larsman
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| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? I use an MSB S-200 SS power amp and a Herron Audio VTSP-360 tube preamp. They go very nicely together because both are very neutral and uncolored. The tube preamp neither looks nor sounds like a piece of tube gear, and the power amp will amplify w... | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps I use an MSB S-200 SS power amp, and a Herron Audio tube preamp; it's a great preamp, cause it looks like it's SS - no tubes sticking out anywhere and the sound is about as neutral as you can get with tubes; works very well with the MSB as that is... | |
| Listening to music I don’t particularly like I don't go out of my way to listen to genres I don't care for, but I must admit that when they do come on when I'm in Qobuz or something, they really DO sound a lot better to me! | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point @arafiq - yes, I was thinking that this was one of the most hyped up things I'd ever seen a few months ago, both on vids and in forums and articles, but I had to check it out. It all depends on what kind of sound one likes. Somebody who is very i... | |
| Have you ever been turned off by an Arrogant Dealer? Thoughts For me, it's not so much arrogance as it is being ignored or taken for granted... I like stores where I'm greeted by a friendly person; I don't like stores where I walk in and nobody says anything to me, even if nobody there is doing much of anyth... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point I currently use a Holo May DAC, and it's wonderful; I had been using DAVE + M Scaler, but I much prefer the Holo May in both my 2-channel and headphone setup. So I'll be selling my DAVE + M Scaler! And the Holo May was about the same price as just... | |
| Anyone Get a Degritter for Xmas? I got one last year and I love it! I've cleaned a few hundred albums through it and have had no trouble whatsoever - everything works as advertised. I did have one question I needed to ask them, and they are very responsive; I heard back within a ... | |
| Hearing loss It would likely depend on what volume they're listening to them, wouldn't it? If you live someplace where you can blast your speakers all the time, that will probably affect your hearing adversely, too. I've been wearing hearing aids for about 1... | |
| Hearing aids I've worn hearing aids for about 15 years or so, and have likely needed them well before that. Hearing loss runs in my family, plus I've been to hundreds of concerts! I love headphones and have a great headphone system as well as a 2-channel one. ... | |
| Different R2R DACs I've got a Holo May KTE DAC - didn't quite wet myself, but did replace it in my system where a DAVE + M Scaler used to be. That May into my Auris Nirvana tube amp IS nirvana! But not if you like more analytical sound.... | |
| Faulty hearing. I've worn hearing aids for about 15 years or so; currently I use in-ear ones so I can listen on headphones, too. It is absolutely true that hearing aids cannot bring back hearing you've permanently lost; they alter the 'curve' so it seems like mor... | |
| New Order fans? @cd318 - Have you ever seen Peter Hook and the Light? I've seen them a couple of times - the last one seemed like it was 6 or 7 years ago, and Hooky's son was up there playing bass as well - hearing JD songs with 2 wonderful bassists was a terrifi... | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. @chorus - I live in San Francisco, and I enjoy popping into Music Lovers on occasion. You are incorrect however as to its location - it's not in downtown SF, it's over by the Fillmore. I like the 'by appointment' shops, too. Not a big deal to make... | |
| New Order fans? I've got that 12" of Blue Monday, too! I like New Order, but I liked Joy Division better.... | |
| MC cart recommendation max $2000 for 1200G stock I've got a 1200G and I use a $2000 Clearaudio Charisma MM cartridge, and it sounds fantastic!! |