jaytor
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| What’s the most badass $2k amp I can get? +1 for the Parasound A21 or A21+ | |
| Considering an upgrade Thanks for all the comments. The only reason I was considering replacing the PC as the Roon core was to find something that could work in my stereo rack and eliminate the Ethernet cabling. The current PC is not silent so it's located in another ro... | |
| Considering an upgrade Thanks for your reply. Have you used one or the other of these? The CPU performances seems fairly low. How do them do running Roon driving multiple zones, and/or using DSP functionality? Are these generally used as streamers (using the USB output)... | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs These OB subs are unlike any other subs I have heard. If you've heard the bass from large magneplaners, you'll have some idea of what these sound like, but the GR Research OB subs go much deeper and perhaps with more energy than the large panels. ... | |
| New upper trim level Corvette or seven year old used amps? After a few decades of moving up the performance car ladder - ending with a 911 Turbo S, I realized that these cars are totally out of their element on public roads. Driving with any level of responsibility or sanity, the car (particularly the Tur... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really I don't have a turntable any more so I can't really comment on the comparison. But in the past few years of having access to good quality content through streaming, I have discovered more music I love than in the previous 40 years as an audiophile... | |
| Upgrade Speaker Cables or Interconnects You didn't mention power cables on your Triton 2+'s. I have a pair of these speakers and used Blue Jean speaker cables on them for a little while. I upgraded both the PCs and speaker cables and noticed the biggest difference in the speaker cables,... | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs The Line Force is a new design Danny is working on that uses a line array of 16 NEO3 planar magnetic tweeters (the same one used in the NX-Otica) and six NEO10 planar magnetic mid-range drivers. This speaker design is not yet available primarily b... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really The only thing I can postulate is that the surface noise on LPs is masking the digital artifacts that we find most offensive and letting the beauty of the music come through. But if that is the case, it seems like it would be easy to add this kind... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really @millercarbon - that may be (likely is) true but it doesn't answer the question. Why do LPs sound better when the recording was mastered digitally and never converted back to analog before making the CD? It's my understanding (which may be incorre... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really In the late 80's and early 90's, I had what was then considered a fairly SOTA analog system - Goldmund Studio table (T3 arm, can't remember version) with a Koetsu MC cartridge, AR SP10 preamp. But my music collection was slowing moving toward CDs ... | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs @bdp24 - Thanks. If you are interested in hearing them sometime, send me a PM. I live nearby in Portland. It was Danny's Tuesday Tech Talk videos that got me interested in these. I had been seriously considering the Tekton Moabs, but after watchin... | |
| Distance from the front wall for magnepan mg 20.7 +1 for GR Research OB subs. Dipoles generally like diffusion on front wall. Too much absorption will ruin the beautiful imaging and makes them sound lifeless. I made that mistake with Tympani IVs in the past. | |
| rookie questions about used Bryston BDPs I bought an upgraded BDP-2 on audiogon about two years ago to use as a Roon endpoint. The only issue I have had is that I had to replace the little button battery inside which Bryston customer service helped me with. They were very responsive via ... | |
| Any “value” competitor streamers vs Bluesound Node 2i? You may be able to find a Bryston BDP-2 for around $1K used. This is definitely a step up from the Node 2i if you are feeding an external DAC and are running Roon. I've got a BDP-2, as well as several Node 2is which I use for different zones aroun... |