whart
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| Dedicated Line - Things to consider @Jea48 is one of the resident experts on Code and beyond. My experience: you eliminate some potential problems by running dedicated line(s) so your system isn’t sharing a branch circuit with noisy lighting, appliances, etc. The audiophile way sh... | |
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? I have one (on CD, not sure it was released on LP) of a guy playing a shofar but I think he is sporting a third eye. There's a whole body of this stuff, a genre. some of it is pretty out there! | |
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? @mapman - have you heard Hasidic new wave stuff? | |
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? @dekay : is it Tony Schwartz 1, 2, 3 And A Zing Zing Zing- Demme was a neighbor when I lived near Nyack. Very nice guy. We used to bump into him at the local sushi bar and never talked about his films, just stuff about the 'hood. Sorry he's gone... | |
| Experiences with the Degritter RCM There is a very long informative thread on the Hoffman forum devoted to the Degritter that you might find helpful. Apologies if this is inappropriate diversion. | |
| Does anyone know of a repair service for Lamm amplifiers? Lamm is supposed to be back up and running out of Florida. Vlad’s wife, Elina, usually dealt with the phone but the daughter is now involved. I reached out to the general email box to touch base with Elina a few months after Vlad passed, but have ... | |
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? As long as the buyer knows what the risk factors are for gray market and is buying from a reputable seller, it presents a decision. I know that Koetsu supposedly will not work on any gray market cartridge even out of warranty, or so I'm told. A lo... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? I still think my Lamm ML2 (original model) are wonderful but you need very efficient speakers. @clearthinker - I had an SP-10mkii for many years, what a glorious piece-- it was the last of the old school ARC tube preamps. It definitely had issues... | |
| The difference between an Audiophile and a Stereophile? Many years ago, I walked into The Record Collector in LA (before he moved locations). At the time, I was still buying classical LPs. He had some big ol' speakers from the original "golden age"- like EV Patricians or big Bozaks. One was in one area... | |
| What am I missing? In the "product as service" vein, I called upon one of the vendors we use for hvac maintenance, etc. We need to replace one of the furnaces--here in Texas, we rely far more on the air conditioning than the heat, but that cold snap in 2021 gave us ... | |
| What am I missing? @clearthinker said: "No. Not more than ever. in the 50s 60s 70s everyone had a vinyl player and vinyl. But certainly the most since CDs got embedded in the late 80s." Of course you are correct. In absolute numbers the vinyl market today is nic... | |
| What am I missing? "Mass market" standards rarely meet the expectations of audiophiles-- the bulk of consumer electronics sold are cheap, essentially disposable, can tie into a phone or computer and CD is certainly better than MP.3 I think you have to put all this... | |
| Streichmelodion ?? David Lindley, better known as a "go to" sideman on a ton of big albums out of LA in the '70s, does these one man shows with all kinds of oddball stringed instruments. Those who know him love him. If you have never had an opportunity to hear him l... | |
| Gustard R26 Thanks both. I'll do a little digging. I'm glad you are excited, @pinwa That's usually a good sign. | |
| Gustard R26 @pinwa (and @sgreg1) -thank you for the impressions and additional thoughts. Just out of curiosity, when this DAC processes DSD, does it do so through chips rather than r 2 r? |