mapman
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| TECHNICS SL1200 MKII.......THE REAL FACTS FUnny, I used to sell many Japanese turntables back in their 70's heyday, both belt and direct drive.For whatever reason, I was never swerved to actually buy or own a DD model myself. I think because they tended to be more expensive and I did not ... | |
| Is the Squeezebox Touch complicated? "I run my SBT through a Maverick Audio TubeMagic D2 and the sound quality is at times breathtaking, and never less than extremely pleasing."My DACs are different but I would agree with this assessment in my case as well.No doubt some SB software s... | |
| digital vs vinyl thoughts "I think I feel that it is still so recording dependent."IF both your digital and vinyl sound are good to start, no doubt how individual recordings are made is without doubt the biggest factor by far in comparing. ITs like a major league baseball ... | |
| New Amp for Dynaudio Contour S 1.4 Speakers I had Musical Fidelity A3CR amp prior to Bel Cantos.THis was a good match to the Dyns that many would like. Definitely a touch hotter in the top end and BC does bass imaging and soundstage much different, almost night/day.These things usually ofte... | |
| "Kisses on the Bottom" by Paul McCartney Agree that PMs vocals seem to be increasingly rough quite often of late, especially in comparison to his prime. | |
| What is Jazz? The jazz gospel according to Orpheus.....:-) | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I've heard a bunch at a wide range of price points that I could probably live with pretty happily if I had to but none to date that make me think any less of my OHM F5s, series 3 as the best sound day in and day out to me. | |
| Is the Squeezebox Touch complicated? Shakey, I'd say the same with SB touch with either my mhdt Paradisea or Constantine DACs.Same true even with my older Roku Soundbridges I had prior to SB Touches. I moved to SB mainly to get to the newer technology from a user experience perspecti... | |
| digital vs vinyl thoughts Agree with Almarg.The intent of the "sampling" with digital audio is to sample in a manner that does capture all the relevant information. How well any particular digital format like redbook CD actually accomplishes this in practice is debatable b... | |
| What is Jazz? Rok2,I think you are right about the golden age of teh various genres you sight being over.Their influences in more modern music is perhaps stronger than ever though. I find it easier to enjoy more modern music if I forget about traditional genre ... | |
| Personal speaker evolution V7,That's an interesting progression from a speaker design perspective.Are you done for now or still searching? Would you consider going back to any you owned prior? | |
| Power Cord brands mixing. "Your Opinions" Onemug,Thanks. That is useful information that I will consider! | |
| What is Jazz? In terms of the "purer" forms of Jazz, these days I much prefer older Jazz from teh 1950s and earlier to the newer forms.A lot of interesting things happened with Jazz starting in the early 60's with Coltrane, Davis, and others, but unfortunately ... | |
| What is Jazz? You'll get some interesting opinions in a forum regarding what Jazz is but I would look elsewhere to more traditional sources for more definitive answers.Or as alluded to above, given the diversity of form and looseness of "Jazz" music in general,... | |
| Is the Squeezebox Touch complicated? "Squeezebox Touch = entry-level digital audiophilia"That's a good thing.Simply add the right external DAC to meet your sound expectations and no longer entry level in performance IMHO, rather, already a serious contender for most audio hounds. |