rbstehno
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| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? I had a top of the line Classe cd player that was rated very high back then plus 1 of the earlier Sony sacd players back in the early 2000’s. Back then, it was proven that ripped cds sounded better than thru a cd player. I thought so too and sold... | |
| Will an Amp change improve my system ? My opinion: run away from benchmark unless you like highly detailed sound! Check out the newer PS Audio amps/integrated amps, much better sounding than their older stuff. In the past, I purchased the top of the line Hegel integrated amps over the ... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? I subscribe to Qobuz and Tidal using Roon and if I wanted to listen to jazz, from Roon I would go into Genres, then it gives you 20-30 options of what kind of jazz you want to listen to: contemporary, fusion, soul jazz, smooth jazz and many more. ... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? Fourplay, four80east, yellowjackets, acoustic alchemy, dave koz, miles Davis, Diane krall, pat methany, chick corea, and there are many more I listen too | |
| Experience up-leveling streaming with USB cables? Another person wasting their money on trying to make usb listenable. A few more tweaks, a few more cables, and you will be where I was at 6 years ago, usb sucks no matter what gimmicks you use. Good luck on your adventure, in time you will realize... | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued I grew up playing drums to heavy metal/acid rock or whatever you wanted to call it. We played deep purple, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix and others hard rock material. Today, I mostly listen to jazz/blues/hard rock and progressive rock. The group ... | |
| System assessment... Room is the most important thing to consider 1st. Then synergy between speakers to room size, amp to speakers, amp to preamp, phono tt/arm/cartridge, cartridge to phono preamp, then cables. I’ve used equalizers decades ago, and was using dsp for ... | |
| How to Connect DAC's USB Port to Ethernet Cable I think dsd sounds much better than 24/192. I would stick with Ethernet with dsd. USB you will degrade the sound quality | |
| Enough is Enough I had 1/2 dozen hi end dealers in around a big city I lived in. A bunch of us were part of an audio club that met 1 or 2 times a month listening to people’s setup as well as finding new artists/groups. On many occasions, at 10pm on my way home, I ... | |
| Integrated Amplifier Recommendations Needed I’ve owned over a dozen integrated amps. I would go with more than 100 watts if solid state, 100 watts tube would be ok. I have 90db speakers and use a 250 watt separate amp. Here are some of the integrated amps I’ve owned: McIntosh 6500, Hegel h... | |
| Large speakers plus EQ, what have you done? I had some large Usher speakers for my large audio rooms then I moved to a new house with a 16’ audio rooms. I tried using dsp to tame the bass for 3 years. I got it where it was ok sounding but something was missing. I also had the super bass tra... | |
| Downsizing from tower to bookshelf So I did exactly what you are doing. I have a nice pair of usher mini-X with the DMD tweeters. They sounded pretty good in my smaller room but something was missing. So I started looking at smaller floorstanding speakers and went with the revel f2... | |
| System assessment... Maybe it’s your room. You never mentioned if it was treated or not. Do you have tiled/wood floors? Windows? These things would make your room more sterile sounding. | |
| Enough is Enough In many decades, I have been at a couple of dealers that were any good. Most of them will tell you that their stuff is the best, even here on agon. I attend shows and when I find something I like, I will bring it home along with others to auditio... | |
| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? Ghdprentice-I was in the same boat as you 5 or 6 years ago. I had a $15k tt setup with hundreds of albums. This is when I used Ethernet to the dac. I would have to spend much more on my tt setup to better the sound plus you still had the overhead ... |