rsbeck
Responses from rsbeck
| Why do intelligent people deny audio differences? Sounds to me like your brother is trying to get in your head and has done a pretty good job. There's nothing wrong with either of your approaches to audio -- to each his own. His works for him and yours works for you. You can't force someone to se... | |
| Anyone else feel left out? Here's what I would do ---I would use a computer for your front end. Rip your CD's to the hard drive, uncompressed. Then, get a top notch USB DAC like the Apogee Mini-Dac. Then, get powered speakers like Mackie HR824 -- buy them used and you can s... | |
| How do you know a loudspeaker is the best? Listen to really high end speakers so you know what's possible -- then, try to get as much of that; Coherence, natural detail, resolution, sound staging, air, extension, tight bass, musical, etc. as you can at the price range in which you're shopp... | |
| How do I get good sounding, clean electricity? Dedicated circuits -- the more the merrier. I would install at least four. One 15 amp for your digital gear, two 20 amps for your amps and one more 15 amp for other gear. There is a way to do AC filtering at the breaker box -- check the archives. ... | |
| Audiophile USB to PCM With an Apogee Mini-dac, you just take a USB feed from your computer. No need for any gear in between. | |
| Speaker cable upgrade please help........ I'm curious as to why you suspect your cables. If you're happy with your system, I wouldn't upgrade anything. But, if you're unhappy with your system, I think it is a real leap to automatically suspect your cables of "cheating" you of performance ... | |
| Please help--my ears are hurting There are lots of things to at least consider. The new CD player may be giving you more detail, but your ears might be sensitive to the added response and detail you're getting. Everyone likes their detail different, so a lot of people may enjoy t... | |
| Please help--my ears are hurting What is the configuration of your room? What are the surfaces? A lot of windows? Floor-coverings, or bare floor? | |
| What USB DACs are available today and... I second the suggestion of an Apogee Mini-Dac. | |
| Favorite CD treatments? I give my CD's a mud bath in volcanic ash followed by deep tissue massage and a sour cream facial. It widens the soundstage, makes the intruments seem more palpable and I hear detail I've never heard before. In fact, after interviewing several rec... | |
| Music from hard drive better than CD? >>it is absolutely no surprise the today's PC hard drive configs don't compete with EMM Labs gear.<<Surprise? Who said this was a surprise?>>good transports or bad, you can be pretty sure that your DAC is getting a bit-perfect fe... | |
| Music from hard drive better than CD? Interesting stuff! | |
| better ears than budget, so i would like to think A used Naim Nait is within his budget. Naim Nait or Creek 5350SE.That would be my short-list. | |
| What Amp for B&W N802 I would do mono-blocks or at least a two channel amp for those 802's.I heard them with a Plinius SA250 Mark IV -- that was a great set-up. | |
| better ears than budget, so i would like to think Get a used Creek 5350SE. http://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/327/index.html. |