richdirector
Responses from richdirector
| Dedicated CD Transport vs DAC I would have thought dac in the past. My vinyl rig limited to a rega rp8 so I guess an alright medium quality rig going into vertere stage. a few years back I bought a project rs2 transport which suddenly took CD to a level on par with my viny... | |
| Need to purchase a separate ground cable - from my TT to my Phono Preamp Any bit of metal wire will work - light cord or mains - outside the audio loop but eliminates hum if there’s an earthing issue | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier Luxman hard to top I have a Luxman 550ax2 the baby 20w class an into my tannoy Arden beasts. only one I would consider is a allnic t2000 30th anniversary one ( the T-2000 30th Anniversary provides 120 watts per channel of push-pull, pento... | |
| Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing I live in old Victorian tenement 1880 so high 3.6m ceilings and wooden floors - I use isoacoustic feet under my large tannoys - I don’t want to put anything on ceiling as plastered ceiling rose and high elaborate cornice …. But I have 3x rugs laye... | |
| Integrated amp w/decent headphone out under $5k Leben CS300 15-18w has amazing headphone out - the amp does speakers or phones on same circuit (?) and now have a luxman 550ax2 which is 20w class a which also has a great headphone circuit. | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. Need a bit of variety so if just one album then space echo - the sounds of Cabo Verde | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? I had LiNN high end Solid state didn’t like too sterile went to valve wasn’t sure now Luxman class A and feels right although may dabble with an Allnic that is for sale SH near me ….. | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? Yes …. I have a 7.5x5x3.6m room tannoy Arden with tulip waveguide 15inch cones the treble fires through the middle of bass cone (like a horn sort of) in the 5 years I’ve had them I have never felt I am missing anything. The thing about big speak... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. You should have looked at a luxman 4 RCA inputs a phono rcs and 1 xlr balanced input. Also a line (tape) out and monitor. Then a pre out but no digital at all. And it's class A.... So behind the times...... Haha | |
| Upgrade from Bluesound Node I upgraded my bluesound with new board and power supply... There are a few modders out there. Still less than 1000 all in | |
| Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing I agree about the rs2 but luckily had no issues and with seperate power supply for this and the rs2 dac quality went through the roof. I do get bored of peoe suggesting a server or streaming as I think as friends who blind listened that the cd sti... | |
| Bought a system without auditioning, thoughts? Looks good to me and would suit my taste... If klipsch too much warmth but you like presentation then trying a JBL studio monitors might bring similarities but a slightly clearer presentation whilst not being analytical or sterile. | |
| Are higher end preamps worth the investment when you are only streaming Tidal & Spotify ? Change to qoboz as someone else said.... A good dac is vital but I spent about 40-50% of total budget on speakers as I always believe end sound most important (river analogy with no point having throttle at end gotta flow into the sea/ears) But ... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players Project rs2 transport is amazing... A bit over budget in US maybe so next one down rs transport is under a grand and top loading like the Rs2 so no tray wobbles ever. I matched mine with rs2 DAC as perfect partner but a SH chord qutest is great va... | |
| Where to insert tubes while running a Luxman SS integrated Yes except old kef 104ab... But compared to r series or ls x ls50 yes... But tannoys are also incredibly detailed... I always do the analytical musical comparison. I find analytical speakers make you hear thingsand always impress in demos but mus... |