patrickdowns
Responses from patrickdowns
| What speaker – under $10k – has the best timbre and tonal qualities? Vandersteen Treo CT, new for under $10k (or a used pair of their Quatro CT's). | |
| Thinking out loud: solid state Linestage < $2k? The LDR3000P is Tortuga Audio’s flagship passive preamphttps://tortugaaudio.com/products/passive-preamps/ldr3000p-v25-passive-preamp/Or their other passive: Tortuga LDR3.V2 Passive Preamplifierhttps://tortugaaudio.com/products/passive-preamps/ldr3... | |
| Where are the cheap home streamers? I have the best, least expensive ($40) streaming gizmo, the Chromecast audio puck. It's plugged into my preamp/DAC with an optical Toslink cable. I stream Tidal straight from the phone using the app. Sadly, Google discontinued it and they are hard... | |
| Analog vs digital? nzastro - I'd LOVE to move to NZ and help you get sorted out! It's getting too crazy here in America. Sadly, I don't have enough money. Woe is me. | |
| Analog vs digital? You have been in audio long enough to know that what you are doing here is to try to start an argument. A bit harsh, imo. It’s his first post, and it wasn’t strident or trolling. Maybe the topic has been beaten like a rented mule, but that’s not u... | |
| Analog vs digital? I own over 6-7K LPs Raul, that's impressive! And a lot of storage room! How do you catalog them? With less than 1000 CDs I find remembering what I have and organizing them to be a pain. | |
| Analog vs digital? I went to the dark side (digital) 20 years ago, and it definitely has improved greatly. I have a dear friend, my audiophile mentor, who is still a devout vinyl guy and we go round and round about it. His system ($50K, Vandersteen Quatro CTs, Ayre ... | |
| Ever Hear a Tube CD player? Audio Notehttps://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/audio-note-cd-2-1x-ii-level-two-red-book-cd-playe/ | |
| How it works! From a common man. I may not look so good, my kids are scared of me and my wife left me 2 weeks ago. What's the downside? | |
| Pick and post 1 record you never tire of and play over and over... Good replies! | |
| Wild anecdote on variables in a listening room / studio (from Darko) Rodman, I'm glad I amused you. In fact I have decided that I need to do EXACTLY THAT (tune my new-ish listening room) before I spend any more money because my system is decent. In re: rave reviews of a $72,000 DAC and a $3,000 power cord...call m... | |
| Wild anecdote on variables in a listening room / studio (from Darko) Some chairs, in this game, are more musical than others...You win! LMAO. | |
| Pick and post 1 record you never tire of and play over and over... Allman Brothers live at the FillmoreOh yes! In Memory of Elizabeth Reed ❤️ | |
| Pick and post 1 record you never tire of and play over and over... Anything Steely DanI was never a huge fan back in the day, but I recently got the remastered AJA, and it's so good! | |
| Wild anecdote on variables in a listening room / studio (from Darko) I should have expected snark ;)If you’ve read Jim Smith’s book, "Get Better Sound", he discusses the importance of the room, and what a big part proper tuning and acoustic treatment of the listening room makes in getting the most out of one’s hifi... |