jji666
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| Looking for a true upgrade in sound quality You could try a different DAC. Many people who actually understand networking are very skeptical of network tweaks. Switches and network cables don’t have a sound, except silence when not working. | |
| Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp What is it with the orthodoxy guard dogs in these threads? Part of the problem, other than rudeness, is that a baseline set of definitions is never established before the debate even starts. I was speaking specifically of lightweight streamers wh... | |
| Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp I’d rather sit with Alvin then Amir for sure! | |
| Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp poor advice, and the words of someone with little/no experience comparing streamers and/or has a system or ears incapable of revealing the differences. Or maybe someone who has spent a lot of time with streaming tech, has a good system with lot... | |
| Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp Streamers don’t have a sound and I agree software would be the focus. I would include Roon ready as a requirement because you may want that option at some point. REL subs are fast enough to keep with Maggies. If you use DWM bass panels keep the... | |
| Elvis Costello's favorite album of his own. Most people don't know that members of his backing band for his first album (band name Clover) became "the News" for Huey Lewis. Or, at least some people don't know that... | |
| Why Preamps Thump on Turn on My Levinson ML-26 preamp has no power button. When it's plugged in or unplugged, it releases horrid noise way worse than a thump. I was always careful but we had some sort of power glitch and the preamp went off while the power amp still had some... | |
| How cheap can you go and still be happy with the sound? Let's not be ridiculous. Good sound has a cost and it should. I don't think there is anything under $10k-$15k that would qualify. And we wonder why the word "audiophile" has a pejorative connotation. This is just a tad elitist. One can "love au... | |
| Is the idea of audiophile listening a dying concept as boomers die off? The difference is that affordable and even non-music-dedicated gear offers much closer to quality audio reproduction than it did in past generations. Phones and bluetooth speakers sound pretty good! So the younger generation doesn’t have to do ... | |
| Comparison of various subwoofers for 2 channel audio Another vote for REL and also to swarm subs. REL subs are truly tuned differently...they seem to add a lot of space and air to the signal and aren't just about thump. They are also very fast. Swarming has helped eliminate bass nodes. | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? Go balanced and then don't worry about it! | |
| Importance of streamer in audio chain Let's just agree to disagree. | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? I think it's unreasonable not to demo anything they have in the store, boxed up or not. Unless it's already sold. If the OP wasn't trying to take it home, that's just not great business. At least the OP didn't actually make the drive! | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? No. Lots of punk and metal aren't recorded well, and can be some of the best music of all time. | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? Box set: Life House box set by the Who. If you like this album, indulge! Single title: I think it was Kruder & Dorfmeister's 4-disc K&D Sessions. Also up there would be Mike Ness's 2 country albums. |