melvinjames
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last night:Bill Evans "Interplay"Wayne Shorter "JuJu"Steely Dan "Aja"Was so involved I forgot to post. | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective I rarely see "veils lifted" anymore. I suppose the phrase has been laughed out of audiophiledom and yet, I kind of miss it. Always made me laugh.I despise "full loom". Makes me cringe every time I read it.I will admit to using liquid, organic, and... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? In a Pink Floyd kind of mood tonight .. "Animals" (2016 reissue).Thanks @slaw ! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" (2016 reissue). | |
| MOVING TO computer/HD/audio player from CD's You have a number of options using an iPhone or iPad and appropriate control app. For example, Audirvana has a nice companion remote app. I haven't used Apple's Remote app in years but it worked well with iTunes. JRiver has theirs. Stratospherix M... | |
| Stream quality: Spotify Connect = Airplay Mcintosh MX122 This article and subsequent conversation about AirPlay 2 is about a year old but should answer your question:https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/contributors/what-airplay-2-means-for-your-listening-setup-r717/#comments The take-away is AirPlay 2 conver... | |
| What equipment have you bought this year so far ? So much for not purchasing anything else (besides music) in 2019, a nice entry-level table:Music Hall MMF-1.5 | |
| So just how much vinyl do YOU own? I just purchased a turntable a week ago and now have 7 records (new and used). My intent is to acquire music not currently in my digital library. I'm pretty happy with my digital so, hopefully, I can keep a handle on those "I need to hear this on ... | |
| Why Do You Love Being an Audiophile? At times I wish I could just be happy with MP3/AAC playing through a Bluetooth speaker or a Bose Wave Radio like my friends, but I can't. The music deserves so much more. So do my ears. It's been a long and sometimes frustrating road to good sound... | |
| Can one ever be "done" in this hobby? This is a hobby where "done" usually means "done for now". I've been there countless times. There are just so many different designs and implementations to explore and listen to. With loudspeakers alone we've got single-driver, 2-way, 3-way, line-... | |
| Moderately priced audio I put this together for my work space for under $400:$100 - Dayton Audio DTA-120$120 - Pioneer SP-BS22-LR$100 - Apple TV2$ 50 - Monoprice cablesThe old Apple TV2 has since been replaced with a Bluesound Node 2 ($500) bringing the price up to just... | |
| Odyssey "Khartago" Stereo Extreme" amp compared to Schitt's "Vidar" amp Doesn’t Odyssey recommend a really long break in time on their amps? I’m going by memory here, I thought I’d read that somewhere. The manual states 6+ weeks with the amp remaining on the entire time for full break-in. It describes 4 distinct pha... | |
| Moderately priced audio The internet has given visibility to what was an obscure market.Couldn't agree more. The vast majority of my system consists of products by small manufacturers with an internet-only presence. In fact, only my server and router are from large manuf... | |
| MAC to DAC connectivity Does anyone know if there is a way to get optical output from the MAC to the D2's optical input? I have been using the usb input and the optical out from the D2 into my Krell. Sound is pretty decent but wondered if the optical from the MAC is poss... | |
| What equipment have you bought this year so far ? Nothing, nothing at all and quite pleased about that HA! I thought the same thing ... then I remembered purchasing a 7V linear ps from Small Green Computer on January 3rd. |