dougthebiker
Responses from dougthebiker
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy IMO, the Orchard Pecan Pi offers much better SQ than the Bluesound, plus it can be a Roon endpoint. Less $ last time I looked. | |
| How accurate are cable descriptions for your system? The only worthwhile piece of advice anyone can give you is only buy returnable cables. Try them out and compare. There are far too many variables in audio to say anything with certainty with regard to someone else’s system. In my experience, th... | |
| Disadvantages of buying old solid state. +1 on Schiit equipment. Balanced interconnects are the best because of noise rejection, but unless you have very long runs or your wires are a tangled mess behind your rack, you probably won't be able to detect the difference. | |
| 10k Towers with biggest soundstage? I agree with Danager. I have the GR-Research NX-Oticas, one step down from the NX-Tremes and the soundstage is 10 feet deep behind the speakers and at least 3’ beyond the outside edges of the speakers. These are open baffle speakers so somew... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? True, mono would get rid of that very strange decision to put Jimi’s voice in only one channel on the first cut on each side. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Just got the Acoustic Sounds remake of Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced." Totally remastered on premium vinyl. Better than Qobuz version. Listening on my Well-Tempered Reference TT. Extremely quiet background. No obvious pops or clicks. | |
| How much $$ do bells and whistles add to preamp? The Schiit Freya + has no bells or whistles and gives you huge flexibility - passive, active SS or active tube. And it's under $1k, yet very well reviewed. The tube option lets you listen to some edgy recordings that are otherwise hard to listen... | |
| Looking for an integrated amp to replace my Cayin A-50T For under $2k you could get a pair of Schiit Aegir monoblocks (you have to run balanced cables from your Oppo.) Tremendous value for the money. Class A most of the time, 80 wpc. Very smooth yet revealing. | |
| replacement for MOFI beatles box set If you’re looking for SQ and excellent re-engineering, check out the Beatles Love 2 LP set. I find it much more interesting and better SQ than the originals. I got mine new for $50. Only Abbey Road interests me among the originals. | |
| Elekit TU-8600S. Best 300B’s? Took the plunge and got the new Western Electric 300B’s from the Georgia plant. All I can say is Whoa! I thought this amp was great before. The difference now is I can’t stop listening. Every track I play makes me think of another I just have ... | |
| Elekit TU-8600S. Best 300B’s? @markusthenaimnut I'm with you there! Loving the Elekit 300B amp. Reveals everything my sources have to give. But I always like to have a spare set of tubes on hand, especially since I'm going to sell my old monoblocks now, since the Elekit is ... | |
| Holo may lte vs denafrips terminator 2 vs musetec da005 I'm a bit confused by the review provided by @dbb. The referenced review says: "I fed both dacs via computers (an Asus mini and an Asus laptop) because I had two. Thus I could do quick comparisons by preamp input switching. I recently bought an I... | |
| Kef LS50 We could better advise if we knew your budget and more info about your source components. | |
| High Quality Input Switch? Thanks everyone. Great suggestions. I’m checking them all out. Doug | |
| Will I benefit from a subwoofer with 20Hz speakers? I bought the MiniDSP and returned it before the 30 day trial was up. All the components in my system are many times the price of the Mini and it sounded like I had a really cheap preamp in the system when I put it in. It gave me a wonderfully fl... |