stuartk
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| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 Thanks for confirming my strategy makes sense and for pointing out the possibility that the dac’s power cord might be the culprit. I ordered the necessary cables today and will report back once I’ve had a chance to set up and listen t... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 Sorry. Let's start from the beginning. 1) I like the sound of the Aqua but experience listening fatigue when the Jay's, Aqua and rca ICs are all in the signal chain. 2) When the Jay's is directly feeding the Hegel's internal dac (... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @eugene81 Thanks for your suggestion. | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @audphile1 I didn’t expect the Jolida to beat the Aqua in terms of SQ. That would be absurd. Attempting to isolate the noise source was the rationale for trying the Jolida. Next step : trying Aqua and Jay’s in Hegel’s dac loop. If that doesn’t... | |
| Great classical pianists @esarhaddon You actually put Krall in the same category as Petrucciani ? ! Don't know how to respond. | |
| NAD M-33 or Hegel H190 @aldermine OK. I hope the Unico works out for you. I'm assuming you've yet to actually hear it in your system. | |
| NAD M-33 or Hegel H190 @aldermine You assert that "sound is really the point" yet you keep circling back to the need to run two speaker pairs. If in fact this is non-hegotiable, I don’t see how any amp will win you over on the basis of sound alone. Why not simply sea... | |
| NAD M-33 or Hegel H190 @mofojo I’ve heard the Hegel can be kinda sterile as well so maybe look for something more “robust” sounding. While the Hegel is not lushly romantic, I definitely don’t find it "sterile". I don’t know what you mean about lacking in "robustne... | |
| NAD M-33 or Hegel H190 @aldermine I tend to agree with @grislybutter -- soundstaging and imaging with the H390 don’t disappoint me in my system (keeping in mind that I have stand-mounts) but I’ve yet to read or watch a review of the H390 (and I’ve checked out a lot of... | |
| NAD M-33 or Hegel H190 I have only seen the M33 compared to the Hegel H390. Based on price, that seems more logical. 13th note audio reviews did such a comparison, if I remember correctly. Also those guys in Canada -- Audio Excellence? Look for both on YouTube. I c... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister Now Jarrett cannot stop speaking, mumbling etc because he is alone with the music, oblivious of us, we are not with him for him ... Evans is with us silently ....Music for him is not a show so good it can be but a sacred intimate mo... | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? @tony1954 We were lucky to have been there in the beginning in the late 60’s and early 70’s, but maybe unlucky in that we developed very high standards in what constituted good music. It also gave us a broad spectrum of musical genres to enjoy ... | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? @moonwatcher But this body of work is out there, waiting for future generations to discover and love. I believe some of them will stand the test of time just as classical compositions have after hundreds of years. If something is "good" I thin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Good question. I don’t enjoy many K. Jarrett recordings for the same reason. Of course, in some circles, such a statement is liable to provoke a similar reaction to ramming a stick into a hornet’s nest! | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? @moonwatcher But I think my interest in jazz (from all eras) is a reflection that rock is dead. I was led to Jazz by "jazzy" Rock and by the fact that I grew bored with Rock's melodic and harmonic limitations. The liner noted in one of the m... |