jji666
Responses from jji666
| What is your audio axiom? Music first. And there is no absolute sound, only the sound you prefer. | |
| How close are you to being to your endgame? My system outline and I'm almost there. I think the idea of "endgame" is like trying to reach the horizon. The next chapter may not be about sound quality. It can be multi-channel, or video, or having a vinyl collection sufficient to compete with the variety that streaming offers. ... | |
| Home-Made Multi-Subwoofer S.W.A.R.M System Swarm is the way to go! I have 4 REL Britannia subs on my 2-channel system. Each tuned very low. | |
| Seeking Advice to Improve My Audio System ($1000 Budget) Yikes...so many conflicting opinions and some frankly pretty weird posts. OP: I hope the one thing that comes out of this for you is that decent audio is more of a process than it is a stopping point, and that you will need to find gear that is ... | |
| Any modern rock recommendations? Catching up on rock from the last 45 years! ---Benjamin Booker ---Cadillac Tramps ---Craig Finn and his various bands ---Turbo ACs ---Queens of the Stone Age There is really lots of great rock music. As good as it ever was. It’s just not ... | |
| the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile BMW 545i. The system in that car was better than my home system and I really hadn't realized what I was missing. Took a few years to match it but of course now I've lapped that BMW several times over, but it's still a helluva fun thing to cruise... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Sticky Fingers side 2. Kruder & Dorfmeister - the K&D Sessions - Record 2 Side B. | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes I have found I prefer the sound of the ones over the zeroes. Not that the zeroes are bad, but the ones are sharper and have more detail, while the zeroes are smoother but it is hard to tell when they begin and end. | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" Unless double blind testing includes long-term listening, my take is that while it can be useful to determine IF there is a difference, it is not useful in determining which is "better" to us. Analogy: many times I have eaten at a restaurant and ... | |
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? It's not primarily budget. Sure you can't build it out of soup cans and wire, but good sound is more about knowledge and effort and not $$$. | |
| Ortofon carts are too hot for my phono preamp? I can vouch for the cable from turntable to phono stage make a big difference. Interesting. But neither of my TTs has removable cables...aren't we talking surgery to replace those? | |
| Ortofon carts are too hot for my phono preamp? It’s not obvious to me that the phono stage per se is responsible for the “problem”, if it even is a problem. It's not obvious to me either, other than by process of elimination it is the combo of those carts with that phono pre that yields dis... | |
| Ortofon carts are too hot for my phono preamp? Not too bright, actually. There's no sibilance, for example. Too hot - as in loud transients and other loud passages seem to be creating distortion, and doesn't seem to occur with my other phono pre. In general, I enjoy the sound. But every t... | |
| Ortofon carts are too hot for my phono preamp? "I just set inputs on the preamp to 2.8v - up from 2.0." What does that mean? And are you referring to the phono stage or to your linestage? Referring to my line stage, just in case the distortion was happening there. It may actually be both,... | |
| Ortofon carts are too hot for my phono preamp? Thanks! Well I suppose a passive line stage would be similar. I do worry about loss of quality with such measures. |