stevewharton
Responses from stevewharton
| Streamer Upgrade +1 on the Sonore streaming products and Small Green Computer Go fiber if you can with the network connection Good company with good products | |
| Perspective system advise needed. @hoping 66 years old, rock on brother and many good years remaining to enjoy some high end SQ that is emotionally moving and speaks to your soul Some very good suggestions from other members My quick .02 cents - If I were starting this hobby tod... | |
| Busted! Reviewer copies manufacturers sales page in review? Magazines or any other source of keyboard opinion and self promoted SME are merely guidance and mostly data points It's incumbent upon the consumer to trust but verify and convert to actual information upon which we use to make decisions Lots of... | |
| What are songs where people or instruments sound closer to you? @curiousjim I've got Stadium Arcadium on vinyl but mostly stream it A slight degradation in SQ but not enough to make me get up off my butt and spin the album I've got tickets for the show in Sep Really looking forward to seeing them with Frusc... | |
| Speaker Placement and Toe-In @patrickdowns I've got the Townsend Podiums on my short list of near term upgrades and have had the same question, are they worth the cost? I read somewhere that Townsend has never had a pair of podiums returned for a refund That's a heck of an ... | |
| Burned Pecan Pi Open source platforms can be frustrating The streaming journey can blur the lines of audio, home networks, PCs and servers +1 on the Small Green Computer recommendation, Andrew is a wealth of knowledge and has a great ability to break the layers... | |
| What are songs where people or instruments sound closer to you? Take a listen to Stadium Arcadium by the RHCP SQ is great and instrument placement is spectacular Drums are front and center and slightly elevated Vocals are right where they should be, bass is off center to the left, guitar off center to the r... | |
| Where do you want your system to go when you go? Mine will go to my youngest Son He was the victim of numerous A/B double blind tests over the years and has an appreciation for the SQ, though not sure he has the ambition to keep it evolving and healthy I know he has the attention to detail, bu... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? Streaming is no more of a theft to artists than record labels, or any other middle man between the artist and the consumer Tom Petty has a line that sums it up when dealing with record labels, I'll get rich you'll get famous John Fogerty had to ... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Another +1 on Alison Krause Emmy Lou Harris Sheryl Crow's duets are very soulful Permission in advance to laugh Janis Joplin, listen to the song Try - she's all in Patsy Cline, a true natural and sounds so effortless Etta James Whitney Hous... | |
| Sound quality of Roon I have a similar set up as oldschool1948 and ejr1953 When I went down the streaming rabbit hole, I started with Roon and thus no experience with alternatives to Roon I do not have a Roon Nucleus as I have no need to store files I started with a... | |
| Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl If I'm not mistaken this is the only acoustic version of this song | |
| Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl George Benson's White Rabbit album from 1972 has some good acoustic guitar work Most of it provided by Earl Klugh and Jay Berliner layering in and out and all around George playing electric California Dreamin is the highlight IMO | |
| From separate streamer and DAC to al-in-one suggestion PS Audio DirectStream, DAC with network bridge | |
| Need suggestions: High pitched female singers Allison Krauss may not exactly be considered high pitch but she has great range and her delivery sounds effortless |