stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? @chayro Exactly! | |
| Differences the Project RS2 Transport and the (newest) Jay's Audio CD2 Mk 3 I can't compare them re: sound but I find the Jay's MKIII much (!) more pleasant to use than the diminutive Pro-ject that I quickly returned. | |
| One guitar, or three? @bdp24 "Now, there is Jazz I like, names you would expect: Count Basie (man did his band swing!), Ellington, Mose Allison, Ray Charles, early Big Joe Turner, Cab Calloway. Composers including Irving Berlin, Bernstein, Gershwin, etc." I apologiz... | |
| One guitar, or three? @bdp24 OK. . . but the sound of horns is not restricted to "squawking". There are folk singers whose off-key singing can be plenty dissonant. If you are asserting that Jazz is inherently dissonant or hectic, I can't agree, unless you're talking ... | |
| The Law of Accelerating Returns I'd suggest the jealously factor depends on one's focus. If one is, above all, interested in having the latest, greatest new flavor or the most boutique gear or the most advanced topology or the most elegantly sculpted casework, etc., I'd submit o... | |
| High quality CDs @rman9 My mistake! immattewj is correct about MoFi not offering Clasical hybrid sacds. The Classical titles I've seen on Music Direct are on the Analogue Productions label: https://www.musicdirect.com/music?#/+/0/score/desc/?tab=products&a... | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? @mulveling +1 | |
| One guitar, or three? @bdp24 I'm really curious about what you meant when you said you find Jazz is "too urban". Care to elaborate further? | |
| High quality CDs @rman9 MoFi does make hybrid sacd's which include a Redbook layer and they are not the only ones. Check the Music Direct and Acoustic Sounds sites. | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? Bought my current speakers in mint cond. back in 2005 for $2500. I don't know what the list on them was back then. The new version lists at $7500 per pair. At that time I had a Jolida tube integrated and Jolida tube cdp. Liked the sound. Upgrade... | |
| List some of the worst-sounding CDs you've heard, lately @spenav I wasn't disputing your experience with that CD. | |
| List some of the worst-sounding CDs you've heard, lately @tweak1 Can't disagree with that! | |
| List some of the worst-sounding CDs you've heard, lately Thanks for your contribution, hilde45! | |
| “Faithful to the recording” @asvjerry I find your remarks very sensible. Even if one could afford chasing SOTA, that pursuit is not necessarily a prescription for satisfaction. As someone with a high capacity for perfectionism/obsessiveness, I'm grateful that my finances... | |
| List some of the worst-sounding CDs you've heard, lately @spenav I can't imagine anyone considering the Kotke disc "hi rez" ; it sounds terrible. @tweak1 I feel I have to take what you you say at face value but I have no way to explain it; I've always found CD sound to vary a great deal and this h... |