tom8999
Responses from tom8999
| Tidal MQA vs Qobuz hi-res Wow - OP - your system is only as good as your weakest link - you have multiple weak links - hear is my system - Source - Tidal Hi Fi with MQA accessed via a LUMIN T2 (has the Sabre DAC)Integrated amp - Krell K300iSpeakers - Maggie 1.7i with Maggi... | |
| laid back stereo power amp The best money I have spent on my two stereo systems to push my Maggie 1.7i is the new Krell K300i integrated amp. It costs $7k but it has plenty of Class A power to make my Maggie’s sing. Sound stage is now amazing, bass is tight and vocals pop.i... | |
| Bob Dylan - new album just out on Tidal - Rough and Rowdy Ways Snackeyp - I am so glad you found this string and are enjoying Bob - as I have said earlier - he is the poet of my generation! I am a young 66 years old. For me - this is the best Benefit of using Audiogon - we all discuss equipment to the nth deg... | |
| Need copper speaker cable recommendations $300 ish I want to second aj523 - I have been using Anticable speaker wire and interconnects for several years and I have heard a difference in my two systems with every upgrade. They are made in Minnesota - great customer service to. Check out their websi... | |
| $5k Pair Full Range Speaker Shootout - Help me pick With a $5,000 budget and a medium powered amp - here is my suggestion - go with a Maggie 1.7i or smaller ($2,200 or less for smaller models) and then go with a multiple sub system for the bottom end ( self powered subs should not run over $3000).t... | |
| Bob Dylan - new album just out on Tidal - Rough and Rowdy Ways Roxy54 - from what I have read Dylan wrote the song ‘Murder Most Foul’ for the Kennedy family as his contribution to their 50 Year Remembrance ceremony of the event (Nov 22, 2013). The song was preformed just for the ceremony and not released to t... | |
| unbeatable Class A integrated I want to also recommend the new Krell K 300i - My older Krell 400xi died 6 months ago and I replaced it through Krell after it was discovered my 400xi as unrepairable.i push a set of Maggie 1.7i speakers with no issues at all. The new Krell sound... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? J wall - great question - I have enjoyed reading all of the replies. IMO - we are all Audiophiles - regardless of our budgets to spend on this hobby. I am 66 - just retired from being a Chemist - left the bench in 1984 and moved into sales and mar... | |
| 2k to 4k Streaming DAC I just got my LUMIN T2 - if you look you can get one under the list price so it fits in your budget. The streamer / Sabre DAC is amazing for it’s sound stage and vocal clarity, and instrument separation.it replaced my LUMIN D1 which ran great for... | |
| Mid Range Streamer DAC recommendation help requested! OP - I am biased to use LUMIN for a streamer / DAC - I bought a LUMIN D1 ( Wolfson DAC) 5 years ago. It ran great - the software interface on my I pad mini runs great. I stream Tidal - you have to hard wire to get a quality signal to the streamer... | |
| Bob Dylan - new album just out on Tidal - Rough and Rowdy Ways Gentlemen - and I use this term loosely - thank you for a wonderful walk thru the history of ‘our music’ over the last 60 years! Bob is the only song writer to get the Nobel Prize for literature - quite an exclusive club - as far as I am concerned... | |
| Bob Dylan - new album just out on Tidal - Rough and Rowdy Ways John to - I take your comment as asking me for more detail as to what I hear in Dylan’s new album - so hear goes.The main musical theme in the album is simplicity. You can still make great music with limited musicians - piano, Hammond B3, acoustic... | |
| Female Vocals - Nora Jones new album - Pick Me Off The Floor Julie priest and three easy payments - everyone’s ear is the final judge of good or bad music - it is called freedom!sorry you do not hear the same things I hear in Norah’s new album. For me her albums have progressed in a very positive direction ... | |
| Female Vocals - Nora Jones new album - Pick Me Off The Floor Tomcy6 - you are welcome. I have been a Nora Jones fan for years - all of her albums have not been great - but this one has really struck me as exceptional. It is one thing to ‘do the jazz standards well’, but to me to write your own music and put... | |
| Lumin or Aurender I started streaming 5 years ago with a LUMIN D1 - the streamer and DAC ran great - and held there value ( bought the D1 for $2,000 - sold it on Avon 4 months ago for $1,200). Upgraded to the LUMIN T2 - much improved sound stage and vocals vs the D... |