jimf421
Responses from jimf421
| 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... | |
| What use to burn in power cords? squared80! | |
| Speaker Spikes - Working Principle a good article on the topic https://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/speaker-spikes-and-cones-2013-what2019s-the-point | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! I have had Magnepan MGIIIa speaker for years. I biamp them with a pair of bryston 3Bs. They are light on bass, but I really do not car about strong bass. The bass they have is very clear and not muddy. You need patience in moving them around..I ... | |
| Rhodium plated audio grade wall socket Make sure that all the wires in the house leading to the audiophile sockets are also suitably audiophile grade.... | |
| Outlets and Wire Gauge? - Please help! My Home Theater setup is attached to an isolated ground (ask your electrician). It helps prevent hum. | |
| Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald? Stan Rogers - Both the Mary Ellen Carter and The Last Watch on the Midland are excellent story telling songs. | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus Loudest concert I attended was The Who at the International Ampitheater in Chicago in 1980; my rings rang to the next day. Loudest event, Drag Racing nationals at Chicagoland Speedway...I wore molded earplugs for that event, but you could feel t... | |
| Ripping CD's to hard drive I would recommend ripping only to FLAC, hard drive space is pretty cheap today.... Exact Audio Copy is good, but I found it a bit clunky to use. I have had very good results with Fairstars CD Ripper too. Fairstars is very good at tagging except fo... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? joan baez loreena mckennit emmylou harris |