sls883
Responses from sls883
| Do some DACs "handle" sibilance better than others? Sibilance used to drive me nuts. The last thing that I figured was the problem was my preamp. But, that's what it was. My system is more revealing than it's ever been and sibilance is not an issue. | |
| Have you ever bought something you've never heard of? @jrod68 I bought my TT and cartridge from Vinyl Renaissance just before they closed. I've checked out the website for Sound Environment, but I don't see much that interests me. | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? I like my U18 despite the negative opinions. Especially in combination with my LHY ock-2 clock. But, I'm using it to convert USB to I2s. I don't know if it would help much if you could go I2s to I2s. Probably depends on the gear that you're us... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Ghost of the Machine - Scissorgames. My favorite new band. | |
| Have you ever bought something you've never heard of? @jrod68 where do you live now? I'm in KC. | |
| Have you ever bought something you've never heard of? @jrod68 Al was my guy. I believe his last name was Eckelson (I'm sure the spelling is wrong). I bought my Von Schweikert VR-4 speakers from him as well as numerous other items. Great guy. He had a nice selection of electronics and speakers. I... | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? @jrod68 That's cool! I was 16 or 17 years old. We were just old enough to drive. Around 1983, I saw AC/DC in Omaha. Their Hells Bells tour. It was awesome, but really loud. My ears rang for days..... I've read that it was one of the loudest ... | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? KISS and John Cougar Mellencamp. I think Fastway also played. Probably 1978 to 1979. In Omaha. | |
| A Low Cost Pleasant Sounding Used CD Player? I have a Sony UBP-X800M2 that I use for video (movies and concert videos). It works well for that, but I don't like it for sacd or cd playback. Unless something is wrong with mine (I don't think there is), there is no display on the unit. You ha... | |
| Footers under new speakers @buellrider97 Interesting findings. I just can't really fathom the science behind the Townshend (or other footers), but apparently it works. I'm happy that it worked for you. If I spend any money on audio, I'm also considering the level 3 upgra... | |
| A Low Cost Pleasant Sounding Used CD Player? I have a Marantz CD6006, Pioneer Elite DV-45A, and NAD C542 sitting in boxes. I've never directly compared them. I had the Marantz in my main system for a while. It got excellent reviews. I'd say it's nice for the money, but on the warm side i... | |
| Linear Tube Audio - Micro ZOTL - version -3 Update on upgrades @lancelock @troutstreamnm @cbrez What did you do for a preamp while it was being upgraded. Around 4 weeks? I have an old Rotel preamp, but it probably sucks. Lol. I could probably run my dac directly into my amp and use the variable ... | |
| Gustard X30 DAC @nativebon You can download the User Manual. It say "when enabled, the PCM signal will bypass the oversampling filter and go directly to ES9039SPRO. At the same time, ES9039SPRO also turns off the internal PCM oversampling filter." | |
| Linear Tube Audio - Micro ZOTL - version -3 Update on upgrades @troutstreamnm have you received your preamp? @cbrez @lancelock are there any downsides to the upgrade? | |
| Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8 @audphile1 That was my first thought, but I'm not familiar with his amp. |