jjss49
Responses from jjss49
| Vacuum Tube Break-in there is always the conundrum with break-in/burn-in is the gear or item burning in, or are we as listeners getting more accustomed to the sound over time, being exposed to it repeatedly? - we all hear our systems sounding different day to day, ea... | |
| Denafrips 12 anniversary Last year I was sucked into buying the Pontus Before the 12/17/21 price hike. I did. Guess what. No hike. They have the game down. I sold the damn thing and broke even. No more Denafrips for this buyer. while we share the sentiment, i also fe... | |
| Denafrips 12 anniversary just to be clear, my problem with denafrips and their direct selling partners is the greed aspect... they already have direct sales, zero dealers in usa and europe, yet they are doing all the crass marketing gimmicks which smacks of harvesting the... | |
| Denafrips 12 anniversary @curiousjim i saw that, and laughed out loud... | |
| Advice? Less than $4k, solid state preamp, neutral to gentle yes get an older gen ayre... but ayre's tend to like balanced wiring though... | |
| Denafrips 12 anniversary this company is learning the marketing b-s game fast, for a crew of quality obsessed chinese nerd engineers, showing expertise in how to suck $$ out of customer wallets with impunity next will be 12.5a special edition with upgraded vishay i2s soc... | |
| what size magnepan +1 to above input lrs+ or .7 with rel subs | |
| Do Streamer only devices really impact sound quality? Fatigue in the digital realm is caused by jitter, I’m really beginning to believe humans can detect extremely miniscule levels of jitter. i agree but would add that electrical noise is also an important contributor to a perceived sense of harsh... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl @arafiq your terrific humor and satire is lost on many here, unfortunately, and instead you unleashed some latent audiophilia nervosa and belligerence!! 😂🤣 -- hope you had a good thanksgiving and long weekend, and are enjoying the music to folk... | |
| Do Streamer only devices really impact sound quality? @sns I'd only say believe those with top tier streamers, they are indeed hearing what they claim to be hearing, they are not delusional! I don't care about the damn theoreticals, audio is for our listening pleasure, not meant for some listening... | |
| Found some new music, just sharing @tablejockey woke up on wrong side of bed this am 🤣 | |
| Bob Carver tube amps there are a couple very well populated recent threads re the carver crimson 275... search and you will find, lots lots of info posted no need to rehash here | |
| Fleetwood Sound Company - DeVille Loudspeaker. @grannyring check youtube, the busy reviewer steve huff loves them to death i almost pulled the trigger on a pair over a year ago, was deterred by the looks despite being curious about the sound | |
| Found some new music, just sharing thanks @timlub i agree that manu katche is wonderful... jazz/rock type of music, wonderfully recorded too | |
| Vacuum Tube Break-in i believe there is some break in, depends on the tube, its age/history, whether it has been burned in... takes em a good couple hours, to overnight, to fully reach their peak performance, in my personal experience i have alot of older tubes colle... |