mitch2
Responses from mitch2
| Whats playing on your system today? The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday Reservoir Dogs soundtrack James Gang - Best Of, Millennium Collection | |
| Indispensable Tool! Have had the Ayre disc for many years and it is now ripped to my server. Track 7, Full Glide Tone, on repeat at very low volume works well for burning in new components. It is sort of the equivalent of warming up your car, many do it even though s... | |
| Is more amp power always better...? “Quality watts” is a catch-phrase, in that any manufacturer will tell you their amps provide quality watts. It is simply another way of saying expensive amps often sound better than inexpensive amps and, given their speakers, room, music, and list... | |
| Looking for decent DAC with volume control If you are interested in R2R DACs, at that price range for used you might consider the Cees Ruijtenberg designs, either Metrum Adagio or Sonnet Pasithea, or their less expensive siblings. The two companies are now apparently under one roof under ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Ten Years After - Slow Blues in C (live) | |
| Thank Heavens For The Internet World Used/ Pre-Owned High End Audio Market!!!! @kennymacc - Your positivity is refreshing. I agree, it opened an entire world up to not only equipment but knowledge that most of us had only seen small pieces of by visiting our local stereo shops. As with everything, it has morphed into somet... | |
| any isolation platform sleuths out there? Here you go... This site should help. I filtered by units sold in the US. Keep in mind the "asking" price is the price that is listed. | |
| Equipment sight but not sound. Yup, been there, done that, and in most cases it was a huge mistake. Alon speakers was the worst. Totally wrong for my music, tastes, and partnering equipment. Ayre CD player, preamp, and DAC, none of which had enough meat on the bones for me... | |
| any isolation platform sleuths out there? Pretty sure I have one under my DAC - Black Diamond Racing - The Shelf, although could be The Source. Here is one that was previously for sale. | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results My preamp set-up is a unity gain buffer, so I get the benefit of controlling the cables without adding gain. On the DAC side of things, some manufacturers are addressing the gain issue by including optional lower gain output settings, like with ... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ Point/Counterpoint on these forums has become so tiresome. So many of these threads turn into pissing matches when two sides each take absolute but opposite positions. Many times, when I look into the stuff myself, the reality seems to fall some... | |
| Server/Streamer - sonicTransporter i9 and Signature Rendu SE Since starting this thread, I have been fortunate to recently try some stuff that has made significant improvements to my digital front end. Sonore Signature Rendu SE I recently added the Sonore Signature Rendu SE Optical as a Roon endpoint/stre... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Shelby Lynne - Suit Yourself Track 12, aka A Rainy Night in Georgia (an outstanding rendition and well worth a listen, IMO) | |
| Music Disappearing (Roon/Tidal/Qobuz) It seems this is not uncommon, since what you all have described below is pretty much exactly what happened to me. Thanks all. | |
| Music Disappearing (Roon/Tidal/Qobuz) Yes, it is there now but is called an "Expanded Edition" and I am not sure that was there before. The prior link to my playlist version never became available but I found it by going through the artist. The other thing I get sometimes is that ... |