jjss49
Responses from jjss49
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. imho the upgrade to the optical rendu is definitely worth it, it is a noticeable improvement in my system, to my ears | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? as i see it there is definitely a proliferation of nosebleed priced gear by many makers... i think it is in response, predictably, to the emergence of top 1% ers in society ... if one looks in stereophile or tas the top categories seems to be excl... | |
| Magnepan LRS Support Group?! @b_limo +1 1.7i's are exceptionally good... and a steal at the asking price, undoubtedly the sweet spot in the line, what a wonderful speaker, highly revealing and utterly pleasureable at the same time better stands really help (i use magna's, ... | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? i will give a quick rundown of my 4 experiences with schiit gear - bifrost mb dac - for 400 bucks second hand, a credible dac, nice warm tone, not the most resolving, little grainy... top of case sheet metal edges a little unfinished to me -- for... | |
| Purchase History go to the main audiogon (not the discussion forum) click your username in upper right hand corner under that pull down, click ’buying’ then the screen will show three tabs, one of which is ’bought’ that shows your purchase history of items | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss folks... i think it best if we collectively provide no energy for the troll... anyone here with a pair of eyeballs and half a brain sees those comments for what they are... joy in diminishing others' happiness and 'there's no right answer other t... | |
| Montreal Audio Show - anyone hear the FR30’s? @aj523 point taken now, if they would send guys with white gloves over to move em when i want to swap in my maggies or big spendors... 😁🤣 | |
| Any love for Musical Fidelity integrateds? musical fidelity has had quite a history, kinda all over the map, high and low points, do things their way, their own path to achieve excellent (nuvista, tube buffers, etc etc) ... their high points are very high e.g. (their tri vista dac is still... | |
| Sad to say I need a new amp… op the small totems are pretty revealing, so you shouldn’t cheap out on the amp - you have a good list i would add, potentially, a lower model hegel or the sony ta1-1es... lovely sound, modest price at the $1300-1700 price level | |
| Best unplugged live unplugged was, imo, one of the few redeeming offerings from mtv too bad it is no more, except for the occasional special i think one problem is that fewer and fewer pop - rock artists have the musical chops to do an unplugged performance (and it... | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? everything in life that can be bought is judged by what it provides relative to its cost... it is just that some judge this aspect more than others schiit audio makes a lot of gear, some very inexpensive, some more expensive, all are well enginee... | |
| Solid State Phono Stages they are at a lower price level but my two faves, that i have kept after trying many over the years is the lehmann decade and the ayre px5e, wonderful sounding, dead quiet, adjustable, high gain i too prefer ss phono stages for the low hassle fac... | |
| Montreal Audio Show - anyone hear the FR30’s? for the asking price it had better be pretty spectacular | |
| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? yes in theory as well as in practice, although care and quality in implementation matters much in each most importantly for me, the larger radiating surface gives a sense of ease in how the music is presented, it flows effortlessly, fills the spa... | |
| Anyone else still loving Hales Speakers? wow it has been years since i heard of hales speakers discussed... very well respected in the day very accurate, precise sound, but hard to drive, as i recall... similar to thiels but more beautiful looking |