mahler123
Responses from mahler123
| How Do You Learn? Getting back to the original intent, this hobby is is infiltrated by people with agendas. I like Robert Harley’s books, probably as reasonable a single source as any, but I am very suspicious of him ever since he went whole hog on MQA. Forget Tr... | |
| How Do You Learn? I like millercarbon’s post above and would extend it to music. Did anyone see the recent Tony Bennet segment on 60 Minutes? He is deep in the throes of Alzheimer’s but start playing music or put him in front of an audience and a different perso... | |
| What percentage of the time do you listen to records vs. digital sources? Well, in classical, there are those lps that have been released by Simon Rattle and the BPO in limited edition. I am 100% digital since I sold off my analog gear and lps about 6 years ago | |
| Recommended streamers/servers? I can only speak about the streamers that I have heard, and they range in price from a $200 (Logitech, SHM) to $3500 (Bryston).I currently use a second Generation Node in two mid Fi systems, and in my 2 channel system, a Melco N100 and CA CXN2. T... | |
| Collective letter s to Stereophile One thing about Stereophile that annoys me is the comparison equipment they choose. It’s usually something like “I just happened to have a (component) laying around that hasn’t been used in 6 years “ and the price ranges may not even be remotely ... | |
| Best DACs for under $1500 in 2021 It’s way under your budget, but have you listened to the Cambridge Audio DAC Magic? I recently purchased the CA streamer that utilizes what is probably the same DAC and while I prefer to run it into my much more expensive Bryston DAC3 I am very i... | |
| Recommended streamers/servers? I really like my Cambridge Audio CXN V2, for a little over a grand. It does a great job with Internet Radio, the app works well, and it has Bluetooth, AirPlay, and Chromecast. The latter has really impressed me as a wireless high resolution sour... | |
| Converting RCA to XLR I have an Oppo 203 in a HT system. I use the HDMI output for multichannel and one of the SPDIF for two channel | |
| Need your recommendation on a 5 or 7 channel amp What about Anthem? I have their AVR, just curious what the opinions are on the stand alone amp | |
| OMG!!! They used their ears. I moved from Detroit after graduate school to Chicago in the 1980s. At the time they were just beginning to restore Detroit’s Orchestra Hall, and it was sonically perfect back then and at present. Chicago’s Orchestra Hall was built by the same Ar... | |
| Protect DAC from shorting out from BT receiver It might short what out? And whatever it is, that sounds like complete bs | |
| Marantz SACD 30N Are you just playing discs on it, or also using it as a streamer and/or DAC? I had a terrible experience with Marantz first streamer/DAC, which only worked as a DAC and then wouldn’t work at all after a year, had a terrible app, and Marantz stopp... | |
| OMG!!! They used their ears. Hall acoustics are a crapshoot according to the best acousticians out there. They can use all the technology at their disposal and they still won’t know if they have a good outcome sonically until it’s built. At least with electronics it’s easier... | |
| Streaming virgin I second the Node. They just upgraded the DAC and you can compare it with the DAC in your amp. I like the Bluetooth option for discovery but the Node has both Bluetooth and AirPlay, so even if Spotify and Bluesound don’t work with each other you... | |
| Which DAC is better? I have an older version of the Node. I heard the latest iteration at a dealer and was impressed with the improvement in the DAC. I have no idea re the Parasound |