jond
Responses from jond
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Elliot has your preamp arrived from Russia yet? | |
| Cary Audio SLA-70B amplifier That is a super simple hard wired amp is there a local tech you can take it to? | |
| Sound quality of Newer versus Older speakers Good older speakers are just fine and usually represent excellent value. Really very little has changed in speaker design. | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? @charles1dad Thank you Charles, I still don't know why things are but sometimes I know how they are. :) | |
| The myth of "best" in audio needs to be addressed by all of us The best is the enemy of good enough. My system is good enough for me and that works. | |
| Habituation to system changes: the Audiophiles' curse... Not sure I'm less obsessive I just got to a point where I stopped flipping gear and worked with a local dealer and got great sound. Since then upgrades have been incidental, tubes stuff like that. | |
| Seeking ideas about how to improve my system It’s not that headphones necessarily show what your speakers are lacking it’s that phones take the room entirely out of the equation. Your gear seems fine I would work on your room if you want to improve things. | |
| Habituation to system changes: the Audiophiles' curse... The ear always adapts if you really like the sound you're getting you will be happy. If you start to wonder likely not all is well or maybe you just crave something different? One thing to always remember different is different it's not always bet... | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? A good active preamp sounds better emphasis on good. Whether it's impedance matching or gain related or something else it just sounds better. | |
| ProAc Response 2.5 vs Totem Mani 2 I will say that the Proac are an order of magnitude easier to drive than the Mani-2's. You have many more amp choices with the Proacs and they are very fine speakers. | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk I owned an Air Tight ATM-1 myself back in the day it was indeed a lovely looking amp. I wish I knew then what I know now about tube rolling as it never really thrilled me. Much happier with my current custom amp but I did get a twinge of gearlust ... | |
| Minimum Broadband Speed Necessary For Uninterrupted Qobuz and/or Tidal Listening? Agreed on a few points if you're streaming movies and music at the same time your speed is a bit too low. And also the channel 5G is often much less crowded than 2.4G its worth checking out. | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well @charles1dad You are so right about that and the guy I sold my Yamamoto Dac to raved over it so much I almost wanted it back ;) And yes analog output stages and power supplies are probably more important than the Dac chip and its implementation. | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well @erik_squires Why 2010? | |
| Is louder better? "In this world louder is better David." |