jji666
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| Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good? A rising tide lifts all boats. A better system makes it sound better, but doesn't give the illusion of a well mastered recording. And if played right after a well mastered one, the difference can be striking until your ear adjusts. Agree that ... | |
| Vinyl Repair? Preheat oven to 250F. Place turntable in oven and place vinyl on platter. Close oven for 5 minutes then play the damaged area on the record. Turn preamp to "DAC." | |
| What is the Bu-ray plauyer that you are using? Oppo BDP-105 is a great swiss army knife. Good Blu-Ray player and also has 2 HDMI inputs and decodes audio through its DSS Sabre DACs. | |
| Upgrade path question with $2k to spend Definitely, definitely take out the Yamaha. Doesn't matter how expensive it is or good it is for multichannel listening. You want a 2 channel amp with some toroids. Either an integrated or a preamp/amp combo which has home theater bypass. The... | |
| The best way to start adding A=analog to my system You gotta grow into vinyl. Getting a big enough library can be very expensive these days and so I find myself listening to digital for long periods, then short bursts of vinyl for a few days/weeks, then digital, etc. So I suggest not investing t... | |
| The Law of Accelerating Returns TAS is the Fox News/CNN of audio publications. A clear agenda outside of reporting on audio. I've never forgiven them for their 4-part series on digital audio where they reported the original file on the hard drive sounded better than a copy on th... | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? It all depends on how you like to spend your time. Sometimes I just want to listen, but other times I’m in them mood to explore and tweak. So I have 6 separate means of amplification (monoblocks, solid state power, tube power, classic, newer) 4 s... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? Click click push. There, just changed from sigma delta to NOS DAC. Sounds different. Even my wife sister can hear the difference. | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? I just added a used Gumby and I think it has an enjoyable and interesting sound. IMHO DACs do not sound hugely different from each other, but the R2R NOS sound is definitely a little distinct. I think it's great to switch back and forth between t... | |
| Let me explain something to you jive turkeys. | |
| Best double live vinyl? The Kinks - One For the Road. Although my copy didn’t have enough pot dust in the crease… | |
| Warning for Revel lovers Just adding my sympathies for the frustration. High end isn't always what is advertised or implied. To me this was only about communication, and Revel/Harman/Samsung may not even have a process or department for it. Our Miele built-in refriger... | |
| Speaker positioning: why do audiophiles neglect this so much? Do the best you can and then enjoy the gear and the music. How do audiophiles sleep at night suspecting that their system is only 97% of what it could be? How can you stand it? I guess that is Darwinism at play. The happy, satisfied tribe got wip... | |
| Buying used vs new speakers from a technology perspective My $.02: its price to performance. Generally better with used speakers but there may be something you can only get with the new model but you'll pay -- the ratio will be higher. However, I do like that many of y'all just HAVE TO have the newest ... | |
| Check this system out! His is bigger than mine… |