rockadanny
Responses from rockadanny
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K After hearing Cornwall III and IV I felt they were really great with R&R. Not so much with other genres, but terrific with rock. | |
| Best Options For A Tubed Preamp - $2500 Or Less, Preferably Used To Maximize Value Line 2CRM Line Preamplifier from Mapletree Audio - An earlier version has been in my main rig for many years while I upgraded everything else around it. Fun to tube roll to get the sound you prefer. https://www.mapletreeaudio.com/ | |
| What would you do? Back when I was figuring this out as I was building my system I experienced the most tube sound benefits from the power amp. Every tube piece made an improvement in sound, but for me the amp made the biggest difference. | |
| ***Seasons Greetings A'goners***Are You Getting Any New Gear For Christmas*** Simply one pair of interconnects from Silnote. But that will complete all ICs being switched over to Silnotes. I am always on an extremely strict budget and as I swapped in each Silnote IC over time the sound became more and more organic, to my l... | |
| BEST little know Jazz Album that you ever heard? A few, if I may ... The Jimmy Bruno Trio - Live at Birdland Craig Buhler - Capistrano Sessions Carlos Franzetti Trio - Live in Buenos Aires Sara Lazarus - It’s All Right With Me Jacam Manricks - Chamber Jazz Jon Regen - Tel Aviv Glenn Shamb... | |
| Best and Worst customer service? Best I've experienced was by Vlad B of Audio Mirror. Never had a bad experience, although once while inquiring about service I needed on one of my pieces I spoke with a connection to well known and respected repair guy and was told my gear was n... | |
| Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!! Yes! Pure Audio Project Trio15 Horn1 for me. I love 'em. I've stopped looking elsewhere. | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? Whammerdyne 2A3 stereo amplifier NewOntech DAC 07 (from Mike Powell, Veratsarr) | |
| Burn in vs perception IME I've found burn-in to be a real thing, specifically with some ICs and tubes. Cannot say for sure about speakers because I've only owned two pair, one demo and one used. So, both already had hours on them by the time I acquired. | |
| If I love Elvin jones I'll love.....? Elvin was a force unto himself, quite contrary to the modest and humble man he was in life. But you should also listen to Art Blakey, who played with a raw, primal feel as well. Blakey was incredible. +1 I had the same thought. Both had the abi... | |
| How Has Your Finely Tuned Audiophile Dexterity Helped You in Your "Other" Life? @waytoomuchstuff ... I found that singing loudly helped the situation. Ha! Hadn’t thought of trying that. But if I start singing, then EVERYONE will leave! 🤣 | |
| How Has Your Finely Tuned Audiophile Dexterity Helped You in Your "Other" Life? If anything, it has hampered my "other" life. At least the part that still involves music. Whether at a bar, theatre, stadium, or outside venue for amplified live or recorded music, it nearly always sounds like such crap compared to a decent stere... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? +1 | |
| NewOnTech Dac07 - Any Users Out There? I've not been able to compare to any other standalone DACs. Just previous CD player. | |
| NewOnTech Dac07 - Any Users Out There? Bottom line: it delivered more detail, the sound was more open, and ultimately very musically satisfying. |