sparksgja
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| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to Norah Jones is what most musicians would consider the real deal, why? Excellent vocals and unique tone and timbre Excellent songwriting Excellent playing of various instruments particularly piano Excellent recordings of her material and ba... | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp For about $2,000 used you could get a Bel Canto 3.7. Very musical and I use it without a preamp with my tube amp (Willsenton R8). However, it doesn’t handle very hi res files or MQA. | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? It has been a long time since I went to a big concert and ended up at Red Rocks and seeing The War On Drugs and support this week. The sound was interesting. Lots of washy echo, clear yet layered guitars, keyboard synths and a bass so firm my mid... | |
| Willsenton R8 Tube Amp with REL Subwoofer Thanks to both of you for responding. I'm really agreeing with both of you. I think a more powerful amp will help drive the SF's better with more control and detail, but to do that probably means going the tube mono-block and pre-amp route. Right... | |
| Willsenton R8 Tube Amp with REL Subwoofer The room is large basement - 29' x 25' widest about 14' up at the narrow end and low ceiling of mixed height of 7' to 7'9. I have the speakers set up at the narrower end and pulled out about 4' from the rear wall. | |
| Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark I’m constantly amazed by the frankly insane bias against MIC. Monitor Audio manufacture in China and produce superb speakers. Frankly I doubt you will find the made in Denmark speakers any better, probably worse! The iPhone in your pocket was made... | |
| Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark I’m constantly amazed by the frankly insane bias against MIC. Monitor Audio manufacture in China and produce superb speakers. Frankly I doubt you will find the made in Denmark speakers any better, probably worse! The iPhone in your pocket was made... | |
| Energy speakers At the top end of your budget ($5k) I'd look at Sonus Faber Sonetto VIII demo pair from. They are asking $4,999.00. I have bought from this dealer and they are reliable. https://salon1audio.com/product/sonus-faber-sonetto-v-new/ | |
| Most Realistic Recordings Always love these types of threads for confirmation of some of my favorites and lots of new sounds to investigate. My suggestion for piano, and that I use as a test for my system, for piano dynamics, sustain, presence, plus generally for reproduct... | |
| Blue Lights The Canto 3.7 is available used at that price and the battery unit has a dim blue light. The main display is not blue, but only shows when you change volume or another setting, and is off the rest of the time. It’s also a great DAC. | |
| The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there. In the UK there were definitely cliques in the 60's that determined what music was acceptable - Mods, Rockers, Skinheads, Hippies, Folkies and others. There were all these little countercultures that dressed, wore their hair and used slang differe... | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? Then in the UK listening first to Radio Luxembourg and then the pirate radio stations - Radio London and Radio Caroline - all on my 'tranny' (transistor radio) on Medium Wave of course. Also BBC Radio 1 and the late great John Peel from 1967 unti... | |
| This discussion has been removed....again! While it’s a pain I’d suggest asking support to reinstate it, particularly if you think it had genuine value, which it appears it does - otherwise you wouldn’t care and you plainly do. No one likes mindless censorship. | |
| "I have the best system in the world!" An Audiophile's Journey I have the best system in the world because it’s mine and I love it and the joy it brings me every time I sit down and spin vinyl or CDs, it sounds great. It definitely isn’t as best as Gilles but it does the business for me. Great to see where th... | |
| RMAF 2021 Cancelled I’ve been going since I moved to Denver in 2014. Attendance was always high and it had established itself as an important show. I’d already got my tickets for this year, so really upset it’s been cancelled, but understandably so given Delta and La... |