jdoris
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| Whats playing on your system today? Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers: Ramble in Music City. "Lost" live album released in Sept., I just discovered this AM. Nice performance, and based on my office system at least, a nice recording. | |
| your opinion? Sonus faber Serafino Tradition vs the Focal Sopra 3 +1 tablejockey on the house sounds (like him I don't know the specific models). Critics may accuse Focal of boom-tizz, and accuse SF of being insufficiently resolved or even unexciting. My taste runs to the musicality-warmth camp, not the detail... | |
| If you have a CD Player, you need to do this periodically... This could say more about me than Ayre, but I never noticed conspicuous improvement running IBE, when I had a CDP. On the other hand, it's not much of an investment, by the standards of the hobby, so why not? | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget I was staying away from the separates/integrateds debate, but since the thread has gone there: Years ago, I moved from separates to integrateds. One of my audiophile mentors suggested I go integrated, and I was a bit miffed, wondering if he was ... | |
| Art for your music room Nice larsman -- funny to see the skinny Jerry! :) I like nice tings to look at when I listen. My listening room is my living room, which is dominated by Innuit prints like Mighty Bear, all from the excellent Innuit Gallery of Vancouver. | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget Personally, I would view the "not all watts are equal" mantra with caution. I'd bet against a 20wpc tube integrated working as well as 100 watts solid state (or tube, for that matter) for your 91db speakers, all else equal. In fact, I wouldn't ... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget For big online dealers, in addition to Crutchfields, there's Musicdirect. But I'd recommend giving Walter at Underwood hifi a call. He's smart and helpful, and handles numerous lines. He may have something that ticks all your boxes. | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget Sorry Klimt, I do not have informed opinions about contemporary "Swiss army knife" integrateds -- my Pass is "just" an amp -- although I have enjoyed a friend's Hegel (I would want to get clear on service support from them, though). I tend to agr... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget The Parasound New Classic integrated has an inboard dac, while the Halo (Parasound makes both integrated and separates under "Halo" & "New Classic") seems not to. The entry level Hegel, the H95, supports streaming like AirPlay, as I think... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget One thing Lordrootman is probably wondering about efficiency. Correct me if I'm wrong -- It looks like your speakers are claimed at 91db. Given that manufacturers routinely overclaim on this, they are probably less efficient than that, meaning th... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget I'm an integrated guy, so another vote for integrated. I don't know your speakers, but I'm wondering if 3k is a large amp investment relative to your current speaker investment (3x?). If you are pat with the B&Ws for the foreseeable futu... | |
| Tube integrated and DAC for office system Thank you for the suggestions, folks. Rogue is definitely on the list, though I'm now leaning a DIY pass design, as I have a friend who is an accomplished builder and willing to help.Elevick, totally agreed about the disadvantages of nearfield, b... | |
| Favorite Cowboy Junkies? As good a thread as any for this:I just saw the Robin Wright movie Land.The movie is OK, but the soundtrack should interest CJ fans.It features a group of sisters called the Staves, who do a tremendous cover of Springsteen's "I'm on Fire."They mov... | |
| Small green computer sonic transport i5 I've had an i5 for four or five years, paired with ultrarendu, running Roon, iPad at the "head."I like the sounds. Inevitably, some hiccups with the software, although Roon, which I really enjoy, seems to have gotten considerably more stable over... | |
| Underwood Hifi / Underwood Wally... Another recommendation for Walter here.None lately, but have done numerous transactions over the years.He's in sales, as the website indicates, but he's a straight shooter, and value oriented -- I've heard far less of "this megabuck interconnect ... |