mayoradamwest
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| Favorite Symphonies Quiz 1: Mahler2: Mahler3: Mahler4: Tchaikovsky5: Mahler6: Mahler7: Mahler8: Bruckner9: Mahleri don’t care about the use a composer more than once rule. Who can really pick their favorite Mahler? It’s usually either 2,3,5,6,9 - whichever I happened to h... | |
| Opening Record Store The Analog Room? I’m hoping a new record shop with higher end jazz and classical lands there. We don’t have many places in the South Bay for that stuff, which is weird given the demographics of the region. | |
| Upgrade DAC recommendation I saw a huge upgrade when I switched from the C47 to an ARC Ref 6. I’d recommend looking there as well as the DAC. There a lot of great preamps ans DACs out there. | |
| Are my standards too high? I’ve basically stopped posting and reading here because of this clown and a few similar people. | |
| Narrowed to 3: 802D3, Sopra 3, Reference 3 I started this 2 years ago. Got the B&W and loved them but recently moved up to the Wilson Alexia 2 which are in a different league of amazing. | |
| Wilson Alexia 2 As mentioned above, I also use Transparent cables. | |
| Wilson Alexia 2 I use Boulder electronics for my Alexia 2s. I’ve heard them on Spectral, ARC, and Luxman as well. Spectral was very bland and ARC lacked the engagement. The Boulder electronics really his the sweet spot. I love this setup. | |
| How to upgrade "power cord" on turntable with wall wart? I’m all in on upgraded cables, but in the case of a TT power supply, I’ve not seen it make a difference. I’ve tried on 3 tables in my own home ranging from $3k to $20k. The power shouldn’t be reaching the signal path, so I wouldn’t think it could ... | |
| Boulder phono stage Given the 508 is only 5k it’s a steal. I directly compared the 508 and 1008 and I genuinely couldn’t hear the difference. I definitely could hear the difference on the 508 to 2108 but given the 2108 is over 10x the price, the sound difference was ... | |
| Boulder phono stage I actually listened to the 508 and 2108 back to back for quite a while with the 2110 preamp and 1160 amp through Wilson Alexia Series 2 speakers. The difference was there but super subtle. I was listening to a variety of music but the main 3 album... | |
| Boulder phono stage I have heard the 508, 1008, and 2108. I ended up buying the 508. It’s remarkable and 99% of the 2108 sound. | |
| The Modern DAC killed High Resolution Music - has Stereophile proven it? Might be a time to check down stream. Preamp, amp, speakers, or most probably, your ears. | |
| The Modern DAC killed High Resolution Music - has Stereophile proven it? How do you know the DACs you’ve heard just aren’t very good at high resolution? I owned the Brooklyn DAC+ for quite a while and I heard the difference. Also, I’ll reiterate, that your system just might not be resolving enough or your room is not a... | |
| The Modern DAC killed High Resolution Music - has Stereophile proven it? As a self declared frugal, I would guess you simply don’t have a system resolving enough to hear the difference. No problem with that, but I have absolutely no problem hearing the difference when switching between 16/44 and 24/192. | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying @builder3 you are missing @big_greg’s point. As a recent victim of the OP derailing my own thread, it only seems appropriate to call out his shenanigans when he posts something like this. He won’t learn, that much is clear, but at least we can hel... |