rja
Responses from rja
| Buying equipment There are a few good dealers in Denver. | |
| What are your favorite speaker finishes? I like any nicely figured wood but I hate super high gloss or piano lacquer finishes, prefer matte. | |
| Anyone familiar with the cable company "Binary" Try an Oyaide 510 series digital. Pure silver digital cable with excellent shielding at a reasonable price. | |
| Exogal Comet DAC Charding, I'm going to check this one out. Sounds like these are the old Wadia guys and that gets my attention as I once owned the 27i and 270SE. Also I like doing business with a local company. | |
| Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck Ebm, you're entitled to your opinion, I'm not a huge fan of Kanye either but he comes up with some interesting material occasionally. | |
| Berkeley dac1 versus Esoteric K-03 Although I no longer own a Berkeley DAC, they are exceptional on HDCD playback. | |
| Berkeley dac1 versus Esoteric K-03 My isolation is quite a bit simpler. Three inch thick maple platform on spikes on a Billy Bags table also on spikes to the floor. A couple of VPI bricks on top for mass loading and Herbie's Tenderfeet under DAC. Worked great on the Berkeleys. | |
| Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck Ebm, are you having a bad day? | |
| Berkeley dac1 versus Esoteric K-03 Isolation and very minimal conditioning.I've seen used Berkeleys at very reasonable prices.If you buy a 1 make sure it's a later 1 because the early 1 could not be converted to a 2 if you decide to do that.Although if you want a 2 it would probabl... | |
| Shunyata vs. Audience vs. Bybee? I believe Tweek Geek offers a return policy on the Stealth. | |
| Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck Did anyone else see the valentines cake that reads, "I love you as much as Kanye West loves Kanye West"? | |
| Does HiRez really sound better? If my choice is a bad recording in HiRez or great recording in lower rez I'll take lower rez. It's not just a matter of resolution but of the entire chain while many only argue about the resolution of the final link.If I had the option to purchase... | |
| Fake Audiophiles A fake audiophile purchases all the high end cases with nothing inside. Looks great but can't play music. | |
| Does HiRez really sound better? IMO: Only a minute fraction of music listeners care about resolution greater than redbook CD. Even CD resolution may be more than many want or care about. | |
| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors Why is everybody fighting? Can't we just get along? 8^) |