russbutton
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| Upgrade ....streamer or amp? Streamers are just Linux boxes with a custom front end. Bits is bits. But if you just have to spend more money to get the same exact bits coming down your wire, I'm not going to stop you. | |
| Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget Your very, very, very best value in that price range is a used set of the Linkwitz Orion system - open baffle loudspeakers, active crossover and amplification. Typically priced at $3000 - $5000. It's an insane value. They image well and sound g... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @westcoastaudiophile Your secret is safe with me. You told her that you got that old Linn table at a yard sale, right? And tubes! Who uses electron tubes anymore? Must have inherited that from your Uncle Steve. | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @westcoastaudiophile I get that and agree completely. It's just that the price tag is significant. A lot has to do with the original engineering and mastering. Two excellent examples are: The Arrival of Victor Feldman Kind of Blue The first ... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @facten It's not that vinyl can't sound wonderful or that people shouldn't enjoy it. I've sent the last half century enjoying vinyl. I'm just saying that it is only marginally better than vinyl, and definitely not in all ways. Vinyl is: - vast... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @newton_john @facten My discussion is really centered on value. The PC/DAC combo Iʻm talking about is something generic. DAC has come a long ways and you get very good reproduction with modestly priced units. The differences between a decent $... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @newton_john That modest PC/DAC combo I spoke about is actually quite good and illustrates the unfair advantages that digital has over vinyl. The thing that makes the most difference in your sound is always the loudspeakers. | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) There are things I like about each better than the other. High quality reproduction from vinyl is vastly more expensive than digital. Not an issue for those of you with more money than you know what to do with, but certainly an issue for many. ... | |
| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? Iʻve got an ad on US AudioMart, selling out my jazz collection. All of the Miles Davis, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, as well as most of the hard bop is gone. But among the things I have left which are well worthy of your consideration a... | |
| Best $10-15K bookshelf speaker? $15k gets you the Dutch & Dutch 8c loudspeaker system. That includes an active crossover, built-in amplification, DSP EQ and DAC. All you need is a streamer and your system is complete. They have the most extraordinary imaging Iʻve ever hea... | |
| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? Iʻd put together a SEAS Thor kit from Madisound ($2615.00). They have a number of cabinet makers who can build them and ship them to your door for a reasonable amount. Theyʻre not all that hard to build yourself. You could get help from a frien... | |
| Looking for a simple system Go $15k for a set of the Dutch & Dutch 8c. Total system with: active crossover amplification DAC DSP EQ Tweaked for your room Roon target This and a streamer and you are DONE. | |
| Does anyone listen to the radio anymore? We listen to "Wait, Wait, Donʻt Tell Me" on NPR, on our Tivoli table radio. I also listen to NPR in the car. Thatʻs it for FM. No reason to tune into AM. I pitched out my FM tuner 25 years ago. We had just bought our home in the San Francisco are... | |
| soft dome versus hard dome tweeters I run a set of Linkwitz Orions I put together in 2006. They use the SEAS millennium tweeter. In fact, being an open baffle design, they use 4 of them. Two facing the front and two facing the rear. I believe theyʻre crossover at 1000 hz. Very ... | |
| Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago. Yeah. And if sheʻd have taken just half that sandwich from Mama Cass, theyʻd still be alive today. |