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| Calling all VDH Colibri Fanatics and Experts ... IMHE, I have to agree with @rauliruegas, especially regarding that it's worth the time and trouble to send it back to VDH after 300 hrs or play. When I first considered getting a Colibri, I asked H.W. at VPI if any/which Colibri would work well on... | |
| Is Sound Lab Owners Group Forum Dead? Thanks @almarg, will give it a try. Not urgent, so I won't bug the kind folks at SL about it. Just a bit surprised that SLOG forum has so little activity. Every once in a while I check out the Planar Asylum and most of the talk their is about repa... | |
| Is there a way to improve the sound? PC: explorer > click on a ripped file > right click > propertiesMac: Finder > click on a ripped file > right click(2finger click on pad) > get infoYou should avoid iTunes for ripping, use free XLD app on mac or someone else can s... | |
| Is Sound Lab Owners Group Forum Dead? @bombaywalla Thanks, I already spoke to Brian, a longtime friend, before posting. He had the same email that shows on the website for Mark Gilmour as the contact for Sound Lab Owners Group. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Top Ten Rock Vocalists Peter Gabriel, Van Morrison, Robert Plant, David BowieRickie Lee Jones, Chrissie HyndeIt's funny but most of favorite female vocalists all seem to lean towards jazz and mellower rock/folk (e.g. Joni Mitchell)I could list names here all day and my ... | |
| Who remembers the Dahlquist DQ-10's? @213cobra Great post, thanks! Cheers,Spencer | |
| Cary SLM-100 amplifîer upgrade question Best upgrade option might be the wife. ;-) That would allow you to try the most cost effective upgrade which would be to have your current amp near the speakers, run short, better quality speaker cables and then run longer interconnects (ideally b... | |
| Beethoven 9th by Solti, best LP pressing ? Tilson-Thomas, Bernstein & Rattle all are worthy contenders. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Symposium Ulta Shelf under floor standing speakers - Any Thoughts ? I used Svelte shelves and Rollerblock Jrs as recommended by my dealer under Nola Viper Reference IIIs. Oo hardwood floors they made a large improvement and only raise them 2" off the ground. Probably would be fine with your Olympicas. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Just entered the world of high resolution audio WAV is a nightmare for metadata. FLAC or AIFF are far easier to work with regardless of using Mac, PC, NAS or a streamer/network player. Let’s hope you aren’t using iTunes, but that is at least 2 other conversations: 1) re: sound quality 2) re: al... | |
| Dynamics In A Speaker How about in an electrostatic speaker, same question? Cheers,Spencer | |
| Another "Which DAC?" thread. The Gungnir Multibit sounds incredibly natural with redbook, the Schiit filtering and R2R architecture really does a great job. People who hear it in a good system think it must be much pricier than it is. You can return it for a small restocking ... | |
| Recommendation for Integrated Amp with Tone Controls If you don't have a local Vincent dealer, Synergy Audio in PA is a dealer/installer/setup guy who knows a bunch about Vincent and has high integrity. If you are in driving distance he really knows how to conquer room issues via calibrated testing ... | |
| Dick's / Dave's picks @garebear Yeah that's funny, upon first listen to the 24/192 July 78 "Bettyboards" shows, one of the things that jumped out was how badly off key Donna's vocals were in some spots. Never been a fan of her, but this was the most obvious vocal crime... | |
| Recommendation for Integrated Amp with Tone Controls If you use computer audio as source, you can do EQ digitally and then are free to use any amp you prefer. Cheers,Spencer |