disagree with those that say the entry point is $5K or above. I’ve heard those too. | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? That video of the balloon guy was amazing. I have never heard mono that can remotely match the depth and location information that a stereo speaker set can. | |
| The character of analog and digital Add my voice to the chorus, welcome back Millercarbon! | |
| 100% USA designed & made DAC I love the sound of Schiit Dacs. They have drive…from the Modi Multibit to the Yggdrasil. | |
| Low buzzing through speaks My guess is that you are connected to a cable tv and or an internet cable and are getting ground issues. They are spooky. Might use a cheater plug on the Mac to see, and if it helps, then I would suggest a hum buster transformer plug for the Mac o... | |
| Post binding for crude tone control I have SCM40’s too that replaced SCM 35’s. I have biwired them, using the stock jumpers. I had originally tried fancy jumpers from Cardas, but the sound was smoothed too much. I was surprised that I preferred the stock jumper plates. These spe... | |
| The Music Room Erie CO I agree, my experience was outstanding as well | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? Sansui 2000x, Large Advents, Dual 1215S, Shure M91E, lamp cord. 1973! | |
| The MoFi Mess and TAS rolling over for them Just maybe the creation of the vinyl record creates pleasing distortions, and maybe the revelation here is that the purported superiority of vinyl over digital is an emperor with no clothes. That’s what my ears tell me, anyway. | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer Not close. My Aurender N100H was vastly superior to my Mac Mini and Mac laptop as a source. Not remotely close… | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? Used Marantz Model 7 for $200 in 1976! Double Advents Schiit Yggdrasil GS (biggest personal bargain) |