jimf421
Responses from jimf421
| 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... | |
| 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. |