mike_in_nc
Responses from mike_in_nc
| Have you asked yourself this question? I sold my analog setup about 20 years ago, after I found a DAC that I really liked. That’s not to discount the pleasure one can get from LP, but we had moved many times, and my remaining LP collection was < 200 by then, almost all available on ... | |
| "I'm a believer" +1 to the comments by @theo about the room. Speakers interface with the amplifier and the room. Both interfaces must be compatible. With most speakers and short speaker cables and most solid-state amps, pairing with amplification is not a big pr... | |
| Which is better, a fussy speaker or a versatile one? It depends. Are you a fussy audiophile or a versatile one? | |
| Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others? >> Songwriting, for me, is words/stories, then combine that with Artistry. So Jazz doesn’t fit for me even though Jazz is my main thing for many years. << It seems to me that Abbey Lincoln (definitely a jazz singer) fits your definiti... | |
| Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others? Joseph Haydn would be the one. | |
| Are cable “upgrades” just as likely to make your system sound worse? Yes, and you poorer, as well. | |
| Shipping woes and a partial solution Thanks! I like it! | |
| Female vocals P.S. +1 @bojack on Shirley Horn and Rosemary Clooney. I'd add Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, and Abbey Lincoln. All their voices took on a lot of richness as the singers got older. | |
| Female vocals There’s the sex appeal. Also, male vocals can reveal problems in the lower midrange of speakers and systems. This is a frequency range that can be badly affected by the room. Lately, at least in jazz (what I tend to listen to), there are many more... | |
| dropout streaming +1 @soix It's almost certainly a network issue or a suboptimal configuration of Qobuz. In streaming, good networking conquers all. | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! It seems logical that the streamer (or CD transport) should not matter, but my experience has been (in both cases) that it does. | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation Cables can't fix the room. I second the Mogami or Canare recommendations and suggest you consider using the funds saved to add a little acoustic treatment to the room. Carpets, drapes, acoustic panels, bass traps, whatever. GIK or ASC will make pl... | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? I have had my XLR cables made up by ProAudioLA (a pro-audio shop in Los Angeles) for years now. You can have them made with Neutrik XLRs and Mogami W2549 cable and will be hard pressed to get better results than that. Similar cables are now sold o... | |
| Room Acoustics You could ask GIK where to start if you want only half as many panels. In other words, take their advice as a starting point, not the final word. Perhaps you are not looking for perfection, just some improvement in the biggest problems, and withi... | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? If they renamed it "Class AA," it would sell a lot better. IMO, it's not the sound quality holding back wider adoption. Manufacturers and audiophiles are somewhat conservative as a group. |