oldschool1948
Responses from oldschool1948
| Better R2R DAC Recommendation? AudioMirror is an excellent R2R DAC. | |
| Bill Withers has passed He was a gifted artist. I have most of his original albums and still listen to them on occasion. My favorite song is "Grandma's Hands" because it always brings back fond memories of my grandmother. I hated it when he stopped making music, but ... | |
| Looking for Blues with High Fidelity A few I listen to on Qobuz Slightly Hung Over by Blues Delight Help Me Through The Day by Bernard Allison Trouble & Whiskey by Sean Chambers Change in the Weather by James Armstrong Aint’ Enough Whiskey bu D Man I Walk Alone by Michael H... | |
| How to properly stream TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer, et cetera? OP, in the end, what you hear is based on your total system and the synergy between those components. The type and nature of every component in your system matters. Budget aside, the components you select should depend on the type of music you li... | |
| Replace inner sleeves on used records? After cleaning an album with my record cleaning machine, I always replace plain paper sleeves with Mobile Fidelity sleeves. Some of my album sleeves come with white paper outer material and Mobile Fidelity like inner material. Those I keep. The... | |
| Protecting Equipment from Children When my then 3 year old granddaughter, who is now 22, saw my turntable for the first time, she dragged the tonearm across an album. I never did find the stylus 😶. I can only fault myself for being careless. When my now 3 year old and 7 year ol... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? My system sounds much better with a pre amp in the mix. I have a PS Audio BHK pre amp, PS Audio DSD Sr. DAC (which has a volume control), and PS Audio BHK250 power amp pushing Tannoy DC8Ti speakers. About a year ago, I sent the BHK pre in for re... | |
| Would you pay more than 25% of MSRP for a used cartridge? I wouldn’t pay 25% over MSRP for anything. | |
| Your method for discovering great music. In my case, Tidal has created seven "My Mix" old school R&B and contemporary Jazz playlists that contain some of the music in Tidal playlists that I've created; additional music that I've heard or have not in a Tidal playlist; and some new mus... | |
| Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch? I have a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC. I've used USB, Ethernet, and i2s with it. i2s is by far the better option. | |
| your first system- U.S. Army, Augsburg, Germany, 1975. Pioneer integrated amp, Pioneer cassette deck, Pioneer speakers, and Dual TT. | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet I use a PS Audio Power Port Classic AC Receptacle. Seems to work well in my system. | |
| Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room. Google Search: The Wadax Atlantis Reference DAC, priced at $145,000, is the audio equivalent of those hypercars. It is an exercise in building the world's best-sounding digital-to-analog converter without restraints in cost or size. | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit About four years ago, I ripped my 1000 CDs to a Zenith MK2 streamer and haven’t looked back. I use Roon on a Mac mini for whole house stereo to powered speakers. In my listening room, I use Innuos Sense, which sounds a LOT better than Roon. I... | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet @terry9 Thanks for the thoughtful response to my question. I was hoping the isolator installation would be a bit more “plug and play” 😊. Next steps, talk to my electrician. Thanks again. |