sfar
Responses from sfar
| What made you put together your first 2nd system? Three systems, one in each of the places in my house where I spend a good deal of time, living room, office and garage workshop. All of them are tied together by WiFi so that I can move from place to place without any interruption in what's playing. | |
| Roots, ie: how did your music/sound/audio life/listening begin? My experience was very similar to yours. I got a Sylvania transistor radio when I was around 12 years old, @1958, and sleeping in a room that was detached from the rest of the house so my listening was completely unsupervised. We lived on the Sout... | |
| How can music be sad? All these thoughtful responses have made me think about the question a bit more. Does our emotional reaction to music come from the same place as our reaction to the tone of someone's voice? Even when we can't see someone's face, as when we're tal... | |
| USB compatability I've owned three Wyred4Sound devices and their customer support is among the best I've encountered. support@wyred4sound.com | |
| programming universal remote (to operate DAC ) The Harmony Remote database, https://support.myharmony.com/en-us/compatibility, lists the Wadia 270 as compatible with their universal remotes and according to a Stereophile review the 27 and 270 use the same remote. So, in theory, one of their re... | |
| MacBook Pro streamer If you haven't already done this, go to "System Preferences" under the apple symbol at the left end of the top menu bar on the Macbook. When that window opens click on "Sound" in the third row of icons and choose USB as the digital output choice. | |
| My "audiophile" weakness(es)...ie: how the item looks, and you?. The listening experience is mostly, but not completely, about the sound. Where you are, whom you're with, what you're drinking, how comfortable you are and a lot of other things contribute. | |
| Amazon HD streaming service ... I switched from Spotify Premium to Amazon HD and find the audio quality clearly better in both my living room and office systems. The catalog suits my needs quite well. My impression is that the better your DAC the more difference you'll hear. My ... | |
| Considering a Raven Audio Blackhawk Integrated for Tannoy Sterlings I have the Blackhawk LE with a pair of Nola Boxer S1 speakers and am completely satisfied after having the a Cayin integrated, Rogue Cronus, Cary/AES AE-25 and Cary Sli-80 F1. The Raven is in a different league, better sounding than any of those o... | |
| What’s the best DAC match for the Cambridge Audio CXC original or V2? My CXC is connected to a Bel Canto DAC 3 by an Oyaide DR-510 coax cable and then a Raven Audio Blackhawk LE amp and Nola Boxer S1 speakers. For me, the combination sounds exceptional and the Bel Canto's excellent ergonomics and flexibility are a b... | |
| Integrated Tube Amps with Subwoofer out? If you do go with speaker level output from the amp to the subwoofer the Raven Audio tube amps have an interesting feature, a pair of speaker outputs with a selectable high-pass crossover at 80Hz or 100Hz that means those bass frequencies are remo... | |
| Looking to identify a cable. How do I load pictures? You also can post your image on a site like imgur.com and put a link to that image in your post here or on other audio sites.https://imgur.com/ | |
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? Linda Ronstadt as a surprise addition to Little Feat's show at Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, '73 or '74. | |
| Now Hear This Yes, I've watched all of Scott Yoo's episodes and loved them. Putting the creation of the music into its historical and physical context is fascinating. Getting to meet, virtually, some very interesting musicians and hear their passion for the mu... | |
| Vinyl collection, now what? Good advice here. One other argument against digitizing the albums is that it happens in real time, meaning you have to be there and paying attention during the full time it takes to play the record, starting and ending the recording at exactly th... |