jji666
Responses from jji666
| I Am Not an Audio Snob Snob is in the attitude not the knowledge or the hobby. I see it most here when (1) someone is telling another that their system isn't resolving enough or that it needs to be upgraded to meet their projected requirements (or worse, to win some a... | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance Before determining speakers are too warm, too bright, too something...toe in, toe out. | |
| Bacch Dsp, True stereo? Honest and not critical question: how does this not undo the intentions of the recording engineers? | |
| I am streaming , how can I play music when provider goes down. Audioman: if you are referring to your internet service, its going down should not keep you from accessing local files. What you are seeing is that Roon stops working when the Internet is down. What you need is a Roon alternative that plays loc... | |
| Bought a system without auditioning, thoughts? Hard to imagine it will sound bad. But you have set yourself up for a lot of post-purchase tweaks and swaps so probably not the most cost efficient way of doing it. Nonetheless, that looks like a hell of a fun time to set up! | |
| Best set-up under $20K I love all these amp and speaker recommendations. It's like recommending a paint job on a ship with a big crack in the hull. +100 on the posters suggesting the digital chain drastically needs an upgrade before any other gear should be consider... | |
| WHY CABLES MATTER! When I’ve been involved in deep disagreements with someone I usually go the reductionist route - i.e. trying to find the fork in the road between our beliefs so as to find the common ground before it. In this case, I suggest the most productive c... | |
| What was your first record? Same day in third grade: Kiss, Rock and Roll Over and Destroyer. Came with stickers. | |
| If I rip all my CD's to flac files do I still need a CD transport? Rip CDs, put files in NAS and sell CDs to fund other hifi purchases!! This is copyright infringement by the way. If you sell the CD you’re selling your right to the copyright. Anyway, EAC is a great piece of software. Configuration is complex ... | |
| If I rip all my CD's to flac files do I still need a CD transport? Any optical drive that rips 100% with Exact Audio Copy is the same as any other one. You don't need a fancy drive as long as you are getting good rips as EAC reports. Try Roon as the front end software...also happens to stream Tidal and Qobuz. Y... | |
| What happen to MQA on Tidal? People can think what they want of MQA sound. The most objectionable part was the end to end equipment requirement. This grand patent licensing scheme and you know the record companies wanted that for DRM. Those end to end schemes always leave ... | |
| Home network Fibre optic vs Ethernet Actual network professionals will tell you that you're not going to get a sound bump from fiber. Or any change in networking as long as the data is getting there. There may be edge cases where poorly designed or malfunctioning devices have some po... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? I have actively bi-amplified my Magnepan 3-series using an external active crossover (Marchand). You have to have a decent crossover or it’s a waste. My take was that the active bi-amping was a complete sea change in sound. As it should be since ... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? This is a 3.5 year old thread but I haven't done anything yet - I have newer gear of similar quality that works fine and I've been using that. If I recall correctly, the repair price quoted from a Levinson authorized repair center for the ML 23 w... | |
| I have perfected my network for the nth time Some people just troll these sites looking for arguments. That's not fair. You post because you want feedback. But you only want the feedback that agrees with you. |