jkevinoc
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| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? My DAC journey started with a Griffin iMic, then on to various budget units like Roland UA-1G, Apogee Duet… the plan was to digitize all my vinyl. Ha! I’ve had an LP12 since 1983, so I decided to listen to records and treat digital as a separate i... | |
| Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming? As I have understood streaming over the many years that I have been doing it (remember the Griffin iMic?), the "streamed" files are downloaded, cached and replayed by the given software: Apple Music/iTunes, Spotify, Qobuz et al. Although someone ... | |
| Favorite Obscure Rock Song Blodwyn Pig “Dear Jill” and “Change Song” Bobby Whitlock “Thorn Tree in the Garden” Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre “On the Road to Freedom” | |
| Nearfield listening - once more My nearfield desk system is a Linn Classik receiver driving Linn Kans, providing a nice deep holosonic soundstage from CDs, Qobuz and Apple Music. ifi Nano One DAC, and my workstation iMac are the source most often. 40 year old Kans, and 24+- old ... | |
| Near Field listening My nearfield desk system is a Linn Classik receiver driving Linn Kans, providing a nice deep holosonic soundstage from CDs, Qobuz and Apple Music. ifi Nano One DAC, and my workstation iMac are the source most often. 40 year old Kans, and 24+- old ... | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? Willie Dixon-I Am The Blues Allman Brothers-Live At The Fillmore East Joni Mitchell-Hejira | |
| Audio Research amp repair in New Jersey/New York I recently had a Linn Classik receiver repaired by AVS in Roselle Park NJ. Repair was just about $200, and accomplished in two days. Address: 404 E Westfield Ave, Roselle Park, NJ 07204 Phone: (908) 298-8080 Also: https://fuchsaudiotechnology.c... | |
| Mac Mini As A Streaming Source I have used 3 successive Mac Minis for dedicated music servers. They have been pretty trouble free and easy to operate. Currently: Mac Mini M1>iFi Zen Signature V2>Linn Akurate Kontrol>Linn AV5125 Aktiv>Linn Keilidhs I use Roon, Qob... | |
| concrete (cinder) block tower with wood chopping block for turntable stand I have used a tubular steel Sound Organisation stand with my Linn Sondek for 40 years. No complaints about bounciness or ringing. The ton of bricks solutions seems like overkill to me. | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems Here’s an example. I listened to Joan Osborne’s ‘Radio Waves’ live album the other day. It’s a compilation of live recordings over her career. In each song, I was able to hear clearly the difference in mics, soundboards, mixing, instrumentation, a... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Manfred Mann Chapter Three | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable OMG. I have owned an LP12 with a Basic LVX since 1983, and it has been in daily use since then, only stopping twice for repair/upgrade. Currently a Lingo 1 and an LP Gear AT95SA. Still enjoyable, and my 66 year old brain gets pleasure from the son... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? I have a vintage Linn system: LP12/Basik LVX, AT95SA, Lingo 1, Akurate Kontrol, AV5125/Aktiv Keilidh LS300s. Digital is Mac Mini M1 running Roon Core, Qobuz and Apple Music, fed through an iFi Zen Signature V2 DAC. The $300 DAC may be a limiting f... | |
| FM Tuners NAD 4130 Arcam T61 Antenna | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? I would start in 1973, when I bought and built a Dynaco SCA-80Q at the desk in my dorm room at UW-Madison. My roommate and I each bought a pair of The Smaller Advent Loudspeaker from the "Happy Medium". We agreed to split the system. He bought a D... |