jameswei
Responses from jameswei
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Lyn Stanley -- Lost in RomanceFlawless performance, expertly recorded and engineered. Very clean sound at 45 rpm. | |
| Looking for a vintage tuner these days Perhaps you already know about the fmtunerinfo site (http://www.fmtunerinfo.com) which has good reviews and comparisons of tuners. I found it helpful when I was trying to figure out what was best bang for the buck. | |
| Thiel is offically going...going...gone. Auction Time Still enjoying my 3.6s. This used to be a great company. Sold and unsuccessfully tried to milk its name. Too bad. | |
| Oppo 103 comparison with an Ayre Codex Yes, dbphd, I followed Tim’s advice and tried it myself. Not only is the SACD blocked, but the signal is also processed/degraded before it goes out the Toslink. Here’s a quote from the manual: "Due to bandwidth limitations, high resolution audio f... | |
| Oppo 103 comparison with an Ayre Codex I use an Oppo 103 as a video source that can also play just music, connected with an HDMI cable to a pre/pro. Is HDMI as good as Toslink for music? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival -- so very clear. Great performance, great engineering, and great vinyl rendition.Eagles Hell Freezes Over -- puts me right into the venue for this live show. I can close my eyes and imagine them in front o... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Morning Flight by the Hiroshi Fukumura Quintet from Three Blind Mice label.Intimate and soulful trombone rendition. Very clean, you-are-there recording. | |
| New versus old top of the line speakers. The box and grill are the same. I think the big attraction is how people remember they liked the sound of the original -- punchy West Coast sound with some emphasis on mid bass and treble.I'm not sure how they would measure up against today's com... | |
| Recommendations for improving visceral impact? I agree with birdfan.Multiple subs would contribute to a more even distribution of bass impact, as well as more bass volume. | |
| Preamps with separate L/R volume controls My old Pass Aleph P had separate left-right volume controls. Very good preamp. | |
| What is your experience with the law of diminishing returns ? When I first started upgrading, I could hear the difference. However, I couldn't always tell if the upgrade was an improvement, just different. Eventually I learned.I hit diminishing returns when I couldn't hear a difference after an upgrade. B... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Three -- Joe Sample, Ray Brown, and Shelley Manne on the East Wind label (Japan), 1976.Side One:1. Yearnin’2. On Green Dolphin Street3. Satin DollSide Two:1. Manha Do Carnaval2. ’Round About Midnight3. Funky Blues | |
| Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing? Well, I fall back on a couple of old demo faves -- Stimela by Hugh Masekela and Spanish Harlem by Rebecca Pidgeon. My go-to standards for male vocal and female vocal.Stimela by Hugh Masekelahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjPrcRjN0VMSpanish Harlem... | |
| Suggestions on a decent FM tuner with a variable headphone output? The McIntosh MR80 was/is a well-regarded FM tuner, and it has a front panel headphone jack with a volume control. They pop-up frequently on the used markets. | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Pasadena, California. Relocated a few years ago from Princeton, New Jersey. Love the SoCal weather. |