jc4659
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| Anybody watch the Grammys tonight? Ben Platt was excellent, most everything else including political messages was embarrassing. On the positive side, subwoofers should sell well. The industry is being led in the wrong direction despite the plethora of talent out there. JMHO. | |
| Recordings with incredible effects or imaging that we may not know about Another vote for Andreas Vollenweider "White Winds" and "Caverna Magica." Main instrument is electro acoustic harp but also lots of synth, some percussion and effects. Well recorded, very good separation, and ambience if your system allows. WW ... | |
| DAC for 2016 MacBook Pro I use an Ayre Codex dac with my MBP via phasure Lush USB cable and an ISO Regen from Uptone Audio. I listen to CDs using a Meridian player with Toslink digital out to the Codex. The music via USB is excellent. Just remember to remove the Mac c... | |
| What music or equipment gifts did you get for Christmas this year? My gift from my wife was neither audio equipment nor music. She is always kind enough to listen to new cables or a reclocker or whatever, if I ask for her opinion but really has no interest in the hobby. Me? My fantasy career was to become a mu... | |
| Equalization @stereo5 You are a liberated audiophile! | |
| Isolation transformer for laptop charger? I don't think so but thanks for the suggestion 🙂 | |
| Isolation transformer for laptop charger? Imhififan:. I took your advice and unplugged the charger and holy cow what a difference. The noise floor must have dropped. The music became more dynamic, clear, holographic, and the soundstage opened up. And best of all this tweak was free. T... | |
| No love for Verity? Agree with the above comments. These will get you off the Merry-go-round. They are very musical, well made and beautiful too. I bought my P.E.s a few years ago and love them. Probably my last pair of speakers and I have owned (or still own) Pro... | |
| Isolation transformer for laptop charger? Got it. Thanks, Jim! | |
| Isolation transformer for laptop charger? If this means that the "hot" slot is consistently the shorter one (across all outlets used for my audio system) then I can get a "polarity tester" and check it. | |
| Isolation transformer for laptop charger? @imhififan,Thanks for the link and the suggestion. The MBP should run quietest from its battery I would think. if it makes a difference then all I need to do is remember to disconnect the charger when listening to digital files, and more importa... | |
| Lowering the noise floor Sometimes you don't know how much noise you are hearing until it's gone. Have you ever been in a room that you thought was quiet and then suddenly the room becomes dead quiet and you realize that the humming noise from the compressor in the refri... | |
| Amp upgrade advice @randy-11: Completely agree with your comment on room treatments for a room this size. | |
| Michael Fremer's system @mr. m. It's called "put your money where your mouth is." I see nothing wrong with what he said so I respectfully disagree with you. Fremer is very fortunate to have a system of that caliber. | |
| Current recording engineers - what cables used? @maplegrovemusic +3 on the pink floyd article. Thank you! It seems that much of the perfection that goes into the sound; the placement of instruments, the room itself, the equipment, the cables is lost when the final product (millions of units in... |