mahler123
Responses from mahler123
| Sat front row at the symphony... I live in Chicago and regularly attend concerts there, but we have family in Boston, New York and Detroit so we regularly attend concerts there as well. Detroit Orchestra Hall is actually an acoustic gem and a beautiful hall, obviously not as we... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... One of my favorite recordings of Eine Kleine is a string quartet augmented by double bass, although I am out of town and can’t check my shelves to se who the performers were. So I am in New York and last night heard Kavakos in the Shostakovich Fi... | |
| Can This Really Matter? I had the BDP-3 and a SSD drive connected to it. I experimented with three cables, 2 of which I borrowed from a high end dealer. I didn’t notice any difference. Also I ‘m not sure that transmission is any faster with a pricey cable. There may ... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... @viber6 regarding Szeryng, or any violinist on recordings, I find it hard to listen to many violin recordings because the soloist is overmiked, imo. The perspective is unnatural, in that they sound so loud compared to the rest of the Orchestra | |
| How do I switch from Wi-Fi to Ethernet cables? Not everyone has a DAC that relies solely on usb. Timing does matter. I have had at least three streamers, at varying price points, where the Ethernet connection was audibly superior to the WiFi. I urge the OP, if he isn’t convinced, to run a l... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... I have to say, @viber6 , that while I disagree with your perspective, I have enjoyed your comments (and those of o many others as well) as you make your case. For me, while it is interesting to occasionally get that up close perspective, and hear... | |
| How do I switch from Wi-Fi to Ethernet cables? @yage Banking is undoubtedly an important actvivity, but one doesn’t need ultra reliable digital information transferance to achieve it. Correct perception of sound is a different process, where a few microseconds in timing can affect the ar... | |
| Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dead at 84 Major bummer. My wife and I listen to Gords Gold on most road trips we take, I first bought that album in 1977 | |
| Next step into Digital Streaming Streamers should sound better than computers, which are noisy due to the non musical functions that they perform, and also because since playing music on a pc is an afterthought the hardware dedicated to ot is low quality. The Bluesound line was ... | |
| All Stocked Up and Nowhere To Play I also know of an individual that buys lps purely for their resale value, and another who buys them purely as decoration for his office wall. | |
| Audio Research Dog I don’t own a pet, but I have a question for music lovers who are pet owners. Do your pets express preferences for some recordings and distaste for others? | |
| Record Stores NYC No, not willing to pay extortionate prices for new records. I mainly hunt for lps from the 50s to the early seventies that are not available digitally. For example I have a lot of recordings by Karl Ristenpart and his Chamber Orchestra of the Sa... | |
| All Stocked Up and Nowhere To Play I have a nephew who bought an lp a few years ago at Barnes and Noble and was shocked when he discovered that he couldn't play it on his computer | |
| Record Stores NYC No car. I only have a couple of hours while my wife plans to go shopping for fabrics. Otherwise we have the usual packed tourist agenda of shows, museums, and people to visit. It is later this week. I wouldn’t expect you to schlep into the city as... | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? I don’t know your speakers specifically, but Klipsch by reputation are high sensitivity and easy to drive, and I see some other posters here are thinking along the same lines. I would definitely stay in the tubed ranks for amplification since tha... |