milpai
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| Bass Traps One ting that comes to mind is that, because of the reduced reflections, you are able to hear music better and that is why you might have raised the volume? Also, are the GIK 244 directly behind your seating position? Can you try to move them to t... | |
| SACD v Streaming @devinplombier Oh also if you upsample everything to DSD on the fly, or use some of the more complex HQP filters, you’ll need a PC with serious horsepower. If you want to upsample to DSD 128 or 256, you can use a regular desktop or laptop. Not n... | |
| SACD v Streaming @devinplombier , My bad. Forgot to add that it it "free to try". It's worth a shot if you have already spent $$$ on a DAC. | |
| SACD v Streaming Slightly different approach than most above - but if you use a PC to stream music, then HQ Player can make a huge difference. It's not that difficult, plus you can upsample everything to DSD. I do Spotify through HQ Player and it sounds fantastic.... | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.4 Congratulations @mbarrett635 . Glad to hear that you are enjoying it. "I felt I could walk up and take the tamborine right out of the singer’s hand," This is for real and sometimes just spooky! Are you using the stock tubes for now and plan to... | |
| New preamplifier - Backert Rhumba Extreme, Aesthetix Calypso Signature, Ayre KX5 Twenty @audioman58 , Have you listened to a Backert preamp? | |
| New preamplifier - Backert Rhumba Extreme, Aesthetix Calypso Signature, Ayre KX5 Twenty @dotto81 , I do not have experience with others, but you cannot go wrong with the Backert Rhumba Extreme. I am very pleased with the regular Backert Rhumba and have not changed it since 2018. I can only imaging how much more transparent and music... | |
| Anyone interested in an audio get together in Northest Ohio? @2psyop You are welcome! It was a great evening and I was glad that you guys were able to listen to my system and provide feedback. My ultimate moment was when @hbarrel sarted clapping at the end of one song. He was so engrossed in the performa... | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? My blind to-go audiogoner was "almarg". Still miss him. But there are others here who I know (from being here and reading their posts) who are genuinely adding value and providing support. Most of these are folks who have been here for a while a... | |
| Qobuz Connect Launched Yesterday I was wondering about using headless devices like a NUC, a Mac Mini, or similar which run the Qobuz software. These would be installed in a system and then controlled remotely using an iPad or Android tablet or phone. Exactly like Spotify Conn... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @whart , I played a couple of discs from the Art Pepper Live at the Vanguard and Shelly Manne Live at the Blackhawk and reveled in what I was hearing. Talking about Shelly Mane, at 2015 AXPONA Chad Kassme played "Sounds Unheard Of!" at one d... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @prof, Feels awfully cruel to have gone all this way landed on my final dream system, and then I can’t appreciate it. Hopefully that situation will change at some point. While things are ok (for now) with me, I have been following researches... | |
| Anyone interested in an audio get together in Northest Ohio? @hbarrel I am looking forward to host you and @2psyop later this week. It is always good to hear different systems, get the owner’s perspective, and then look for improvement opportunities in your own system. I like the "open layout" that you have... | |
| Guitar lacking bite, vocal lacking presence I am going to be very blunt and hope to not appear as being rude: The very first thing I did was look at your profile. You are here since 2003 (at least that is what it shows me). That is 22 years. In all these years one would (I assume) have lea... | |
| New DAC, what should I look for? Regarding the T+A DAC200.. I don't think the preamp is defeatable @audiojan Actually it is. You can set the output to FIXED and use your amplifier to control the volume. Alternatively you can set the output to VARIABLE, if you want to use the... |