mksun

Responses from mksun

What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Bob Dylan - Live at the Gaslight 1962Gordon Lightfoot - SundownSimon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 AM 
What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey?
Los Angeles area radio stations I listened to:KHJ - Top 40 AM early 70sKMET (aka “The Mighty MET”) - FM Album oriented rock mid 70s to early 80sKROQ - FM Alternative rock late 70s to mid 80s 
Whats playing on your system today?
Miles Davis - Big Fun 
Album which you have listened to most?
Van Morrison - Astral WeeksVan Morrison - No Guru No Method No TeacherDusty Springfield - Dusty in MemphisBob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a FireBob Marley and the Wailers - Trenchtown Rock 1969 - 1978Herbie Hancock - Empyrean IslesMiles Davis -... 
Best female vocal recording on CD?
These are some of my favorite CDs, all amazing voices:Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis (hybrid SACD)Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light Til DawnSandy Denny - No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology Sarah McLachlan - Solace (hybrid SACD)Aretha Franklin -... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune, Tyranny and Mutation, and Spectres on CD. Great Halloween tunes. 
Best music in 2021
Another vote for Rhiannon Giddens “They’re Calling Me Home”. I also recently bought her entire back catalog.  
DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point
I’m extremely happy with my Denafrips Pontus II purchased several months ago. For $1.7k it has more than lived up to all the positive reviews and has transformed the sound of my system. I now have over 2.5k CDs to re-listen to, a problem I enjoy h... 
Better CD Sound: The Search
I am using an Audiolab CDT6000 transport connected to a Denafrips Pontus II DAC and the sound is amazing! The Pontus which is an R2R ladder DAC has been a game changer for my system. The Pontus increased the soundstage, brought more airiness to th...