rbstehno
Responses from rbstehno
| Could this be true, or am I getting the run around.? Records causing the problem is BS! If you tried to get it fixed and they can’t or won’t, take it back to the dealer and either get another brand tt or get your money back. Project and music hall are cheap tt’s and they sound like it too. For a few... | |
| Need speaker recommendations. Revel m35/36/206/208 or the revel 226be/228be, usher mini dancer II, mini-x, totem model 1/one/hawk/forest | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? I agree. My system sounds much better going straight from the dac into the amp, and I had a great sounding preamp. My dac is fpga based with an attenuation control so I can get the best sound by using this control. | |
| I treated my room ! I’ve used ASC for over 20 years and I have some Michael Greene and GIK products too. I just added diffusion devices behind the speakers and behind the listening chair | |
| Great speaker sounds terrible in my room? Why would you demo a new speaker in a setup that you can’t match? If you can’t move the speakers closer to the wall, you should have demoed the speakers the same distance from the back wall as your room dictates. Also, an amp can have a big impac... | |
| $100K system build - % breakdown of spend How do you know if you spend that much money or buy anything different, it will sound better in your room? Your room isn’t ideal so I would caution any new purchases. You have to start with the room, a lousy room, you can’t expect much no matter w... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal Enough of neil young already! With all of his rants for years/decades, I hope he pulls more off the market. He was wrong about Spotify lately and the pono was a bust. I prefer tidal with MQA over the competition. | |
| Replace Apple TV YouTube sounds terrible. If you only watch YouTube or listen to low res online radio stations, save your money on on any streamer. There are ways to get video from your laptop to a tv and audio from your laptop to an external dac, no need for a s... | |
| the cart or the horse? I would suggest: a ps audio sprout 100 integrated to start with, get a pair of Revel M35 which are a smallish floorstanding speaker and get some decent cables. Use your streamer until you can afford a standalone dac/streamer like a used ps audio D... | |
| High End Intergraded comparisons, Marantz, McIntosh, Levinson, Luxman.... Have you ever heard a dealer recommend a product they didn’t carry? The marantz sound is nothing like the McIntosh sound. The marantz can’t compare to the better McIntosh integrateds, from today or from 20 years ago, nor can the marantz compare t... | |
| About users with hidden agendas Nonoise - that's the only thing you found strange with MC's posts? How about his hundreds of posts for tekton speakers being the best speaker made? | |
| Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch? USB is the worst connection you can use, even if you buy into all the gimmicks/tweaks you can buy to try to make it better. Ethernet and i2s are much better, but only your better dacs include them and they are usually more expensive | |
| XLR question for bass You need to deal with the room 1st. Bad room acoustics, nothing is going to fix that except room treatments, especially not cables. As for experts, contact GIK or ASC or others online to get an idea what could be going on in your room | |
| Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "? A music streamer doesn’t make sure the bits get to the dac, the network does that. Also, caching (not cashing) has no impact on the sound and in my opinion is a waste of an ssd. You can get a cheap music server and the bits would get to your dest... | |
| Stand Mount Speakers You will be disappointed with the lack of bass with the focals. Dynaudio, totem model 1’s, usher mini-x, usher s-520, usher x-719, the golden ear’s, and many others. You might want to look at the revel m15’s/m16’s, totem hawk, usher mini dancer 1’... |