stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well "All competently-designed DACs will sound alike"".DACS come in many sonic flavors. . . some may not hear the differences,though. | |
| Is today’s contemporary music lacking? Is today's music lacking?Depends on your personal taste and your sources for music.I've viewed/read a good many interviews where songwriters point out the difficulty of coming up something that sounds fresh, at this point in history. This suggests... | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! @oldaudiophile: "I like to think I've acquired enough audiophile smarts over the years to be able to factor in variables like different sound rooms, different acoustics, source equipment, etc. I always make a point of controlling for as many of t... | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! @oldaudiophile:The more expensive the gear, the less likely I'd be to base a purchase on an in-store demo, with no chance of return. I would never lay down $2500, let alone $10,000 on any component that I could not first hear in my system, in my ... | |
| I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s. "Maybe it's more wise to not dwell on things we cannot change, especially if creating a negative emotion like anger, sadness, etc. Perhaps it's better to relish in your good fortune to know of and be able to enjoy your favorite music genres - liv... | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! @jehab:"Forgive me for speaking for edcyn, but I think he was serious, though meant it in a different tone than you perceived due to his word choice. Try substituting "eager and aspiring" for "itchy-fingered wannabe" to read it another way. I dare... | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! @edcyn: "...the rise of mail order and the web have democratized the landscape and have made it so any itchy-fingered wannabe audiophile can enter the game". Just wondering... is this meant to be a joke or are you serious? | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! @millercarbon:First of all, I don't buy from big box sellers. More to the point, I'm not an engineer by profession, sensibility or inclination-- I'm an artistic sort who has little interest in why/how a given component works. What I do care about ... | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! I guess I'm in the minority but I refuse to buy expensive gear based solely upon a showroom demo as part of a system that is different from my own, in a room that is different from my room, with no return policy. And I don't lament the demise of s... | |
| I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s. In the 60's,70's, we had to listen to FM stations to hear much of the good stuff. Thank God I had a few friends with extensive record collections who turned me on to stuff I'd otherwise never have known about. | |
| I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s. @bdp24:"The problem now is not that there isn’t enough "good music" (define as you wish) being made, but rather that there is so much of it! It’s not on radio or TV, but so what?"Yes-- there seem to be a lot of Boomers these days who complain abou... | |
| Quality 1 meter RCA Interconnects under $100? You haven't said what it is you don't like about your system, currently. Do you have a specific goal or are you just feeling the itch to upgrade? It seems to me you'd do better to save up until you can invest in something that will make more tha... | |
| Favorite Live Concert Recordings These immediately come to mind (not ranked) . . . Bill Evans Trio: Vanguard recordings Miles Davis Quintet: My Funny ValentineSarah Vaughan: Live in TokyoBetty Carter: The Audience With Betty CarterAllman Brothers: Live at Fillmore East, Eat A Pe... | |
| List your breakthrough products that you’ve discovered on this audiophile Journey. Symposium vibration products (shelves and rollerblocks). | |
| CDP or DAC? @mozartfan:I had a Jolida JD100 for quite awhile -- I'm sure it was no competition for the Cayin! |