jkbunnell
Responses from jkbunnell
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade My two cents: Late last year, I upgraded from an Oppo UDP-205 (which I've kept for Blu-Ray audio & video), to PS Audio's PerfectWave SACD Transport and their DirectStream DAC MK2. I did so mainly to access the DSD layer of SACDs previously u... | |
| Looking for a component for ripping and playing CD's. Take a close look at the Naim Uniti Core. It rips CDs and sounds great. I have a 4TB SSD installed in mine. The only problem I've had is with the backup from my previous server, a Cocktail Audio X45, which didn't work too well restored on the U... | |
| Your Ultimate Phono Preamp: Which One Would You Choose? I've had the Rogue Audio Ares tube phono amp for years and loved it. You can really dial in the exact settings for your cart. But a couple of days I sent it off to have it upgraded to the Ares II Magnum. Can't wait to year the improvement I've ... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? Referencing my collection via Discogs, I think the Classic Records 180g issue of The Who's "Tommy" was my most expensive single purchase, around $700. I have box sets that would now go for much more, starting with "The Beatles In Mono," Gentle Gi... | |
| What is your front end ? VPI Classic 2 turntable with Rogue Ares phono amp, PS Audio PerfectWave SACD transport, Naim Uniti Core server. I regularly use them all, but the server gets the most use since I can call up tracks using its app on my iPad. It's called laziness. | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? Parasound A23+ power amp to replace a decades-old A23. Unexpected and very welcome improvements, including more detail, bass extension, and slam that I didn’t know my otherwise somewhat clinical Athena AS-F2s were capable of. | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd Surely they’ll want Woody Shaw, so Larry Young’s “Unity.” |