rbstehno
Responses from rbstehno
| Music Server Advice If you use usb, then save your money because usb will never give you the best sq no matter which server or tweak/gimmick you apply. | |
| Speaker recommendations :-) Any of the Usher speakers with their DMD Diamond tweeter, Revel Studio2/Salon 2, Raidho, and the later Wilson’s. I have owned many of the Ushers and still own a pair along with a pair of Revel. | |
| What to do with my legacy CD collection? Ripped cds surpassed the Sq you get from a world class cd player over 15 years ago. I sold my multi-thousand $$ highly rated cd player 14 years ago and never looked back. I have been transporting thousands of cds around with me for over 20 years a... | |
| getting into streaming I’ve been streaming music for almost 20 years. You will need a computer, and a smartphone and/tablet to do it right. ‘First and foremost, it’s the software you use that gives you the best Sq. I’ve used almost a dozen different software versions t... | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? Jolida 301 amp, older definitive technology BP series bipolar speakers almost 30 years ago, ESS speakers from the 70’s with the amt tweeter/midrange, rogue Cronus magnum 2 amp, ps audio ds jr (wish I still had for second system), and now the ps au... | |
| Bel Canto E1-X Dac JA reviews mean nothing. Have you ever seen a negative review from him or any of the magazine reviewers? Every piece of equipment reviewed by any of the audio magazines is a glowing review. I subscribe to all these magazines but think some of the ... | |
| Upgrade to McIntosh Even the McIntosh SS amps are warm sounding. If I ever go back to tubes, it will be only in the preamp section, I never got tight bass with tubes. Check out the new McIntosh gear, they are hybrids with tubes for midrange/tweeter and large SS for ... | |
| Interesting situation! Do we need this.... I like my cars Bose system and listen to it for days on trips. I listen to my apple EarPods, HomePods for hours sometimes. My second system has a cheap dac, ps audio sprout 100 with revel floor standing speakers. I like this system over many I hea... | |
| (Hegel vs Luxman) vs PS Audio Keep what you got and get a better room. The room is the most important piece of your system. You have a terrible room, it doesn’t matter how much you spend on equipment, it will sound bad. Great sounding/treated room, mediocre equipment can still... | |
| Improve sound I would but the ps audio DS jr dac listed at TMR, sell your bluesound unit, sell your optical cable and you will have a better sound than any of the dacs listed above. Use Ethernet to the dac, so you can run Roon or iTunes or whatever you want on ... | |
| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! Or just maybe you have a good quality system that allows you to hear the differences in cables (most cables do sound different) and you have the ears to hear it. | |
| Why is everyone so down on MQA? Shortly after MQA came out with more and more artists using MQA, along with hires/dsd, I sold all my vinyl and TT setup and have never regretted it. I went thru this same issue almost 20 years ago when people were arguing that sacd sucked, which ... | |
| Do Streamer only devices really impact sound quality? If you are going to use usb to a dac (why anybody would is beyond me), then a server will probably make a difference. If you use Ethernet then IME they don’t and you don’t have any issues with jitter or clocking. It’s only with usb that you have t... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl Many thousands of $$$ are required to get very good sound. A cheap dac say < $4900 will not have better sq as the better more expensive dacs. This goes the same for an analog setup. I had $15,000 invested in a tt setup and I know I could have d... | |
| Aurender N20 The conductor app is pretty bad. Lightning DS is so much better than conductor, and IMO Auralic makes a better streamer/server. Both of these apps can’t compare to Roon in functionality and sq. If not Roon then audirvana. If you are looking for th... |