parker65310
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| Fear Inoculum in Vinyl I haven’t listened to the cd version, but I have listened to the Tidal master version and I have to say the fidelity is disappointing. Not very good dynamics, pretty flat, wasn’t impressed. I love the title cut. I really hope Maynard has it re-rec... | |
| Apogee Acoustics repair They age like any other speaker. The Duetta II Signatures have been super reliable since my dad bought them in ‘88. I acquired them from him 2 years ago. I’m driving them to Music Technology in VA this coming week to have them totally redone, incl... | |
| Apogee Scintilla Power I know I’m very late to the discussion, but I have a pair of Duetta II Signatures that I’m driving out to Bill Thalmann @ Music Technology in Springfield, VA next week for a complete new rebuilt including Wilson caps. Unfortunately Bill is soon re... | |
| A CD PLAYER whose sound quality NOT AFFECTED by the DAC? The Node2’s streamer is good and the interface is decent. When I went from the internal DAC to an MDHT Orchid (utilizes an output tube) improvements were across the board. The Node2’s DAC I characterize as a bit dull. It’s just ok | |
| Fedex and Ups Damage thread I had my Apogee Duetta II Signature ribbon speakers damaged by UPS a few years ago. The original cartons are encased in a super solid wood slat enclosure. They managed to puncture the bottom of one of cartons with a forklift, tear off several slat... | |
| Looking for Blues with High Fidelity Lots of excellent recommendations from others. I would also add Buddy Guy - Blues Singer and the great falsetto album Skip James - Blues from the Delta to go along with Muddy Water - Folk Singers stand out fidelity. It isn’t technically a blues al... | |
| Will a new Dac improve the sound? I have the Audiolab CDT6000 cd transport and an MHDT Orchid DAC (tube) connected via a high quality Toslink Wireworld Super Nova 7 feeding into my Apogee Acoustics Duetta II Signatures full range ribbons speakers. The setup sounds incredible. I hi... | |
| Bluesound Node 2021 DAC - I sold my Denafrips Ares II I ran the Node2 for about a year with no external DAC (BAT VK-5i tube preamp & BAT VK-600 w/ bat pack solid state amp) feeding my Apogee Acoustics Duetta II Signature full range ribbon speakers. I then upgraded by adding the MHDT Orchid tube D... | |
| Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch? I use digital coax from my Node2 streamer and Toslink from my Audiolab cd transport to my MHDT Orchid DAC. I did a lot of research and asked a lot of questions to both my MHDT dealer and Silnote Audio (interconnnects) and came to the conclusion th... | |
| Anyone own Linear Tube Audio Amps? LTA is excellent to work with as well. I bought my MHDT Orchid DAC from them. Nicholas has always answered my questions thoroughly, great customer service. | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Add to this list Philip Glass’ “Koyaanisqatsi” and the depressing, but incredibly well done decay Timelapse documentary named after the same Hopi term (Life out of Balance) released in 1982. Couldn’t be any more pertinent today. | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Anything from Mazzy Star and her solo work (Hope Sandoval). Start with her most well known Mazzy Star album “So That I Might See”. It doesn’t get any more haunting than her sound. | |
| SPDIF vs. AES/EBU Sound Quality? I’ve got an entry level digital coax cable made by Silnote Audio going from my Bluesound Node 2 to my MHDT Orchid DAC out to my BAT VK-5i tube preamp via RCA to balanced XLR. My Audiolab 6000CDT cd transport only support digital coax and TOSLINK. ... | |
| What are your favorite recordings that sound best to you? So many, but these are examples from my listening session today that come to mind (not on LP, but hopefully it’s consistent with the streaming, cd recording quality of these albums)… Peter Frampton - Acoustic Classics Ballake Sissoko & Vince... | |
| Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies? I’ve got very demanding Apogee Duetta II Signature Series full range ribbon speakers and have always been very happy with the combo of my BAT (Balanced Audio Technology) tube preamps with BAT’s solid state amps. They are built like tanks with mass... |