tsacremento
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| For all you Bose 901 Haters! Back in the day, I worked for dealers that carried Bose. Never had the slightest desire to own a pair of 901's, or any Bose speaker for that matter. I also never recommended them, but was careful not to speak ill of the 901's to prospective client... | |
| Feeding an integrated amp with a preamp Unless you’re after some functionality that the LFD doesn’t have, there’s really no point in doing this. But if you want to do it, feeding the integrated from the Tape Out jacks on the Bryston will bypass the Bryston’s volume control and gain stag... | |
| Who uses ADS Speakers I owned an ADS PB-1500 back in the day. It made a great coffee table, but a lousy sub. | |
| jbl speakers The Paragon was designed and built more as a lifestyle statement product than a serious piece of audio engineering. The nouveau rich bought them to impress their friends, but better speakers were available at the time for much less money. This is ... | |
| Decent 25' Cable Blue Jeans Canare 4S11. Order them up directly from Blue Jeans with the terminations you want to use, and the the connectors will be sonically welded to the cable. Love mine. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report The Paris Blue album by Kyle Eastwood. Great standup bass. Yes, Clint is his dad, but don't hold that against him. | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality Vinyl, Redbook CD, and hi-res streaming aren't mutually exclusive. One would need need to pry my extensive Redbook collection and all of my old records from my cold, dead grasp. | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. If you want a DAC that provides the same level of signal conversion accuracy that is enjoyed by many studios, the RME ADI-2 DAC fs is your best bet. German precision at an affordable price, with plenty of onboard features to boot. Learning to navi... | |
| Can we talk about Qobuz for a minute With respect to streaming SQ, I'll offer another vote for Qobuz. One hi-res listen on Qobuz to an album titled "A Little Driving Music" by Brian Bromberg will win you over. Qobuz has become my streaming choice for critical listening. I also subscr... | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality As noted above, music is often re-mastered for streaming, making direct A/B comparisons between those and the original CD's very difficult. Whether hi-res is audibly superior to to Redbook is still an open question in my own mind.MQA is another wh... | |
| Any experience with a crown K1 or K2 amp? I've been using a K2 to drive my main L/R speakers for many years. I've changed out the speakers more than once during that time, but the amp is a keeper. Sounds as good as any I've heard, including several of the "high-priced spread" variety. Cle... |