kennymacc
Responses from kennymacc
| Is it the gear or the ears? @bjpd57a1 Much like the game of golf, high end audio is an individual sport. Who can explain why individual audiophiles do the things that they do, or why? There’s no rhyme or reason. That’s just the way we do it in the beautiful, wacky world of... | |
| ifi LAN iSilencer @akg_ca In my audio system, I found the ifi to be the most effective when installed strictly as recommended by the manufacturer. I have three ethernet cables in my streaming only audio system. As recommended, I have one ifi plugged directly in... | |
| Who is Roon? @phishhhhh4 "Roon is a glossy sham?" Are you kidding me, LOL? It my be a glossy sham to you, but for me and thousands of others, Roon is pure gold. I got rid of my CD player and my turn table years ago and became a dedicated streamer because ... | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. I've heard the Watt Puppy 8s on several occasions and thought they sounded wonderful each time I heard them. May not have been my first choice in speakers, but they still sounded very pleasing to my ears. Me personally, I've always relied more on... | |
| Dac with build-up streamer @ronboco So sorry, Ron. I'm not very technically inclined. I really didn't exactly understand what you were referring to when you mentioned "UI" (User interface) LOL. The only info I could find was that the user interface of the DAC consist... | |
| Dac with build-up streamer @ronboco UI with my Ayre DAC? Well, I use my Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty Streaming DAC in conjunction with a Roon Nucleus Plus Music Server (Tidal, Qobuz, 4GB of storage) via an ethernet cable. I us both my Andriod cell phone and an iPad for re... | |
| Dac with build-up streamer Well, I have an Ayre Acoustic QX-5 Twenty Streaming DAC, and it's absolutely superb!!! So, I highly recommend very high quality DACs with built-in streamers. Happy listening. | |
| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. After an extended period of adjustments, my Revel Salon 2 speakers ended up being positioned pretty much straight forward in my room. Why? Because straight forward is the position where the speakers became "dialed-in." Meaning---the bass, imagin... | |
| Let's talk about Silver... About 15 years ago, I tried a high quality pair of pure silver interconnects in my audio system, but they actually were too bright for my taste. Currently, I use a super phenomenal pair of top copper interconnect made by Audioquest (Thunderbird X... | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? No!!!!!!!! | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS It's always been par for the coarse in high end audio, where there are those perfectionist who like to measure everything up and down and from side to side. As they say, "it takes every kind of people." And high end audio is no exception. Me pe... | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT @nubiann So many highly technological responses here, it boggles the mind, lol. For what it’s worth, a few years ago, I had to move my audio system to a smaller space, so I downsized and simplified my audio system with phenomenal results. One of t... | |
| Where are the front men? (Rant) Welcome to the world of the worst, most dark and depressing music in the history of music!!! IMHO, I believe this downward quality of music trend started when good old fashioned Rock and roll began to fade in the 90’s and degenerated into Grunge,... | |
| Audiohifistore.com is a SCAM Audiohifistore.com posts unbelievably insane low prices for new super expensive audio gear that any reasonably rational audiophile should be instantly suspicious of and should never fall prey to. At any rate, thanks for the heads up. Much appreci... | |
| Tweaking Your Speaker Placement Tell me. What’s the significance of adjusting speaker placement in exact increments of 1/8 of an inch? I’ve never heard of such a thing. Maybe it’s just a personal fetish. In over 40 years in high end audio, I’ve been pretty successful at optimizi... |