moonwatcher
Responses from moonwatcher
| Audio Research Dog Regarding receivership. High end audio is a tough business serving a niche market. I hope they will be bought out by someone who will appreciate the brand and will invest in it. Like the old saw goes, "The best way to make thousands of dollars in ... | |
| How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment? Cats don’t like certain scents, especially citrus such as lemon (and some other scents like peppermint you can look them up). Keep some fresh cut lemons in a glass or maybe a peppermint plant near your equipment. I’ve got three cats and they neve... | |
| getting into streaming Just wanted to note that both Cambridge Audio and NAD came out recently with some great (at least on paper) entry level streamer/DACs...so you might want to take a look at one of those as perhaps a "step above the WiiM Mini" to feed your CD player... | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? @jonwolfpell the Volti Audio Razz are beautiful. Those finishes are amazing. I'd love the Natural Ash. A bit out of my price range so I’d probably settle for the JBL L-100. (Which I think were on sale a while back for $4000/pair). But yes, I’d lov... | |
| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? @8th-note I was happy to have seen Col. Bruce and ARU a few times. He might have been a strange character but the music was impeccable. I am basically frightened - by how good it was. @czarivey Guess Coldplay is pop too then. Maybe even Metallica... | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? Love the "old school" speakers of late, updated of course with modern drivers and crossover designs, and the knowledge of how to properly brace a cabinet for little (if any) resonances. I still don’t understand why Steve Gutenberg didn’t like the... | |
| getting into streaming Sorry, I take issue with anyone saying the cheap WiiM Mini (I've not tried the Pro) doesn't work. I have THREE of them scattered around. One in my den for non-critical listening feeding an AVR, another at my work office for convenience. And anot... | |
| getting into streaming To the OP, I would rethink your use case. While it might seem "cool" to have a streamer with a screen interface, do you really want to have to stand there at your rack of gear choosing what to play when you could be sitting in a nice comfortable c... | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus As noted, it is hard to say since we didn’t have SPL meters with us, but I’d say The Replacements at a small warehouse bar show. They had brought in some speaker stacks and enough power for a large arena and played LOUD. I ended up going outside t... | |
| Streamers made in America? +1 for the products made in the U.S.A. especially Cary Audio. +2 for Aurender made in South Korea. At least they are a representative democracy, so there is that. How much longer will PS Audio stall on theirs? Are they close? Have they given you a... | |
| Decware and “The List” @69zoso69 @bluorion well, good luck to both of you getting your amps. We all know supply issues were awful the last two years and are only now getting back to "mostly" normal. At some point though, you have to wonder if Decware has that much of a ... | |
| Decware and “The List” They say good things come to those who wait. I'd rather be waiting on a nice Decware amp than speaker grilles from Tekton. Good luck. | |
| A SHOCKING DISCOVERY ABOUT DIGITAL AUDIO Nah, we are all going to save a lot of money and subscribe to lossy Spotify and praise the Swedes who own it and their infinite wisdom. Lossless better-quality files? Yeah, who needs them, right? Uh, no. Just no. Come on, even the OP has to know ... | |
| Ripping CD's to hard drive +1 for Exact Audio Copy, +1 for dbpoweramp (which can do more if you want). These two are really all you need. Almost any computer grade drive can work. This is OLD technology now. Even a $30 computer optical drive is up to the task on clean, rela... | |
| Incredible improvement in sound quality I've got 8000Hz tinnitus. It may not be an "ear problem" but who do you go to for the limited treatment options? An ear doctor. So duh. There's other types, such as manifesting itself as static, crackling, etc. I just constantly hear an 8000Hz ton... |