whart
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| Have l become unstable? I can’t answer the question in the title of your thread, but the fact that you are deeply engaged in audiophile gear may be a sign of some form of psychopathy. (I’m not qualified to make those judgements).As to the rest, I get it.Can you audition ... | |
| Left/Right Orientation of Piano Recordings -- Any Preferences? My biggest issue with piano recordings has less to do with position or even the close mic'ing that can result in an exaggerated size of the instrument, but instead the lack of gravitas, power and harmonics that a concert grand can deliver. Many re... | |
| OPPO or Something Else? @mahler123--I appreciate your different viewpoint, given my admittedly limited experience on the digital side. I’m trying to understand where we differ.Are you saying that the Oppo worked fine as a transport, and using other external DACS revealed... | |
| OPPO or Something Else? I believe the reclocker won’t do anything if you are using the Oppo analog outputs. I think Steve, who can (and does) speak for himself here, will tell you it improves performance of the transport outputting a digital signal to an external DAC. I ... | |
| Seeking informed recommendations for power cables and interconnects Out of curiosity, I ran a search here on the ’Gon for Vandersteen, Rogue and cable and many of the hits returned AQ cables as recommended by Richard Vandersteen. There is something to be said for ’same brand’ full ’loom’-in that the character and ... | |
| Seeking informed recommendations for power cables and interconnects The best advice you’ll get is to try some different cables, either through The Cable Co. or a dealer who has access without an agenda (I know, I can hear the snickers but there are some good dealers out there).What works for one person in one syst... | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! American Idiot (the album) actually has a lot of great hooks and rocks. It is very compressed sounding as I recall, haven’t listened to it in years. I’ve heard legendary bands/performers who were terrible in live shows, and others who were complet... | |
| OPPO or Something Else? On the audio only side, I didn’t think much changed after the BDP 95, based on reading about how the chips were deployed (you can’t really access the internal DAC itself, something you can do on later models?). I bought one used from someone who I... | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! Love Terry Reid. His records aren't getting easier to find. Last time I saw him, he still had his voice, he's a bit mad, but very charming. He must have been a piece of work back in the day. | |
| Can an HDMI output be converted into something a USB input would accept? Isn't the reason that, at least when this was on an SACD format, it was encrypted so all hardware had to match the 'closed system' protocol with no digital output that could be accessed outside of that closed loop? E.g., like original and Blu DVD? | |
| Dahlquist DQ10 Enjoy them! | |
| I need cables for my 2 channel system This is why calling is better. In the old days, we used carrier pigeons, but what a mess! :)I did business with them-- Robert Stein there is a good guy-- | |
| Dahlquist DQ10 I haven’t heard the speaker since its heyday in the mid-’70s. I remember one favorite amp was the Ampzilla- it had oodles of power and didn’t sound as nasty as a lot of early solid state. The speaker seemed to benefit from a large solid state amp,... | |
| I've got the Summertime Blues. Power conditioner necessary? I agree that where possible, a dedicated line is the starting point. Because we must share ground with the main household system, noise can still infiltrate, but it can go a long way toward isolating the system AC from the anomalies of the rest of... | |
| I need cables for my 2 channel system If you were an analog die-hard, it would mean a rotary dial phone.Agree about The Cable Co. precisely because what works for one person in their system given their preferences may or may not be the "right" choice for you. As to "right" there are a... |