jsalerno277
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| Integrated amp for tube lover The Burmester 032 or the new 232 integrated amp combines tube like liquidity, dimensionality, sweet (non fatiguing/no edginess) high frequencies, midrange bloom, and image density with the transient speed, micro/macro-dynamics, bass power, clarit... | |
| Footers under new speakers +1 on the Townshend Audio Seismic Isolation Podium for Speakers. I have them and can verify what is published on their performance and improvement to all SQ attributes is true. Not inexpensive but worth the spend. | |
| Phasemation Cartridge Compliance or Alignment Issue? The following is based on the assumption all electrical connections have been checked, the output sensitivity of the new cartridge is matched to the phono preamp to assure there is no overload/clipping, the preamp/cartridge Capacitance has been... | |
| Thoughts on using the DAC in my oppo 205 with a CD Transport. While the Oppo 103 was sort of revolutionary at its price point in features and sound quality, DACS sound quality has progressed over the years. I agree with the others to retire the Oppo. Replace it with either a preowned Wyred4Sound 10th Anniv... | |
| Turntables with tone arm lift at end of play. Any turntable with a manual arm lifter … just add a tonearm lifter. Products on the market include Audio-Technica AT6006R Safety Raiser, Douk Audio Automatic Tonearm Lifter, Q-Up Tonearm Lifter, and Little Fwend HIGH/LOW. Any automatic tur... | |
| Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist Angus Obel - eclectic, spacey compositions that are a fusion of classical chamber, jazz, electronic and pop music. Classically trained with a haunting, elegant, and flowing voice. Try her albums Aventine and Philharmonics. Katja Werka, Conta... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? I agree with @ghdprentice that musicality includes the properties of rhythm & pace and midrange bloom but as I stated, it is an intimately subjective criterion. I consider timbral accuracy first and foremost, then the ability to reproduce the... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? @freediver Your question is very difficult to articulate a reply to. I will take a chance on being judged mentally infirm and attempt to explain my process, expressed as recommendation or steps to judge musicality. Since this is intimately subj... | |
| Looking for new speaker cables My usual recommendation that meets all of your goals - WyWires Platinum or Diamond series. Read published reviews. Long term sale is ongoing making them more affordable. Alex (President/CEO) is just a good person. I recommend you add them to ... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? The equipment’s grip on the reproduction of the emotion of the composition and performance. +1 for @ghdprentice term - musicality and his recommendation to not focus on the usual audiophile criteria. The prerequisite is to experience the emotio... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes @devinplombier Thank you. However, as I explained in a later post, I believe I was unclear and misunderstood, for I never said the streaming ITCP protocol assure transmission of anything less than bit perfect files. I said it is not “unscathed” ... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes @jeffbij I never said sequence of ones and zeros were corrupted. I said the signal is has errors including jitter, transmission impairments, and EMI. None of these involve a corrupted sequence, additional or absent digits or sequences. We are ... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes I do not understand your post and believe your conclusion false. You have attempted to use syllogistic deductive reasoning. Let me attempt to explain where this fails. Please forgive in advance my philosophical pontification for I am a product ... | |
| Mid level listening Sorry, nimble fingers hit send by mistake. The psychology of becoming dissatisfied has many causes including, without limitation, reward processing (constantly seeking reward pleasure), hedonic adaptation (diminishing joy over time), consumeris... | |
| Mid level listening @rvpiano You have published before on critical listen vs music appreciation as well as becoming dissatisfied with rig sound quality over time. I will respond in a similar way as before. An audiophile should first and foremost be someone who appr... |