oldschool1948
Responses from oldschool1948
| In praise of isolation. As a follow-up to my previous post, I installed the Gaia III footers with Gaia footer spikes on my speakers (sitting on carpet over a concrete basement floor). I immediately noticed improved accuracy and detail in instruments and voices. Sounds... | |
| In praise of isolation. I have concrete basement flooring and my gear sits on a Butcher Block Acoustics rack on spikes. The rack is rock solid. I put carpet on my basement listening room floor a couple of weeks ago. My speakers are on spikes. I’m quite happy with my s... | |
| What do audiophiles do in their cars? In my 2009 E350 sport sedan, I listen mostly to prerecorded jazz, old school soul/R&B, or soft rock on SD cards. Sometimes I listen to CDs, or stream Qobuz or Tidal via my phone. Same goes for my 2003 CLK500 coupe. I replaced the CLK’s facto... | |
| Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers Tannoy dual concentric driver...I love mine.... Ditto | |
| To clean or not to clean... I clean EVERY VINYL, OLD OR NEW before ever playing it. ditto | |
| Carpet Killed High Frequencies In My Music Listening Area With the speakers on spikes alone pointed straight, the change in highs and overall SQ is remarkable. As compared to before, everything sounds better. The new sound is more detailed, clearer, crisper, and much more natural. I’ll now work on imag... | |
| Carpet Killed High Frequencies In My Music Listening Area I appreciate the helpful responses. Since installing the carpet, I've been tinkering with my system setup. I placed my speakers on 1" bamboo butcher blocks so that I could move them easier, and I'm still using the stock Tannoy speaker footers. ... | |
| Has anyone used the new Innuos 2.0 Sense music app? Compared it to Roon? @mahughes While what I do on this site is none of your business, I did read the blog. If you have Tidal, maybe your Tidal integration worked different than mine. There is partial Tidal integration, but not all of my playlists appeared in Sense. ... | |
| Has anyone used the new Innuos 2.0 Sense music app? Compared it to Roon? I have a Zenith MK2 connected to a Matrix X to a DirectStream DAC. While I hate to admit it, I've been asleep at the switch and just tried Sense today. I find Sense SQ smoother and more full bodied than Roon. I really like what I hear. If the... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards Around 1982Technics SL-1600MKII turntablePioneer PL1000 turntableRodec SM200 MixerPioneer SPEC-4 power ampSoundcraftsman SP4001 EQ/pre ampTeac X10R R2Rdbx 224 Type II noise reduction unitdbx 3bx dynamic range expanderOriginal Bose 901 speakers w... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. I bought a Technics SL-1600MKII in 1979. I used Pickering cartridges. It served me well for a very long time, until I bought a 1200G three years ago. I gave the 1600MKII to my son two years ago with some other of my favorite vintage gear; it is... | |
| What speaker do you passionately want to demo? Tannoy Turnberry Tannoy Kensington | |
| How many dealers do you use? Whomever has the product and best price. Not tied to one dealer. I especially avoid those that try and charge full retail.+1 | |
| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? Several years ago, I ripped my CD collection (about 10,000 tracks) to an Innous Zenith MKII streamer. It took me a while! I retired my McIntosh CD player and haven’t looked back. I’ve had no issues playing FLAC, DSD, and streaming via the Zenith t... | |
| Can we talk about Qobuz for a minute I use both Tidal and Qobuz. I started with and kept Tidal because, for the most part, it has more of the old school R&B classics that I like; and I like it's interface better. In my system, Qobuz HiRes sounds a bit better than Tidal MQA. But... |