jimf421
Responses from jimf421
| Amazon Selling Used CDs Advertised As New I have been using Discogs for years for used CDs... | |
| Who is Roon? Roon has been great for me...allows me to stream my music library or internet radio to multiple rooms...and gives you "liner notes' on everything. I have not yet played with the DSP functions...but that may be in the future. | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? only if you do not want to play records.... | |
| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. I ended up with my Magnepan LRS+ pointed straight ahead after trying many other positions.. | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. His business is to sell crossovers....so he criticizes speaker manufacturers choices to sell "upgraded" crossovers. | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? CDs are much better if you want to play an album... The artists decided on the songs and their particular order; and sometimes that is what I want to hear. I also find the quality better than streaming much of the time; particularly on blu-ray au... | |
| Room is way too bright. I am afraid it is curtains for you... | |
| Would I benefit with Roon? I was hesitant re Roon, but about two years ago, I started using it and it is completely worthwhile, based on the organization, music discovery and more. It does help if you have a reasonably sized music library. | |
| why expensive streamers I'm with mikhailark on this one.... most do not understand how packetized networking works. | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? I do...when I play CDs, Blu-Ray audio or vinyl, I almost always listen to the whole album...and about 1/2 the time when I stream | |
| Best DAC’S $5k to $15k spending even 5K, much less 15K is no guarantee that you will get superior sound to a DAC costing under 1K | |
| Are You a Swifty? Swifty used to mean fans of the Tom Swift series of books | |
| Songs you use when auditioning gear music I am familiar with and which has a lot of dynamic range. Some of the blu-ray audio recordings on AIX records; Dark Side of the Moon and others. | |
| It's attention, not money, we should budget I agree....there is very little correlation between price and performance and clearly speakers make by far the largest difference, followed by the quality of the recording and then the other electronics. | |
| Ripping CDs I have been very happy with Fairstars CD Ripper... |