wlutke
Responses from wlutke
| What would you buy Consider a REL Serie S with a speakon connector. No sub out required. You can even go wireless with the Longbow adapter. | |
| Short List of Amps I prefer over the Pass Labs XA25 or INT 25 My local dealer agrees with noble 1002 with the exception of the Xa-25. He says it sounds like no other Pass amp. It's totally neutral. I agree. If you haven't heard one please don't pass on disinformation like the above. | |
| Does anybody use the Vinyl Flat record Flattener? It works when the ambient temp is at least 70. It's better to experiment and under heat and increase time until the warp flattens. Below 70 and it loses heat as fast as it makes it. Do NOT throw a blanket over it. I melted a record that way. | |
| Soundstage Confusion Sounds a bit like absolute phase. Have you tried the invert button? | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital I find streaming and vinyl can be equally engaging. That’s the top consideration - does it make me happy. I appreciate detail, imaging and all the other buzzwords but if it’s musically dry, reality or not, all that crazy priced gear is a waste. I ... | |
| Only using Spotify connect, am I loco??!! Sounds like time for a free trial. I did just that with qobuz and deezer and found the added resolution really showed off the gear. I think Spotify has qualities that better show off the music. Kept Spotify and dropped the others. | |
| It looks like a debate to me. Fuzztone sent me a PM about how wrong I was. I feel special. | |
| It looks like a debate to me. I suppose the answer depends on the question. Want real user feedback? Ask us faceless hobbyists. Want a name to drop to verify your choices? Read an article by someone who agrees with you. | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC I have the Node 2i for four months now. In that time I have no disconnects between an iPad and the Node and just two or three dropouts of less than a second between the router and the Node. I’m running it through a MHDT Orchid DAC now. The most... | |
| Importance of phase and timing optimization when incorporating sub woofers ? I’ve never seen it mentioned but here’s a thought. If you're in the phase doesn’t matter camp could you use a variable phase control to nudge your nodes around until they work for you? | |
| Speakers Don’t Matter As Much As We Think They Do? “ If you send a really high quality signal to a pair of speakers and get synergy right, they will reward you in spades and punch well above their apparent weight class.” So true, for every weight class. You just don’t know what you’re missing un... | |
| Looking for Kid A "Made in EU" Vinyl I have the Canada/EMI first(?) pressing. No XL on it anywhere but the jacket does say printed in EU on the back and "imported by EMI MUSIC CANADA SIS" on a sticker on the front. It's smaller than 12", maybe 10", double, gatefold. Someday I'll b... | |
| Why you want upsampling and upconversion in a server and why it sounds way better! I have the digitally massaged, cleaned up, improved and higher fidelity LP of old songs from the soundtrack of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”. At first listen it’s impressive as heck and I’m sure it would get a giant thumbs up across the board t... | |
| confused and don't know what to do We live in a similar condo, all downstairs is a combined living, dining, kitchen with sliding glass on one end. I use Sennheiser RS 185 wireless headphones for HT and a dedicated 2 channel stereo for music. The Sennheisers work great and a second... | |
| Signal break up on 7 month old Bluesound Node 2i I had a similar problem with a Sangean internet tuner. Sometimes it worked great, sometimes it had dropouts and sometimes it wouldn’t work at all. I tried a second Netgear router, no help. A Motorola router cured everything. I’ve used it with a No... |