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| Help With Modifcation of PS Audio DirectStream MK1 @stuartk Thanks so much. I took a stab at a local Audio-Visual tech repair shop in Huntington Beach because they assured me they could do the job (and I thought, its pretty easy, just soldering the EDCORs into the right palace, but honestly, I’... | |
| listening volume? Often it depends on what I’m listening to: Diana Krall-like close miked acoustical sounds great in my room at 60-65db, and yes, at 70-75db that kind of sound can be a bit too much. Rock opera: Floyd DSOTM: 75db in my system, w/ 78-80db peaks sat... | |
| Do you listen intently? Every time I turn the system on it’s for intense listening, at least, that’s the plan.. My wife and adult son are the X factor as sometimes (let’s be honest, too often), they don’t agree with my ritual, and they both dislike live level sound. So, ... | |
| Why vinyl You think me not vinyl because of my age, do you? | |
| Why vinyl For me the goal is to be a vinyl playback ninja. That's how I envision an impressive, audiophile master. Like a Samurai who wields an ancient weapon with hard-won skill and precision, they can use modern forms of combat, but know there is but on... | |
| Would like company. @rvpiano, Would love to , brother, but alas, I am way down on the west coast. I too have a few friends "into music", but not audiophiles. They gasp at the merest mention of paying anything more than a few hundred dollars for a setup. But I hav... | |
| Buying Records I try to buy only used. There are a couple of local record stores I rely on that have stuff in pretty good shape, at least "good", if not very good or mint. I use ritualistic cleaning to bring them back to life as I've learned from the likes of ... | |
| Share some under appreciated jazz album titles Ann Burton - "Ann Burton With The Louis Van Dyke Trio" Chris Connor -"he loves me, he loves me not" Flora Purim "If You Will" Anita O'Day (almost anything), but: "Anita Sings The Most" Cassandra Wilson: " Light 'til Dawn" | |
| New to this hobby please help me Hey, Wizard, I've been through your journey with HT and now it's music, and I've combined the two pretty successfully (a no-no for many here, but by no means all). I started with an out of the box Encore 5.1 satellite system and Denon receivers ... | |
| The single most important figure (imo) in the vinyl LP reissue business. @bdp24, I suggest you try to catch up on what Tom Port has been doing lately. Read his blog, I'm sure you'll see his system would have little trouble representing itself against so-called hi-end systems. But, the point of my post wasn't Tom Port... | |
| The single most important figure (imo) in the vinyl LP reissue business. @hifiguy42 Right. Tom Port! (Too late at night!). Thanks so much! | |
| The single most important figure (imo) in the vinyl LP reissue business. No disrespect to the OP or Chad, I saw the CBS piece too, thought it was a great story about him and his building an impressive life and business. But I’ll happily stand aside as the stampede for reissued vinyl continues leading well intentioned ... | |
| It Can't Be Explained Better @spenav, You're absolutely right. There is no comparison between the two formats. | |
| SPEAKERS THAT SOUND ALIVE & DYNAMIC AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS Op, just one more consideration: Don't forget noise reduction. You haven't specified your room acoustics or what you are using to reduce signal/source noise. My goal is to attain a complete black background in the listening space, so that the s... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? I agree w/ those who recognize many audiophiles are siloed, post to seek reassurance, or affirmation,(usually because we get none of that at home) and come to these forums to seek empathy for our unlovable obsession, ("You spent how much for that ... |