rbstehno
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| Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen I have heard most of the Vandersteen speakers at both dealers and at shows and wasn’t that impressed. The Quatro’s, 5’s and 7’s sound very good but not for the money when comparing to other speakers. I’ve met Richard at a private dealer showing an... | |
| What is wrong here.. on Audiogon? Not necessarily true about having a device with a volume control (say a dac) a preamp is unnecessary. I’ve had both the ps Audio DS jr and now the DS sr and they both sounded much better going thru a McIntosh C47 preamp compared going directly int... | |
| sellers trying to sell used product for 10-20% off of list price So the OP is saying we should sell our equipment at 50% off, not charge for PayPal, and offer free shipping. This guy can’t be serious. If he wants to do that, go for it. I’d rather keep something instead of giving it away | |
| Dealer Discount Why would buying from an audio dealer be any different than buying a new car from a dealer, a boat, a house, or any other purchase From a dealer? MAYBE, I would pay close to retail for a speaker or tt vendor or possibly a dealer that knows how to ... | |
| Top vintage receivers vs. modern high-end equipment I did a lot of auditioning of equipment back in the late 70’s and I ended up getting the Yamaha 2020 receiver, I liked the sound better than the others I listened to and it had features that other’s didn’t. The old Marantz and McIntosh separates w... | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? You might prefer the Lampizator amber 3 to the PS Audio DS dac because it’s tube based and you like the sound of tubes. That’s cool. But, If you compare the 2 dacs, technically the DS is in a different league, and sound wise, it’s an excellent sou... | |
| What's a really great Streamer/DAC box for just streaming Tidal? Of course Dave carries the LUMIN, why would he recommend it if he didn’t. The Lumin is decent, but I thought the Auralic Aries was better. But, you don’t need a streamer. Most streamers require you to use USB which is flawed and you can spend many... | |
| PS Audio Windom. New Update. It’s like upgrading your dac a couple times a year for free | |
| How many of you believe in MQA? Good mqa sounds fantastic, I don’t need an engineer to tell me this. I’ll bet the same people that put down mqa put down SACD, dsd, and hires too. Each of these formats when done right all sounded much better than redbook, not a subtle improvement... | |
| Amazon just killed Tidal If it’s not Roon compatible or amazon doesn’t stream MQA, it’s a non-starter for me | |
| RMAF 2019! How was the sound in the rooms in general? The last few years at the Marriott, it was pretty bad. I've read many posts here and other places that registration was a nightmare, huge place with rooms a good distance apart, bad sound, etc.. Would yo... | |
| Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl uberwaltz-like I mentioned, I've had 2 very good r2r decks in the last few years and I have recorded digital music to them. The Otari has very good specs and sounded very good but wasn't any better than straight out of a dac. I bought the r2r to r... | |
| Possible new integrated amp for my new Focal Kanta's With focal speakers except for the utopia models, I would go with tubes because these speakers are cool sounding, no lower end. | |
| Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl Mijostyn-here is your statement: All my optical discs have been transferred to the hard drive. I took them all to Bull Moose Music and traded them in for....Records! $1500.00 worth. you copied all of your discs to a hard drive then sold them. This... | |
| Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl Mijostyn-you did an illegal thing and you’re bragging about it online? No different than a bank robber bragging about his heist on Facebook.Lalitk- some of the worst sounding albums are from many decades ago too. Most of the remastered material I ... |