mrmb
Responses from mrmb
| Who Do You Credit For Getting You Into This Hobby? The great music and artists fueled my interest in hi-fi playback. Unfortunately, in my youth I knew no one with the same interest. As long as I can recall, I just wanted to enhance the listening experience. Not having a clue what I was doing, I re... | |
| iMac vs. PC Laptop I bought my MacBook to use as a wired USB to Wavelength DAC music server and portable PC.It will run both Apples's OS and Windows, which to me was a plus.As my first experience with a MAC, it's been a pleasent one.A plus is that it's quite silent.... | |
| ARC Ref 3 with CAT JL2 or do you need CAT SL1 With my Soundlab M1's, my CAT JL1's purrrrr. Prior to the CAT's, I had a Levinson 336, choosing it over a Krell FPB 600. Both were auditioned using the Martin Logan reQuests which I owned at the time.The CAT's were hauled home with Parasound Halo'... | |
| Hall of Fame: BIGGEST BADDEST Monster Amps CAT's! My Levinson 336 went bye bye after a very brief comparison with CAT JL1 mono's. When compared to my Levinson, the CAT's absolutely controlled my Soundlab M1's and at "only" 100w/ch vs the Levinson at 350w/ch. | |
| Recommendation for Computer/Digital I second the USB DAC route. I just bought a Wavelength Brick (Silver). It replaced a Wadia 861 and I couldn't be happier -- either from a sonic or ease of playback selection perspective.Before buying a MacBook to use as a music server(and from whi... | |
| Want to get into Analog but i do not have a preamp To get back into vinyl, I purchased a Supratek Chenin. Until that time, I was running my Wadia 861 direct into my CAT amps. The Chenin's line stage was an improvement over running direct. So, if you haven't tried a "good" pre-amp with your Wadia, ... | |
| Wadia vs. Audiomeca Just went to a USB DAC using an eight...yes, 8-year old PC with a 200gb HD, as a source. For the convenience of instantly selecting 1 of 4,500 tracks, I would have been happy if my Wadia had sonically remained king, but alas it was dethroned. The ... | |
| Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC From my fairly limited experience, I agree Ckorody's thoughts.Depending upon your budget, hardware, and needs, I believe an outboard USB DAC is the way to go.I was in your boat a few months ago, and recently acquired a USB DAC -- the Wavelength Br... | |
| Teres, Galibier and Redpoint Dan_ed: Like your son, my "young" son of 25.5, will be the proud owner of a Galibier one day, and lots of software to play on it. He's taken this hobby of ours as his own, and has already received hand-me-downs -- Aragon electronics, and a Thorens... | |
| Teres, Galibier and Redpoint Dan_ed: Congratulations on your decision. I purchased one of Thom's tables in 2004. You should know that the temporary "abode" the table was shipped in, was absolutely bullet proof. So much so, that I kept the crate and discarded the turntable. We... | |
| Building your own high end turntable stand? Something perhaps similar to Jahaira's explnation:http://teresaudio.com/haven/stands/stands.html | |
| Is this the future of the next CD player For me, the future is now with the very recent procurement of a Wavelength Brick AG USB DAC! My front end is an antiquated Dell 300Mhz Pentium II machine using Foobar, WinAMP, or Media Center software. I havent chosen which media player to go wit... | |
| High mass turntable owners -- What Stand? Thanks for replies thus far. I saw two mentions regarding Timbernation Timbernation. I'm using one of Chris' maple platforms, and am intrigued with his racks. The 3" thick shelf racks certainly look sturdy enough. And there's the rack that's forme... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Having owned a Supratek Chenin pre-amp for approximately 2-years, last week, I had occasion to contact Mick about a perceived problem. I say perceived, because after Mick's reply, I realized that I had made an erroneous assumption.However, the rea... | |
| Schroeder vs. Triplanar VII Sonic Differences Rwd,At the time, the Galibier Quattro and the Quattro Supreme represented Thom's two offerings. As can be assumed by the name, the Supreme was top dog. When purchasing the Quattro, I did upgrade to the Aluminum/Teflon Composite platter. But that c... |