stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| Transport Question Telling newbies they cannot, of all things, depend upon their own ears is supposed to help them? | |
| Transport Question @charles1dad It apparently is novel, for some ! ! ! ;o) | |
| Transport Question @lak Yes. And certain people have a very strong ego driven compulsion to repeatedly make assertions easily refuted by simply utilizing one's ears. | |
| Decisive moments your your audio journey The last time I bought gear based solely on a showroom demo. I vowed never to make the same mistake again and I haven't. | |
| Is Old Music Killing New Music? @mapman : "One of the nice things about streaming is it enables exploring music that otherwise might go unheard. You don't have to buy to listen and you can let the service decide what to play next that you might like....you don't have to even ... | |
| Is Old Music Killing New Music? @mike_in_nc : "Going back to music, studies have shown that one’s musical tastes are fixed by age 30. I think that with effort, one can expand them, but it’s not always easy. Still, I feel sad when I see an educated person listening only to the p... | |
| Emotional connection @chayro ... and if certain botanicals were involved in the initial listening experience(s), the "imprinting" might have been even deeper than it would've been otherwise! ;o) | |
| CD transports; do they really matter Charles; Have sent PM | |
| CD transports; do they really matter You and me, both, Charles! Even my wife remarked at how good it sounded. Just wish it was in a standard size case. I guess Europeans have a thing for miniaturized audio. . . | |
| CD transports; do they really matter @charles1dad: Thanks, Charles; that's very encouraging! I've e mailed Jay's re: availability of spare drives. I'd still like to move to a top-loader but naturally am wary of the infamous "boat anchor syndrome". If I had the $, I'd just buy ... | |
| CD transports; do they really matter @charles1dad : Lucky for you that placement is easy! I don't see a CDT3 on the Jay's website-- there's a CDT2 MK3. . . is that what you mean? I know they'll supply replacement lasers but not sure about the actual drive. If I bought the Jay's,... | |
| CD transports; do they really matter Aging is not improving my manual dexterity ! ;o) | |
| CD transports; do they really matter Somewhat off topic, but I had issues inserting disc's into the top-loading well of the Pro-ject without catching the disc on the side of the well. Does anyone know whether the well is less cramped on the Jay's? | |
| CD transports; do they really matter @noske : "However something that may be quite relevant, I reckon, is that in comparing a CDP with a transport plus DAC, is that the DACs are in fact being compared". Perhaps the answer to this is to run a digital cable from the CDP (thereby bypa... | |
| CD transports; do they really matter ... the Pro-ject, that is. |