ptman
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| Axpona 2022 what impressed you? The Joseph Audio Pearl Graphene speakers driven by Doshi electronics; Vivid speakers driven by JMF Audio and Ideon (big bucks); TAD Evolution 2 driven by T+A HV separates | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Not the most uplifting but it creates a clear visual, from Aqualung by Jethro Tull: "Do you still remember December's foggy freeze When the ice that clings on to your beard Was screaming agony And you snatch your rattling last breaths With deep-s... | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? Up until the time I was 14 (which was in 1970), it was KILT AM (610) in Houston. They played all the pop/rock. After I discovered FM, it was KLOL (101.1) in Houston. There was a disc jockey in the evenings named Crash, with a deep laid-back voice,... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I've owned my Bricasti M1 Limited Gold for several years, paired with YG Carmel speakers and driven (in the past 18 months) by a Bricasti M25 stereo amp. All digital fed through Laufer Teknik 64 32-core. I've heard a ton of DACs over the past seve... | |
| Loudest Sound Ever? Led Zeppelin. Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, TX. 1975. | |
| What speaker do you passionately want to demo? Tidal Piano G2 and YG Acoustics Hailey 2.2 | |
| How many dealers do you use? There is one brick and mortar in St Louis, Music for Pleasure, that I’ve used consistently in the past when buying products that they represent. Another that I used didn’t have a formal brick and mortar, operating out of his house, but is no longe... | |
| Bricasti M3 vs. Holo Audio May vs. PS Audio DS Congratulations. Nice system...sounds like a great match. Enjoy! | |
| Bricasti M3 vs. Holo Audio May vs. PS Audio DS I’ve owned my Bricasti M1 Limited Gold for 5 years and enjoy it immensely. When I was looking (at that time) I also listened to MSB and Weiss and went with the Bricasti. My previous DAC was a BMC DAC/Pre. I’ve also recently replaced my solid state... | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? Each step in my audio journey has seemed to be a great improvement...from my Marantz receiver to a Wyred for Sound DAC, then to a BMC DAC/Pre, then to my current Bricasti M1 Limited Gold. Helping along the way were changes in the source as well. F... | |
| Getting into Stevie Ray Vaughn danaroo: '76 to '79 for me. I have had occasion to go back frequently in the past few years...definitely not the same place, but then I'm also not in the same headspace. | |
| Getting into Stevie Ray Vaughn I was in the Air Force, stationed in Austin mid-to-late 70's. Regular hangouts were Armadillo World Headquarters, Threadgills and the Back Room. Stevie Ray first came to my attention one night at the Armadillo, opening for The Runaways (which incl... |