rbstehno
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| DAC recommendation Shadorne-you are not accurate in your statement that A rated dacs are very similar. Plus, you left out the PS Audio Directstream which is also A+ rated and is much different than most if not all the dacs you listed. The Directstream has the built ... | |
| Critique my setup Imo tubes provide a great warm sound, usually associated with the midrange. Sometimes the highs feel as though there is a veil drawn over the speakers. When I had the rogue, I loved the miss and highs, but the low end was too flabby for me, the ro... | |
| Critique my setup I have owned 4 Jolida pieces and still own 1 today. I have also heard their top of the line pieces/separates at shows and they sounded good, but never was on a wow list. For the $$$ Jolida is good sounding, but for the same $$$, you could do bette... | |
| Critique my setup IMO both your speakers and amp are your weakest links. You are a tube guy so IMO I would stay away from Sonus Faber, these speakers tend to be a little dark and tubes won’t help lighten them up. If you like tubes, try out the rogue Cronus magnum I... | |
| Do You Care About AESTHETICS? What Are Your Gear/Listening Room Preferences?... As for the electronics, I listen in the dark most of the time. I like a good looking tt and I have the hanss t-60 with vpi 3D tonearm. Speakers, I use Ushers that are made out of real wood and bent with a large press to get the year rounded back. ... | |
| Looking for the best moving coil cart that is around $5K used Handyman-if your have a top notch digital setup, you would think digital is equal or better than vinyl. Not all vinyl sounds good, actually, if I was to play a Beatles album, it would be the mono version, the stereo versions sucked compared to the... | |
| Looking for the best moving coil cart that is around $5K used You are limited by the tt arms you have since I’m guessing the vpi has the jmw9 tonearm. If you go with an upgraded cartridge up to $5k, you need to upgrade the tonearm, maybe using the vpi tt with a new vpi 3D arm, 10” or 12” if they would fit. I... | |
| Some Direction Please...... I used to have the rogue Cronus magnum II with the kt-120 tubes, wry nice tube amp. Heads up, if you have 4 ohm speakers, make sure you change the internal wire that sets up the rogue to 4 ohm load, it made a huge gain in driving my Usher MD ii’s... | |
| Usher Audio X-Tower Got got mine last week. Moved up from the usher Mini Dancer ii’s with the dmd tweeter. The md ii’s are very nice sounding speakers but the x-towers are much better.The bass is more tight and more there, but it should because of the 11” woofer. The... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @Slaw-I moved from the Usher Mini Dancer 2’s with the DMD tweeters, which I’m now selling. For the money you can’t beat Usher. My other rooms have Usher speakers too. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Just purchased a pair of Usher X-Towers so I have been going thru acoustic alchemy, Diana krall, joe bonamassa, Spyro gyro, and Yellowjacket albums to set them up. After many hours, setup is finished. | |
| Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK? Sorry, it should have read: It’s not worth the digital print to respond to this absurd post | |
| Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK? It worth the digital print to respond to this absurd post | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II Send it back to Peter and have him check it out. If you like the Carmen except for the issue, try out the latest version soundsmith zephyr. I have had the zephyr II for a few years and like it better than the Ortofon MC cart that I had prior. | |
| Analogue-free system Darkstar1- not sure how you setup your digital library but it doesn’t sound like it’s setup correctly. When I used a computer as a music server with pure music or audirvana, I had no issues with library metadata. Now, I don’t use a computer hooked... |