trebejo
Responses from trebejo
| Best travel destinations for audiophiles Rrog, I said "culturally retarded USA". | |
| Best travel destinations for audiophiles Inna, I don't know why you are asking here for advice since you have already picked out much better places.Imagine, suggesting a place, any place really, within the culturally retarded USA? And after Andalucia and Buenos Aires have already been me... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Digital volume controls are the algorithmic cousins of mp3s.In such an instance, the preamp has to be pretty contemptible if it cannot beat the digital volume control.Don't fall for it, if a manufacturer will not name the specific algorithm used f... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? No preamp is better than bad preamp (just like spouses). | |
| If you could bring back one great artist that has Beethoven, so he could heal his hearing.Schubert, so he could cure his VD.Mozart, so he could cure his cold.Those bastards left a lot of work unfinished, highly inconsiderate of them not to have better health. | |
| Integrated vs pre/power I started with integrateds to save time and money, but drifted towards separates as time went on. Now if I want to change my amp, I don't have to change my preamp.The nice thing about an integrated is that it's all in one piece, one chassis; the b... | |
| S/Pdif vs. Toslink I like the electrical isolation provided by optical cables. If I ever get the dreaded mysterious hum, I will not have to suspect my computer... | |
| Modern Linestages Yeah, well, a whole lot of wind but the answer is obvious, $20k for a preamp and watch this hobby die. | |
| Modern Linestages You can attend a fancy orchestra with excellent season seats for several years for the prices mentioned in this thread.As the original post mentioned, it is just a linestage.The time and resources that a stereo company spent making a $20k linestag... | |
| Record Revirginizer I remember being a virgin, sure would not want to become one again...Oh and on the records, don't worry, six months and it'll be such a pain in the ass that you'll go back to your squeezebox. | |
| pre vs amp power cable question If the wire in your power cord is thicker than the wire that connects the wallplug to the electric power company, you have to ask yourself why... | |
| Help me find violin and cello related Bach, Bach, Bach...On cello, Rostropovich did a wonderful DVD explaining something about each suite. The music was played in an ancient cathedral, bare rock walls, etc.However my current favorite for these suites is Bylsma on a Baroque or Stradiva... | |
| Tube preamp with the "most" for 1k used, 2k new? I had the previous model of the Cary, the AE-3, and while it was nice, the Avastar is clearly better. The main difference between the AE-3 and the AES is that the newer model uses a tube rectifier, while the AE-3 used SS for that purpose. | |
| Tube preamp with the "most" for 1k used, 2k new? Van Alstine gives you two outstanding options there, he pretty much owns the market at that price level. The T8+ is pure tube, while the Avastar uses a tube input stage and an SS output stage. | |
| Help with Playing FLAC files Funny thing is, iTunes USED to play flac files, back in the day. Then around version 4.something, they stopped playing them. Bye bye itunes... |