rbstehno
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| What is the best BNC Digital Cable under $4,000? mzkmxcv - 2 flaws in your logic/posts: you can’t afford an expensive cable so you will never be able to buy 1 and compare it to your $30 cable, so you have to bad mouth a product you can’t afford or put down people who can afford 1. 2nd- you state... | |
| Ordered my new amp today... been a long road! You Should have kept the McIntosh gear. | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? Vinny- sorry, but your system probably sounds what a $2-$4k system should sound like. Your system does not or will not compete with a $10k or higher system, let alone a $100k system. Instead of trying to convince us of the impossible, you should s... | |
| Computer to DAC Streamer Audiotroy-ssd’s sound better than a disk drive? Mac’s corrupt data? Computers screw up digital waveforms? Do you make this stuff up? Auralic streamers are junk?Somebody at an audio show tried to tell me they only use a certain hard drive because ... | |
| Computer to DAC Streamer Audiotroy-are you saying that by using my Mac vs using a Linux dedicated music server that my Mac will corrupt data packets? Far from it. I’ve been in the IT industry for over 40 years and the cheapest computer will not corrupt data packets unless... | |
| Computer to DAC Streamer Imo, the worst thing to have is a streamer/computer in your audio room, and equally bad is using usb connection to a dac. Got rid of that setup a while back. Every streamer out there is a computer, don’t let anyone fool you. Sure, some USB ports o... | |
| Recommnedation for the BEST SOUNDING integrated amp up to $3500 If you like tubes, the Rogue Cronus magnum 2 or 3 is very good, I owned 1. If you like solid state, the Hegel H300/H360 is hard to beat. I went from the Rogue to the Hegel to better control the bass. | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal mepstein10 - The BE10's will blow away the focals and YYettes. No need for subs with the BE10's. I bought a pair of the Usher X-Towers a few months back. It has a little bit bigger midrange than the BE10 and they are 2 piece speakers so you can sw... | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal I disagree. I haven’t heard a Focal speaker that I could listen to for any length of time that didn’t cost $40k or higher (utopia series). Of course I haven’t heard all of the Focal speakers but the non-utopia focal speakers that I have listened t... | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal If you like your Usher’s, I’m surprised you wouldn’t want to go with the Usher BE10’s or BE20’s. I had the Usher Mini Dancer II’s with the DMD tweeter and I listened to many speakers when I wanted to upgrade. The Focal’s were to thin sounding unti... | |
| Lumin T2 impressions? USB sucks vs using Ethernet. Some people will try to sell you tweaks to improve usb which they might work, but it’s like putting lipstick on a pig. I tried a couple tweaks which helped a little but I was glad I sold all of that stuff. My server wi... | |
| Affordable alternativ to the PS Audio DirectStream DAC If you hear somebody complaining about the PSA DS dac, ask them what release of the firmware did they use. Most people like the improvement each release provides. I’ve updated the dac multiple times and each new release sounded better than the pri... | |
| Speaker advice for listening to Blues music If your room has a bunch of windows and/or hardwood floors, you are going to need a miracle to get the room right. I listen to Keb Mo, SRV Tin Pan Alley, Robbin Ford, many other blues artists as well as a lot of jazz and rock. You don’t need a spe... | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer if you read Jim Smith's book or watch the video, he doesn't like spikes. He says they lean the speaker out. | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp I liked my tube amp but it didn't drive my woofers as well as a SS amp does. I tried the different ohm settings and the 4 ohm was better than the 8 ohm, still wasn't to my liking. Amp had 4-kt120 tubes. |