jond

Responses from jond

Substitute for Shindo in the UK
Audio Note UK. 
What is wrong with Audiogon Forums?
Yes the @ function won't work for me but after an email exchange with Tammy we decided it was a Firefox issue not Audiogon. The recent glitches are highly annoying. 
Accuracy vs. musicality
I am sitting here listening to "Bags and 'trane" recorded in 1959. How am I supposed to know if what I'm hearing is accurate? It sounds great to me on my system and it's great music. That's all I can personally ask for in my system. 
Inexpensive tablet well suited as a control point for my streamers, including Sony
I used an Ipad Mini as a remote control for my streamer works great and I remember it being fairly cheap. 
Best all British, except cables, system you heard or can think of.
Sure all Audio Note UK they make everything turntables, arms, cartridges, preamps, amps, cables, speakers. 
SW1X Audio Design DAC II Absolute Top Tier Ref NOS DAC
A nice interview with Dr Slawa was just posted on Dagogo:https://www.dagogo.com/interview-slawa-roschkow-sw1x-england/2/ 
We lost an audiophile and a friend- RIP- Joe
RIP Joe sad to lose another audiophile and sorry for your personal loss davegh. 
Tube phono stage, or solid state,pre amp
Your speakers are very high efficiency 99db and a very easy load and you're driving them with a fairly powerful SS amp. Perhaps try a tube amp or even low powered SS before messing with your phono setup. 
What should I price a Thorens TD-224 turntable?
That is a super rare deck in decent to good condition it should fetch quite a lot! 
This Audiogon should also provide..
Yes thanks nonoise never saw that link before! 
News: Qobuz Hi-Res platform's debut is scheduled for this October. See Qobuz Links below
Well no free trial if you're in the US apparently but willing to pay to try it if it ever does debut here. 
Conjunction Junction – how will this function???
According to Theta's website you have 6 RCA coax inputs, 3 toslink, one balanced AES/EBU, 1  coax BNC. Presumably your Oppo will have an RCA coax output, your cable box and TV may have that as well or they may have optical toslink outputs. It does... 
SW1X Audio Design DAC II Absolute Top Tier Ref NOS DAC
Wig,Great pics that's your actual Dac? Very much looking forward to your impressions also.Cheers,Jon 
Does anyone think a U-turn Orbit turntable a good entry level choice?... Or not?
A bunch of my friends, non-audiophile, have them and love them. Listened to them more than a few times they sound quite nice and very good for the money. 
News: Qobuz Hi-Res platform's debut is scheduled for this October. See Qobuz Links below
Oh rap not rock there is plenty of stuff besides rap if you really look.