rbstehno
Responses from rbstehno
| Tekton Electron SE MC’s comments along with the op’s impressions are way over the top. MC comment:”Fits in with everything else. Eric has done remarkable work producing so many exceptionally fine speakers filling out so many little market niches.” How many of those ... | |
| Music streamers I see some of these responses and some people just don’t understand what a streamer is. A streamer like the Aurender/Lumin/auralic are all computers. A lot of them run linux, who cares? 99% of users of these streamer servers can’t even spell linux... | |
| Experiences Selling Stuff On Audiogon? I Buy and sell mainly off us audio mart with very good luck. I liked the old agon for selling. | |
| REVEL performa3 f208 or TEKTON Moab MC - Your comment: "Reading through the comments its clear you either don’t know anything about Tekton Moabs or worse have been misled into believing a lot of the blather which in turn comes from people who don’t know anything about Tekton Moabs."... | |
| Speaker Audition Usher BE10, be20’s, or the newer series td10, td20’s. You will get their Diamond tweeter and the 11” Eaton woofer(s). I also have these larger usher speakers and they sound great | |
| BlueSound Stinks(!), anyone? Bluesound is an entry level piece. If you don’t want to use Roon, and you want to spend little money, then get an Auralic mini with the DS lightning software. Outside of Roon, the DS lightning software is the best. The Auralic mini for $500 new so... | |
| Speaker cables Mid High end There are hundreds of very good cables out there and thousands of reviews from people indicating their likes and dislikes for each of them. I have purchased cables before at audio shows mainly because they were in a good sounding room, I have read... | |
| Buying a DAC when you can't try it first The dacs that soix recommended are entry level dacs and for a little bit more money can do better. Also, if you do get a quality dac, get 1 with mqa support, then compare qobuz to tidal masters with mqa. Tidal is so much better sounding with mqa m... | |
| Connecting a DAC directly to an amp? Since I got rid of my analog gear and only have digital sources, I got rid of a newer Mcintosh preamp and went directly from my ps audio ds dac into a ps audio bhk amp, actually the sq is better. Quiet with a lot of headroom. I have attenuation tu... | |
| PS Audio Power Plant 15........ If it’s a demo unit, it probably has already been broken in unless the dealer told you it wasn’t on the floor very long.If it’s that far off, call ps audio about your issue. It should be under warranty and they are very good at supporting their cu... | |
| Speaker Positioning Read jim smith’s book on getting better sound. He describes when it’s appropriate to use certain setups even when setting up diagonally in a corner. Most formulas only involve where to place the speakers whereas jim has a formula for the listening... | |
| Speaker Positioning Check out what the experts say on speaker positioning to save you a lot of time to get the initial position before making the more precise movements. Check out the following sites: Cardas, jim smith, ps audio and others. There are formulas to use ... | |
| Floor standing or Large bookshelf recommendations - 2.0 channel setup check out the Usher mini-x with the diamond tweeter. Another good monitor is the totem model 1 signature | |
| I've been dragged to recommendations, kicking and screaming I use tidal as well as thousands of ripped and purchased rebook and hi-res music. I use Roon hints to explore new music. Roon's recommendations for similar artists to the 1 you are listening to have been eye opening | |
| Looking for a new integrated amp The rogue is nice. Get a used rogue Cronus magnum 2 with the kt120 tubes for $1500-$1700. I sold 1 for that amount 5 years ago.For my office system with nice floorstanding speakers, I use the PS Audio Sprout 100 integrated. It costs $600 new. I pr... |