jjss49
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| The Loneliest Hobby PART 1 i view this hobby as one of loving music and musical experiences... the audiophile definition is in and of itself too narrow and artificial i involve numerous friends in attending concerts, jazz shows, other performances -- oh and, in addition, i... | |
| Bricasti Happiness bricasti is a quality outfit that makes quality dacs -- i enjoyed my time with their m1 and m3 models -- the sound quality is on par with other top solid state units such as those from weiss and msb, which is very very good the op should try stre... | |
| tube suggestions/ brand new to tubes @12many raises an excellent point... fresh tubes (of any make) sound so much better than tired tubes with lower mu (transconductance) resulting from use and natural degradation ... tubes certainly do wear down over time in circuit, and the effect ... | |
| tube suggestions/ brand new to tubes op i agree with those saying don’t tube roll until you have at least 50-100 hrs time to burn in your new piece and the tubes 5751 are lower gain 12ax7 -- you can also step down to 12au7 (even lower gain)... how it affects the sound of your aric ... | |
| late to streaming, recommendations? the u1 and u2 minis can benefit from the available (aftermarket) power supply upgrades in my experience | |
| 10-15 year old hi end DACs are still great. audiophiles weren’t deaf 15 20 25 years ago... what sounded pure then will sound pure today there is newer technology available today but cost cutting/value engineering has also been optimized -- so newer stuff is a dual edged sword -- no assuran... | |
| Streaming - getting set up op your playback designs unit is reputed to be excellent and it has a wealth of digital inputs... if you like how it sounds then just get a streamer you can start with a bluesound nano with a 5v linear power supply - blu os is very easy to use ... | |
| Bluesound Node N130 w/LHY LPS vs Node ICON starting out fresh i feel nano is the way to go to dip into high quality streaming, you just use a plug in 5v lps with no mods needed to the unit of course if you already have a node, then you do the little mod to enable use of an lps | |
| The streaming revolution. lol -- for me, getting into streaming was one of the few silver linings of the pandemic | |
| late to streaming, recommendations? for the op starting out, i would suggest a node or node nano with a linear power supply... more musical than an eversolo unit, which sounds quite ’digital’ (not in a good way) | |
| Do you buy new, used or new or used gear? all of the above, but usually used... i like to try things, hear for myself in my system, i don’t mind the buying/selling process, am experienced at it -- this way i keep the pieces i really like, purchased at a reasonable, used value not for eve... | |
| Is there any interesting music coming from France ? yes manu katche's music is excellent - creative rhymthic melodic swinging... good stuff!! | |
| CONNECTING A SUB WHEN THERE IS NO SUB-OUT CONNECTION The best way to connect a sub is from the amps speaker terminals directly to the 'high level input' of the sub. ^^ this ^^ | |
| Musical Fidelity M8xi So I ultimately opted to stay with the Hegel for now and send the Music Fidelity back. After monkeying around with speaker placement on the advice of a friend the Hegel soundstage got much deeper and with some different music it just sounded grea... | |
| Is Budget Audiophile an oxymoron? Is Budget Audiophile an oxymoron? certainly not but getting very good performance for a modest amount of money requires careful planning and thinking, a lot of knowledge, self-awareness (of your use case, tastes, and system objectives) and pat... |