mikelavigne
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| ***Seattle,Wa.Area 2018 Update*** hi freedriver,here is a link to the local Seattle audio club.....the Pacific Northwest Audio Society.http://www.audiosociety.org/ it’s a good group with a core of active people. they meet once a month on Mercer Island on Saturdays. they have good ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD i never claimed i’ve directly compared these products. who gets a chance to do that? have you done that? not sure i want to go back and forth with a dealer in any case. i’ve heard the MP and Dv but not necessarily the most recent versions. i have ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,as far as the ’look’ of the Artesania; if you observe pictures of gear on it, it’s the gear itself that jumps out, not the rack. since there are no shelves to hide the gear, only the skeleton of the ’functional structure’. and whether you cho... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD check out Artesania.http://www.artesaniaaudio.com/ these racks are very impressive. do a little research on this rack system. other racks might look a bit more like furniture; Artesania is all business. the Artesania decouples on a level beyond th... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD i use Adona and decoupling footers, or active isolation.the problem with 'uber' racks is the 'sunk' cost, and then they are impossible to sell or ship once you have them. footers have the same or better performance, and are flexible and priced mor... | |
| What are your favorite upright 4-5 shelve audio rack recommendations? +1 for Adona.plays above it's price in build quality, look and performance in a solid rack. owned it now for 6 years in the context of a cost-no-object system. and the pieces are modular so it can be expanded easily. you could buy longer legs to a... | |
| DACs and bass response? bass in a dac is a somewhat complicated question. it can relate to multiple factors, including rack interface and power cords. and three dacs I’ve owned were quite high resolution, two with what i’d call ’hyper-detail’.......the Trinity dac and my... | |
| HeadAmp Blue Hawaii HP amp 5 years ago i owned the BHSE, 009’s and 007 Mk2’s. I ordered it and waited 14 months for it to arrive, as there was a long line. now, 6 years later, it takes about 6 weeks to get built. but until just recently there continued to be a long line. gr... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,i'd find a bunch of piano recordings and listen to them, then a bunch of vocals and massed strings or massed voices. these are where digital has a bit of trouble in sorting out detail in the massed strings and voices and the sustain and conti... | |
| David Crosby If Only I Could Remember My Name +1 for the 4-disc Classic Records 45rpm pressings. listened to 'Laughing' late last night with some friends.......really fine sounding, fully capturing that 'drugged up time in the world' and.......highly recommended.it's all you say it is.get the... | |
| Led Zeppelin II on a related note, Chris Huston, one of the engineers of LZII, designed my room. i listened to LZII with him during the project, in my temporary room. he had a few stories to tell......he loved my tt back then. | |
| Evolution Acoustics i owned Evolution Acoustics MM3’s for 7 years, and now have MM7’s.my favorite amp on the MM3’s was the darTZeel NHB-108 stereo amp. all those others are fine amps too, but for a combination of naturalness, low noise, extended and smooth highs and ... | |
| Led Zeppelin II i have the Classic 33rpm and the Classic 45rpm LZII from the box set, and enjoy both. the 45 is killer in my system.i also have a very fine 15ips, 1/4" master dub of LZII that is better than the 45. a force of nature on the Studer.not had an OP in... | |
| Suggest a new amp/preamp/Dac streaming combo here ya go....excellent amplifer, excellent analog preamp, and streaming dac.swiss built, like a tank.the darTZeel LHC-208http://www.dartzeel.com/lhc-208/?lang=en not under $3k. more like $15k. but it’s the real deal and still a great buy. and tha... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD as a former Lampi Golden Gate owner i did listen to the new Lampizator Pacific dac at the RMAF show this past weekend. i was impressed by it's greater clarity and more transparent and refined character. it plays at a higher level than the GG and w... |