vonhelmholtz
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| Whats playing on your system today? Blow Up .. Isao Suzuki Quartet .. Blue .. Joni Mitchell | |
| Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners I’m not a big Joni fan, but the 2021 Rhino record reissue of Blue is well done. The recording is quiet, simple with a great presence of voice. I have no idea how it compares to the CD, or previous vinyl releases. | |
| CD and Network Streamers I ripped all of my CDs and play them from the Aurender’s internal SSD. Hardly worth the money unless you either have lots of free cash, or want to spend a good bit of time listening to music. | |
| Starter system If you are really trying to keep expenditure down, you might consider headphones rather than speakers. Everyone in this age range is used to listening through EarPods and headphones could be a step up. On the electronic side, you probably will get... | |
| Upgrade to McIntosh I auditioned the Olympus Nova V with the MA12000 and it sounded quite musical with a great soundstage. In the end I went with Wilson because I thought that the Wilsons were less likely to be knocked over. It is easy to find a dealer that represent... | |
| Upgrade to McIntosh One year ago I went with the MA12000. I believe that separates and great interconnects will better this. Once you are in the $1500 range you can better the DAC2. I gave up separates for the convenience of the all in one, but soon replaced both DA... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? Depends upon clean power, all cables and all components. You need a quality source and analog side to hear value in your DAC | |
| How do you stop house guest from damaging your speakers? We recently moved out of state, and I don’t have friends, but my kids have friends. Teenagers don’t like to sit down and listen to music. They are always on the move and my listening room is down a long isolated hallway where nobody goes. | |
| Wilson Audio Sophia rev 3 I’ve got Sabrina X in 13x23x10 and I assume that this speaker is comparable to the Sophia. I added subwoofers just for the bottom octave and have the crossovers set very low. I found that the sound was very dependent upon room treatment, which is ... | |
| Why so many ads I use Brave as my browser Duck Duck Go for search and Protonmail for EMail… No ads.and no Google, Apple, or Microsoft. | |
| Conductor Expertise? Of course, you can also create playlists. | |
| My analog journey - time for a new phono stage or? If I were going to go back before I built my present system, which is only one year ago, I would have sold my record collection and put money into the digital end. My analog sounds great to my ears. For most of my listening where I have the record... | |
| Are you getting the bass you deserve? @sounds_real_audio Is this a post anything thread? What is your point, or goal in asking? | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges My digital is pretty good, so that is my casual go to. I also listen to digital for more critical listening. I only listen to records when nobody is home to remind me that I’m wasting my time and avoiding my long to-do list. Even my dog refuses to... | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? Curious why you have eliminated tube preamplifiers? Are they more expensive compared to solid state? I’ve tended to like tube preamplifiers with solid state amplifiers. |