tonykay
Responses from tonykay
| Thinking about a Zesto Andros 1.2 to replace the John Curl PS in my Audible Illusions M3B The Zesto will set you back about as much as the Audible Illusions. It's your money...spend it any way you want. You seem sold on the Zesto, so go for it! In fairness, 2 days is NOT a reasonable break-in period. | |
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| Upcoming Neil Young album, Homegrown Vinyl. A must have? I'm a Neil Young fan and I'll probably buy this album. I dislike the idea of the recycled five songs. Paul Simon's album of previously-released, re-imagined songs was a disappointment. | |
| RMAF 2020 is Cancelled No surprise, but it’s a great event. I have been twice, might have gone again this year. As a 70 year old cancer-survivor, I ALWAYS wear a mask these days (Arizona). I'm no doctor, just don't want to be a victim. | |
| Rock concerts I recall taking my daughter with me to see Bruce Springsteen at the Berkeley Community Theatre. When he came out, I wondered why the band wasn't with him. I remembered that it was Bruce Springsteen, without the E Street Band. It was just Bruce and... | |
| Universal disc player recommendation Oppo 105D, used around $1K. If you really want to use your entire budget, try the Oppo 205 that sold originally sold for $1500 (now around $3K). Obviously, at $2-3K, you have lots of choices. In any case, the Oppo would be a significant step up fr... | |
| O.K., downloads, streaming and more....but I still like many of my CD and SACD disks In my mind, there are lots of choices, especially used. Frankly, if I were buying my LAST CD/SACD player, I would seriously consider a Marantz. If it ever fails, you can replace it with a newer version or have it repaired. | |
| Good Tube Pre Amp under 2K Audible Illusions. Buy used, easily under $2K. Several to choose from. | |
| Another sad tale, hopefully Ian can make plans and peace with the world We're reading more and more of these lately, but this hits hard. I have been a Tull fan since the 60's. There are many people that I hope outlive me, Ian Anderson is one of them (Dylan is another). I'm glad to know that his demise is not imminent,... | |
| Your "Best of..." audio manufacturer in each state Dan D’Agostino amps/preamps are made in Cave Creek, Arizona. I stumbled on it one day and Dan was here with his wife. He gave me a tour of the entire operation. Nice guy! | |
| Can an older Sony or Pioneer CD changer sound better with a budget DAC? I have a vintage Denon CD player that was a TOTL player in it's day. It doesn't keep up with my other CD players in terms of resolution. I pulled out a Benchmark DAC1 that I purchased used years ago ($550). I'm surprised to hear how much it improv... | |
| headphones to use with a Chord Mojo I can’t speak directly to the Chord Mojo because I haven’t owned one but i’ll add something about headphones. I have always been a Stax guy, Lambdas first then the 009s. Recently, I wanted to try a closed back phone so I bought a pair of Audeze L... | |
| Who's bought a piece of gear only Anything I purchase needs to satisfy my own criteria, beyond just utility...one of them is appearance. If the appearance doesn’t appeal to me, I don’t buy it. I’ll admit that I bought my Consonance Droplet 5.0 CD player just because it looked so c... | |
| Rock concerts So many, but here’s a few; Bowie, Lou Reed, Elton John, REM, Paul Simon, Dylan, Natalie Merchant, Jethro Tull, Chris Isaak, Springsteen, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Jimmy Buffet, John Ritter, Herman's Hermits, Justin Hayward, Gordon Lightfoot...ma... |