robelvick
Responses from robelvick
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment HiFi Rose RS150B Bought it for the gorgeous touchscreen/display, but turns out it’s a fantastic sounding DAC/streamer. Icing on the cake. Bob | |
| Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl Radiohead - Kid ABoards of Canada - The Campfire HeadphaseCan - Ege BamyasiFloating Points / Pharoah Sanders - PromisesMBV - Loveless (Kevin Shields Remaster) | |
| What do you have on order RIGHT NOW. On the way - Feickert Volare w/ Jelco arm. Shipping from Jersey to Nevada so it’s taking a while. FedEx decided the table needed to try some deep-dish so it’s been held up in Chicago the past 9 days. Oh well..let the anticipation grow! | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear H U E R C O S. For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) | |
| The Weekend Everybody's working for the Weeknd! | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? 30 years ago I had one of those spinning things that hung over my crib. It played nursey rhymes. Sound quality was mediocre at best, but I enjoyed it. Helped me sleep. | |
| How old are you? 33 years old. Freshman audiophile. | |
| Take that to good will Boy, rubber burn and gear man! Old future the to back electrify static of box that take again? Kid little being to back, get to is crap. Old this buy who dump? To take $20 pay, can you if or will good the to wire? Fire and rust of pile that ta... | |
| KEF R3s or Dynaudio special 40? I've owned both, and kept the R3s for a second system. Can't go wrong with either as others have mentioned.Both have plenty of bass, considering their size. The R3s are definitely more forgiving of placement and system matching. | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes Radiohead - Kid ABjork - PostBeck- OdelayNeutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane over the SeaStereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup | |
| Best Streamer for under (or not much over) $1K How about a used Auralic Altair (1st gen) or a Cambridge CXN V2? They both do Airplay, and the Cambridge has Chromecast built in as well. What's your source for Pandora - phone, tablet, computer? | |
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? The Meat Puppets / Built to Spill - The Fillmore, San Francisco 2008.Senior year of college, and a little too much pre-concert extracurricular activities and... I don’t remember the concert very well. | |
| How are phono cables different (related to hum issue)? @scott_w I had the same problem for a long time, and tried many different arrangements without any luck. After reading many forum posts, I found a recommendation for Blue Jean Cables LC-1 interconnects and gave them a try. Low capacitance, and dou... | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? 1. Bjork2. Chan Marshall3. Lætitia Sadier 4. Kim Gordon5. PJ Harvey | |
| Outstanding service from MusicDirect in the USA and Avid Hifi in the UK, read on please! Uber,Great to hear. Rob at Music Direct was the "Man" over at TMR for a long time, and I have done (as you could guess) many dealings with him, all exemplary.Music Direct was wise to have him join their team. |