larsman
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| Is participating in this Forum infringing on and spoiling some of your listening time? Interesting question. While I can walk and chew gum at the same time (if I chewed gum), I've never been one for reading and listening to music at the same time. I read A LOT. I listen to music A LOT. I watch movies, telly, vids A LOT. A time for e... | |
| Holiday Music Challenge I don't think Silver Spring, MD had a sound! 😆 But it does have a Fillmore Auditorium! | |
| What is the best USB cable under $500 for a natural presentation and good detail ? I don't know if it's 'the best', but I use a Black Dragon cable from Moon Audio and I'm quite pleased with the quality of the cable and the sound.... @jerrybj - I've got some Mad Scientist stuff, too! Straight outa New Zealand! | |
| Seeking A New DAC - Recommendations For your preferred sound, I would recommend looking at Chord gear; maybe a Mojo or a Hugo 2? Their stuff tends to always be too 'dry' and analytical for my taste, but that might be right up your alley! | |
| Herron Audio VTPH-2A - Modwright PH 9.0X - Icon audio ps1 mkii I've got a Herron VTSP-360-Ref preamp and a Herron VTPH-2A phono preamp, and they are both magic. Keith puts some serious mojo into his gear. I'm glad I was able to get this stuff while he was still making them. I like tube gear that looks like tu... | |
| Bands/artists you never got to see live in their heyday, but would've liked to. I would not have wanted to see the Beatles in concert - girls shrieking in my ears over a crap-sounding PA for 40 minutes would not be my idea of a good time; the band didn't even like it. So glad they went for studio magic instead. I do wish I'... | |
| Best mp3 song set as ringtone? Not a ringtone, but I was watching some TV show or movie, I forget which one, but somebody had a ringtone of a blood-curdling scream! Now THAT I thought was cool. And funny as can be! | |
| 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... |