o_holter
Responses from o_holter
| Headphone amp advice The Jade is a great value for the money. Still burning it in. Good OTL sound. The GK, also, has a positive effect, though not as much. | |
| Small hi-res player? Thanks Jimmy,Yes, we are talking about ipod-like players supporting high resolution. I wonder why this development is so "delayed". It might help if audiophiles lobby producers to get going. I am in friendly contact with the Cowon importer to get ... | |
| Small hi-res player? We won't get hi-res players unless we use pressure. A-goners use Cowon, Archos, Sony, others. We need to make our voice known, to get better audio resolution. I've mailed Cowon, please do the same. | |
| Headphone amp advice I will report back. So far, I've invested in an AKG K450 (small-above ear phone) which needs burn-in (300-500 hours) before reporting. Sounds a bit hard and closed in, still, after ca 50 hours, but I have hopes. I am waiting for the Jade and GK1-J... | |
| Best recording Ok, I have now carried my Studer A77 Revox down from my loft, despite my prolapsis and the thing weighing a ton - and will get back with listening results. Note my Studer only plays 3,75 and 7,5 ips. It was modded by Lauvland of Doxa to good effec... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I am recording Lps to digital, and the whole of the Spooky Tooth catalogue is on the turntable tonight. This is, politically, a somewhat embarassingly incorrect band that nevertheless had something to say, and especially, good music - even some of... | |
| Headphone amp advice Nsgarch, following your advice i've read a lot on headfi and other valuable sources, and have ended up investing in an Audiotailor Jade tube amp and GK1-J portible mosfet amp. Will try to follow up with some reporting when the system has been brok... | |
| Small hi-res player? Correction: "The Korg lacks digital out" is not quite right. It uses USB, so files can be transferred to the PC. The Audiogate software can export between MP3, PCM, and the DSD format. | |
| Headphone amp advice Thanks, Nsgarch, I agree with your general view, it is more like, how many systems to care for, and in my case, some portability would mean more use. But OK, I am considering a Darkvoice 336SE, which the seller suggested instead of the Little Dot ... | |
| Small hi-res player? This is becoming a one-man-band effort, but let me fill in with some new experience.The Korg MR-1 does its job very well. Perhaps 80 percent right, 20 wrong, compared to what I've heard before. The wrong has to do with a certain hardness or harshn... | |
| Small hi-res player? Re Audioholik question:Have you listened to any hi-rez music on portable player yet?I have listened over the last months, jogging and walking. With a mixed repertoire on cd and vinyl recordings on the Cowon, I tend to skip the cd tracks. They don'... | |
| Small hi-res player? I've finally invested in a DSD recorder, Korg Mr-1, following advice here on Audiogon. Like other users I enjoy the results. Even downsampled. The Korg Mr-1 DSD recordings sound noticeably better than my first PCM 24/96 solution - larger soundscap... | |
| Small hi-res player? I do know I enjoy my 24/96 vinyl rips even downsampled to 16/44, and since these sound much better than CDs (on the Cowon D2), I have little doubt that the original 24/96 would sound better still (and, according to what people say, DSD to 24/96 an... | |
| Can digitizing vinyl match CD? The Korg DSD recorders, especially the MR-1, are becoming very reasonably priced (300 usd or so), and seem to be a good choice for ripping. Even if - for now - we have to downsample from DSD to PCM (see www.taperssection.com). | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? Re Downunder: "I would have luved the IO, however too noisy."Yes, my Io, bought used, was noisy, and remained noisy with various NOS tube experiments. It got so bad that I asked for a full tube replacement from Aesthetix. That fixed my noise probl... |