jjss49

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Qutest + Node 2i coax issue
 
Best way to connect Mytek Brooklyn Bridge to Hegel H390?
to me the mytek sound is too bright... unnaturally brightyour best bet is to run the node 2i spdif rca out into h390 use its dac... be sure to pick the right setting on the node 2i pertaining to mqa - mqa content from tidal should sound very balan... 
Best way to connect Mytek Brooklyn Bridge to Hegel H390?
iirc the bridge will not work as a network streamer and deliver a digital signal out... it will always run its digital inputs through its onboard dac, and thus it provides only analog outputs to a downstream device, not digital ones for another ou... 
Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty”
Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty”i have been looking for 30 years, haven't found em yet - let me know when you do ok? 
What are you streaming tonight?
ulf wakeniusnotes from the heart (tribute to kj)wonderful!!qobuz 
Amplifier brand/designer with the most unique and consistent “house sound?”
Ayre amps seem to darken the room, as if they could suck the noise out of it and leave you with less of your room and more of the music. It’s a very distinct feeling.to what erik said, i would expand with following points on the ayre ’sound’...1) ... 
Asking Audioresearch about tube replacement on my LS 26
@audiosens here you go...  in my experience, greg answers email promptly since covid ... they are not always answering the phone...Greg ChristensenCustomer Service Manager6655 Wedgwood Road North|Maple Grove|MN|55311Office: 763.577.9700Sales@Audio... 
Amplifier brand/designer with the most unique and consistent “house sound?”
i recall @erik_squires had a very articulate, apt way of describing the ayre house sound... am sure he will chime in... 
The Wilt Chamberlain of Audio Gear
lou -- bro you are dating yourself... need to say ’tacko fall of high end audio’ 🤣i prefer to think of myself as a high end escort of audio more than a hooker or a ’ho - i am only on the uptown street corners -- where tube amps hang out... 🤣🤣but w... 
Funny how streaming/digital still chases that analog benchmark.
No analogue music company brags about how digital their product sounds. They just don’t.it isn’t because analog or digital is better... music IS analog by its fundamental natureanalog as in "not digitized"... not analog as in "in a record groove" ... 
WILSON AUDIO.....BIG NAME, BIG PRICE........ARE THEY THAT GOOD?
haha this thread started in the toilet... now it is officially in the cesspool 
What frustrates you the most about seller’s for sale ads?
Dealer ads have taken over Audiogon.  Most ordinary citizens sell on US Audiomart.  i concur, this is largely true 
Amplifier brand/designer with the most unique and consistent “house sound?”
pass/first watt have more variable sonic signatures across their line than ayre i believe 
845/211 tube amplifiers with kef reference 5?
oplisten to ralph (atmasphere) and scott (verdant)211/845s won’t go well with big kefs... you want low watt sweet single ended amp sound to play at real volumes, you need to hunt HARD for the right speakers... i still have a set of gordon rankin’s... 
Amplifier brand/designer with the most unique and consistent “house sound?”
ayrefrom when since charlie started it, and even now after he is gone... remarkably consistent (and lovely) signature