jmeyers
Responses from jmeyers
| Not to be missed at Axpona Make sure to see Grimm Audio. Their DAC, I understand, employs a unique and proprietary approach to digital conversion. The result, I have been told but not yet heard for myself, is fabulous. I am still trying to convince my wife to join me. | |
| Not to be missed at Axpona Make sure to see Grimm Audio. Their DAC, I understand, employs a unique and proprietary approach to digital conversion. The result, I have been told but not yet heard for myself, is fabulous. | |
| Shopping for a DAC at AXPONA Thank you both for you helpful replies. I had not really considered the Grimm streamer/DAC previously, so I read the company’s website and all discoverable reviews. Consequently, I wrote Grimm Audio to see if I could meet them at AXPONA privately ... | |
| Playback Designs MPD6 or Bricasti M21? Okay, I am confused -- particularly since the Bricasti M21 and the PlayBack Designs MDP-6 are the two DACs I have been most impressed by, albeit based only on what I have read. I thought that the M21 was "good to go", allowing me to plug in and th... | |
| Axpona 2024 who is going and why? Would anyone know whether Rockport or KEF Blade speakers will be demonstrated at AXPONA 2024? | |
| How does bi-wiring work? Thank you for the video; I watched all 27 minutes. It confirmed -- in spades -- what I had surmised (but only after I paid $600 more for their being "bi-wired"). Talk about being suckered! Jeez!! | |
| Revel Salon2s: Seeking Advice Revel’s Ultima series speakers (Salons and Studios) are uniformly outstanding. I have owned Studios for two decades, which are very similar to the Salons but with one fewer bass driver. I use two mono 600 watt power amplifiers, and, at 85+ db leve... | |
| My Four Favorite SS Amps I now use McIntosh MC 611s for my LCR speaker array. At this point, I cannot envision replacing them. In essence, they are enormously powerful, encompassing, and always capable of exquisite amplification. | |
| Anthony (Tony) Cordesman has passed away I read, and trusted, Anthony's reviews for the past 40 years. He had a very good ear and a true talent for putting into words what he heard. His insights will be missed, and the audiophile world is a little murkier with his passing. | |
| Cary DMS 700 vs Aurender A300 My two cents: when I was in the market for a streamer/DAC, I gave the Cary DMS 700 serious consideration. (I even attended AXPONA that year to listen to it in an optimal setting.) One clear feature it had, in my estimation, was its being Roon read... | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? I have been steadily improving my audio system for now more than 50 years. Among power amplifiers, I have owned Mark Levinson and Krell (both Class A). Now I own McIntosh 611 mono power amplifiers. In my system, the resultant sonic reproduction is... | |
| WireWorld Chroma ethernet cable I use Wireworld’s Starlight 8 between my 24-port Luxul AV switch and my Lumin T2. That comination works well for me. Then I use Kimber Kable Silver Streak analog cables between the T2 and my Theta Digital Casablanca V preamp/ processor. I am very ... | |
| Marantz vs. Oppo or Theta I own a Theta Casablanca V. In my opinion, it is an outstanding AV preamp/processor/DAC in flexibility and sound quality (insofar as what it does, which is everything except SACD decoding and MQA decoding). It also has built-Dirac Live. I use min... | |
| The best looking speakers Two standouts: certain Sonus Fabers and Estelons (with extra-cost finishes). | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? First, let me state that listening to speakers has been a hobby of mine for decades. Moreover, once upon a time, I was a part-owner of a speaker company that failed. That said, my criteria for suggesting a speaker manufacturer in my response is ... |