james_edward
Responses from james_edward
| Finally Bought Chord Qutest I bought a Qutest about 3 months ago. I’m awful at describing sound characteristics, but I’ll say the FPGA way of doing things just sounds right to my ears. My hat is off to Rob Watts and Chord. I love it. It’s not just another ‘meh’ component ‘u... | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2570169 Post regarding Esoteric. I think their reputation/perception is better than reality. My K-07X transport has failed twice. When working or using its DAC, it sounds superb. | |
| Tune-In Stations With Great Sound I find for New Wave fans like my wife, the station with decent sound and the most varied playlist is 80s80s Wave. I put on the Toronto jazz station Erik recommended and was shocked! to hear a commercial for KEF speakers. I haven’t heard a commerc... | |
| Tune-In Stations With Great Sound Thanks everyone, I've ‘favorited’ those mentioned and will add them to my listening repertoire. | |
| Tune-In Stations With Great Sound I do stream using a Node Icon and Tidal, but for music discovery and listening throughout the day, I like ‘radio’. Keeping it to Tune-In via the Bluesound app makes it a whole lot easier for my wife to navigate. Yes- WXRT is one I’ve found also a... | |
| Is Subwoofer Elevation a Viable Option? Another thought to keep in mind is your floor type. Mine is a wood floor over a basement, and the floor would sing along with the sub a bit. I elevated the sub just enough using these- Aperta SUB Series - Subwoofer Isolation | IsoAcoustics They... | |
| Bluesound Node Icon Owner Impressions Thanks Soix, I feel validated that I'm not just imagining the SQ degradation via Ethernet. Guilty- I am using an ethernet cable that is low end to say the least. It's flat, so I doubt it's twisted pairs in there. I have a split level house, and ... | |
| Bluesound Node130 LPS upgrade... I have a Node 2i, and since the new Nodes are days away, I’m wondering if the internal upgrades Bluesound promises may negate the power supply upgrades. I don’t know, but I’d wait until some reviews are out. I love the OS, so I’m hoping for the b... | |
| B&W Subwoofer speaker repair Philly area Just a thought- I had an amp issue with my Hsu sub- a local repair shop(highly regarded) quoted me $445 for replacing the amp. I contacted Hsu and had a new one shipped to me for $250. I DON’T blame the shop- they’re in business to keep the lights... | |
| Open baffle speakers What tangramca said… I have a problematic asymmetrical room, and try as I might, I couldn’t get sufficiently satisfying bass without then overloading the room at high volume. I now use Spatial Audio M3 Turbo S speakers, and the problem is gone. ... | |
| EVS Music Purifiers - Amazed by how much improvement they make! Anyone else try them? I use the Walker High Definition Links and would not want to be without them. They seem to remove an edge that you’d otherwise maybe not notice. Is it RF noise? I don’t know. Mine are across the speaker terminals- I have a long length of wire (~24... | |
| Off-axis compensated for by balance adjustment IF you do most of your listening off-axis, as I do, you might want to try more aggressive toe-in. Because of the extreme toe-in, the closer speaker is firing away from you more, while the farther is more directly aimed at you in the off-axis spot.... | |
| SVS Subwoofer Connection I had the exact same question- I had been running separate speaker wires to my subs from my amp. Audiogon Discussion Forum The short answer is you can just jump from the speaker post to the sub. I know your specific query was sub to speaker, but... | |
| Clayton Shaw Acoustic Lab's Caladan open-baffle speaker ($3295/pair). I’ve heard Bache speakers several times- in a home and at an audio show. They sounded great both times- he puts his heart and soul into a design, and you can hear it. I have a very problematic room and use open baffle speakers because of their les... | |
| Sub Wiring Chuckt, You’re striking out… The C26 is just a preamp, so it doesn’t really have any power to drive a passive speaker ( speaker without its own amplifier). I looked at your preamp- the output you are referencing just would not work with your cen... |