tomcy6
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| when your hearing is not as good as it was . . . It’s the high frequencies that you lose first. I can’t give you any advice about any gear you can do without now, though. I think that’s a little too specific to you, your system and your hearing for anyone to give you any realistic advice. There’... | |
| Upgraded from Node to 432-evo-aeon-music-server and its another world sonically Glad to hear you got a nice bump up from the 432 Aeon. It's a nice change from all the people complaining about high-end audio here. Enjoy! | |
| Where does music come from that streams? You can’t just take a cd or lp, digitize it, put it on a server and start charging people to stream it. You have to have a contract with the record company that owns the rights to the music, and they will send you a digital file, as cleeds said ab... | |
| "Diminishing Returns" I think you're talking about being completely satisfied with your system and having the sense to know it, not diminishing returns. | |
| Pink Floyd Aficionados I streamed the original mix and the 2018 remix from Qobuz, put my ear up close to the right and left midrange cones for the last 30 seconds or so and I heard sheep, birds chirping and a sound like "wochk" in the right channel but no 4 note human v... | |
| What percentage of digital vs. analog? so many people wanting to ditch their record collection, where can they be bought? See the "Music" section of the Classifieds. | |
| 12AU7 Gain Question The right tube tester will give you the gain for each triode, but I don’t think that a 12AU7 can have a gain of 2016, that number may just be to mark the box of the tube intended for your power amp. I think you have 3 tubes with a gain of 16 for e... | |
| "The Ultra High-End Speaker." The Salon’s are great speakers but they’re not the peak of the speaker designer’s art. I don’t think that you can get the measure of a speaker at a show or dealer’s shop. I think you have to live with them for a while. Especially the ultra-high-e... | |
| Anyone else suffering with Qobuz tonight It's working well in Tucson AZ, | |
| Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel There is absolutely no need for many items to end up in a Landfill, @pindac Believe it or not, you are going to die one day. At that point you lose control over what happens to your physical media collection. You may make plans for it to be wel... | |
| Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel Streaming tends to be a "Bounce around" affair with listening to a half song of this and a half song of another artist and 15 seconds of another artist I frequently read this argument against streaming in forums and even in the audiophile magaz... | |
| The use of digital pitch correction software on vocal recordings I don't think it's a good development. it's another step on the road to completely synthetic music. Who needs artists? They're such a pain in the butt. | |
| Can a tube short without blowing? Tube testers for preamp tubes have a short test on them and they tell you if a tube fails this test to turn off the tester and dispose of the tube. So I guess that means yes to that question. | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance It sounds like your problem might be bright gear not revealing gear. A system can be very revealing and not be fatiguing. I’d start with a pair of speakers that you really like. Then get an amp which pairs well with those speakers, and so on. Thi... | |
| Tube Testing Service Recommendation Thanks for the information. Sounds like a useful service. |