deadhead1000
Responses from deadhead1000
| Building your music digital music collection Guess I’m the odd man out. I ripped my CD library (probably 1,000), ripped a few albums that are not available anywhere. I have aurrender n200, I tried Q, but felt my ripped sounded better, plus, I always have music. I use the Aurender for streami... | |
| Bottleneck / Upgrade Recommendations - Yamaha RVX-475 Receiver, Pro-Ject Phono Box MM I would agree your receiver is the first thing to upgrade. More/better power, better phono input (critical before you upgrade the cartridge/turntable ), more inputs. If surround sound isn't a goal, then I'd really recomend an integrated Amp. Unles... | |
| Cd recorder continuation Why are you still burning CD's? Not judging you or anyone, I just want to know why. I went digital years ago (both streaming and storing music on a Blusound, and now upgraded to an Aurrender, and have never looked back. No more storing CD's, worr... | |
| Best Covers @dekay Love it! I figured it would be an instrumental version of Smoke on the Water. The vocals are amazing. Made my night. | |
| Is My McIntosh C52 Pre-amp The Weak Link? @soix is correct. @jastralfu makes a very good point I would suggest having a stand-alone DAC also. You're just swaping out your issue (The C52 having a built in DAC) with a new issue (having the DAC built into the Streamer). I am not a bi... | |
| Aurender Conductor V4 issues @audphile1 My appologies, I did not pick up that you were being sarcastic. But I stand by my pofessional opinion (30+ years) that they are doing a horrible job with V4. Yes, software upgrades are tough, I've done many. But this is just plain slo... | |
| Aurender Conductor V4 issues @audphile1 Agile works, but you have to have really good management of it. I have recommended to Aurender that they fire their product manager. I have been in IT for 30 plus years and can tell you it's not the process that's broken, it's the peop... | |
| Rogue Audio hard to resell, has it fallen out of favor ? @speedthrills asks a good question, which I honestly don't have a good answer for. But I will say this, I sold a very old AR turntable in rough condition a year or two back, I did put a low price on it, but was still surprised it sold quickly. I ... | |
| Does a turntable mat make any difference? I replaced the mat that came with my Rega 6 with a Herbie way excellent, it made a positive difference. | |
| Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response? Overall no. It tells nothing how the speaker sounds. Kinda similar to an amp with .0007 THC (oops, I meant THD). Doesn't tell you how the amp sounds at all. | |
| In Wall Speakers recommendations If you like the sound of the B&W's, get their in-wall ones, they also have a matching in-wall sub. A friend of mine has them with a McIntosh integrated and the set-up sounds great. He does not have rear speakers. | |
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K Klipschorns or JBL. KEF is a good suggestion also. Although my personal taste would also recomend a Class D amp rather then tubes. But I know there will be strong disagreement with that comment..... | |
| Selling here on Audiogon I agree with all the above, but I've sold a turntable, amp, preamp and a server and sold them quickly as I put fair prices on them with detailed descriptions. And they were popular brands which also helps. Although it is annoying how many deale... | |
| Integrateds: Luxman vs. Ayre? @ghdprentice Interesting. I like the 'sparkle' that Luxman has. Although I rarely listen to 'heavy' rock and roll, when I do, I have found some amps to be dull sounding. The Luxman sounds wonderful with every type of music, is what I am trying t... | |
| Finally got a Luxman I've had the Luxman 590 AXII for 2 years now and love it. I've been through almost every brand and even went separates twice. I have never been happier, lots of features, sound that is tube like without the heat and hassle, I can go on. I am sure ... |