tomcarr

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What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Pet Shop Boys  
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
The Police  
HDCD
@unsound  Oppo oops!  Thanks for the correction.   
HDCD
Oppo 103, 203, 105, 205 all still show up for sale. Just keep looking and buy when you find!  
Speaker positioning and center image depth
Dedicated room Acoustic treatment Setup Get those done correctly and you'll have center image depth along with everything else to yield a 3-dimensional soundstage that is more dependent on recording quality than your gear.  
Comparing external DAC to CD player DAC
+1 @mesch   
Schiit Freya +
Had the original Freya (with tubes). Kept it for a few years until it started making "tube farts". Debated on buying new tubes then read a glowing review of the Topping Pre90. Bought it and compared them. Kept the Top, sold the Schiit.  
Best Brands Out of These-Wharfendale,Bowers and Wilkinsons...
HAHAHA!!!  
What’s your latest high-end audio purchase?
B&W 803 D3s replaced Vandersteen 2Ce Sig IIs a month or so ago.  
Schiit v Topping
@rrboogie Gotta be able to relax! Enjoy the music :)  
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
The Who  
Where did you buy your first audio gear?
In 1975, at age 15, mail ordered from a company in San Luis Obispo a Pioneer SX-737 receiver, a BIC 960 TT, and Electro-Voice 3-way speakers. Spent all the money I made working that summer. Think the total including shipping was under $700. Kept ... 
Interconnects - better before preamp or after preamp?
+1 @rodman99999   
Topping Pre90 Switching op amps?
@kr4 If this is Kal, I purchased a Topping Pre90 to replace a Schiit Freya (with tubes) based on your writeup in Stereophile. Love it. Yes, one does need to be a marksman when aiming the remote! Tom  
Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps
Norah Jones- "Nightingale"