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| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? As the wealth gap continues to increase at an ever-accelerating pace, and elites enjoy the excesses made possible by a new gilded age, the average Joe or Jill is increasingly priced out of the game. I’ve been monitoring this dynamic for the past s... | |
| Using a mono speaker instead of stereo? Different strokes for different folks. If monaural floats your boat, go for it. I went in the opposite direction with my system to multi-channel and prudent application of DSP to adjust the acoustic space to fit the venue and performance of the mu... | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? Neil Young: I have a lot of McIntosh equipment that I use for listening. My studio is full of different stuff, Tannoy and an old pair of Altec [Lansing] speakers with Mac 275s running them. It’s the old Voice of the Theater speakers. They’re ridic... | |
| Is there any one piece of vintage gear you most wished you owned? Revox B-77, half track version. | |
| Testing stylus wear. It's easy to see the stylus wear planes develop and grow with a decent microscope. However, having the 'scope's illumination set correctly is critical. When that requirement is met, the wear planes light up like oval headlamps. | |
| 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... |