rvpiano
Responses from rvpiano
| You know you have audiophile system when... jonwolfpell has it right. But how difficult is that for some of us to achieve? | |
| SQ or performance? I don’t believe that details of a composition that are lost is a plus. A recording which blurs the details is not an improvement. I’m not saying audiophile recordings that have razor sharp definition such as the highly touted Mercury Living Pre... | |
| SQ or performance? Mike, I absolutely agree! | |
| Sometimes you have to change you True to form, today I’m a happy camper. My system sounds just great. Yesterday I couldn’t stand it! | |
| Sometimes you have to change you Amen! | |
| Sometimes you have to change you So I guess you you could say: Its no GOOD if you’re not in the MOOD | |
| Sometimes you have to change you Sns, I agree. Sometimes playing a known great sounding CD or stream will ground me to realize it’s not the system that’s faulty. I can then go on to listen to lesser quality sources and realize their flaws are not system related. | |
| Records, CDs, Streaming ghdprentice, I just go through phases of interest. Streaming and CDs sound about the same. SACDs sound better. And records with the right pressing.can sound the best. | |
| Records, CDs, Streaming I listen in phases. About a month ago I listened 90% of the time to streaming. Currently, 90% CDs and SACD’s. Other times, mostly records, depending on my mood. | |
| Tone controls -- assuming you're ok with them, when would you try them? Reading this article may remove some of the apprehension {or dare I say guilt) in using the Loki for many audiophiles, including me. I’ve had it for a couple of years but, although I believe in it, have used it very sparingly to very positive effe... | |
| Music that swings Any concerto by Bach or Vivaldi. | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? Still using Conrad Johnson PV 11, modified by them. Sounds wonderful. | |
| Best streamer/DAC for up to $1500 No reliability issues whatever. I’ve had it for about two years. ‘Really an excellent unit with some nice features. | |
| Best streamer/DAC for up to $1500 I run the Cambridge CXN v2 with a Benchmark DAC 3B and the SQ is excellent. I’ve compared it with the Node 2 on my system and the Cambridge clearly sounded better. | |
| If you want the utmost clarity from your CDs I’m using it on my OPPO for SACDs and my transport for CDs with no problems. |