stuartk
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| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! @millercarbonbegow asserts you are "trying to teach people that to get a great audio system you do not need expensive boxes. You need to be smart about what you are doing. The little tweaks is what matters".I appreciate this campaig of yours. I've... | |
| What cd player should I buy? Sorry-- should read R2R "ladder" DAC ! | |
| What cd player should I buy? Am I missing something here?My understanding is that hooking up an external DAC to a CDP will bypass the DAC in the CDP. ... so why change the CDP? My suggestion: get hold of an R@R "ladder" DAC. | |
| Are you still ignoring Iris Dement? Meant to type:She's indeed a "great singer" in terms of conveying emotion BUT there are other Country-ish singers who have far superior technique AND the ability to pierce you through the heart... | |
| Are you still ignoring Iris Dement? She's indeed a "great singer" in terms of conveying emotion there are other Country-ish singers who have far superior technique AND the ability to pierce you through the heart... Personally, I find her tunes a bit on the maudlin side. . . and I'm ... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? ... which renders us deeply vulnerable to confusing subjective and objective. We'll say "He/She's the best" when it would be more accurate to say "They appeal to me the most". The two can become very easily conflated. . . | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? It's certainly very interesting to see what qualities people most admire in their favorites and which adjectives they employ when describing these qualities. "The best", "The Greatest", "Perfect", etc. do more to express the poster's enthusiasm th... | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings jumiaOf course not. . . . . . but an EQ might make enough of a difference to move something from the "unlistenable" to the "listenable" category. Should this matter to you? If there's music you really love that's only available in a format with r... | |
| Is anyone in the US making power cables like this custom PC cable ad on the Canadian Mart? Cullen?????? | |
| Help selecting a power cord. fastninja12If I were you, I'd try Cullen, first. Cullen Cables are very affordable, bendable and offer a return policy.Patrick is also very professional and cordial. Audio Art would also be an excellent choice. Be aware that their cables are fairl... | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices vinylzone"Be happy with what you have, or can reasonably obtain. Don't be upset over what somebody else chooses to do with their money, or charges for their goods or service"Wise counsel for those who value peace of mind. If, on the other hand, ... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home earlflynn:I assume you're using the 650D as a CDP...I use the 260 as transport only as I already had a very nice DAC. | |
| How eclectic is your taste in music? mahgister;Thank you for your response.When you say: "taste exist on ONE level, perception exist on MANY levels...:do you mean that Consciousness exists at many levels and what we call "taste" (ego-centered "likes and dislikes") exists at one level... | |
| How eclectic is your taste in music? @mahgister:Perception, as I see it, has little to do with assigning "value".Perception is simply utilizing awareness-- noticing what is present. On the other hand, "Taste", as I see it, is a spontaneous internal physiological/emotional response to... | |
| Deja Vu all over again george hifi"And if the vinyl was this dynamically crunched, then it doesn’t hold much for the cd, as they were probably taken off the same new remaster".Yikes-- I hope the above description is not accurate. I'm not about to shell out the $ untl I ... |