raysmtb1

Responses from raysmtb1

Who do you turn to when you have the envies for funk?
Sly and the family Stone… Wouldn’t that be considered funk  
When to give up CDs and TT?
What is TT?  
Visited a Store and was shunned
This has been going on since the beginning of time  
What type of cables make the most difference
The answer is none. They all sound the same, save your money and just buy decent quality and you’ll be fine. When people start talking about $100 apiece you’re getting taken advantage of  
Power Cable Suggestions.
Three to 500 $ is not enough snake oil you need to spend between 3K and 5K to get enough snake oil to hear a difference.  
Can a off the shelf DAC, if engineered/implemented good, sound as good as a custom DAC?
  call Al at space tech labs. He’s a really cool older Japanese fella and he’ll beg you whatever you want. I can’t remember the website I think it’s space techlabs.com. If you google it it pops right out. I have a DAC that he built that’s beautifu... 
Suggestions for a holographic preamp?
Try space tech laboratory all hand built to your specifications. Amazing sound quality  
MHA200 headphone amp. McIntosh failed mel
Maybe try UPS instead of these two hour car trip  
New electrical wiring specifications
Wow a lot of you guys are way out of control. Especially the multi ground rod people you’re only supposed to have one ground rod per meter. I keep hearing the song from the Talking Heads in the background about burning down the house  
Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby?
I’m in Alcoholics Anonymous and there are similarities most definitely. I catch myself getting caught up in all the BS and then I have to sit back and remind myself that the last thing I thought was gonna solve everything is looking right at me. J... 
Headphones for sound control
@dbphd I just invented something for exactly this problem. It’s called a musical cocoon. Go to Musicalcocoon.com and check out my website I’d love to build a set for you. They sound amazing as if the whole room is full of sound but when you get up... 
The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype
@stuartk I do believe you are correct. I never thought of that. The space tech is the only one I think was tubed…lol  
The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype
@facten I’ll do a list below Of under 4K and over 4K and then maybe that’ll help you.   Under 4K Blue node, caimbridge, ockto 8, Lumin, SMSL 10,mcintosh D1 & D2, Sabaj, Space tech lab, Mytek, benchmark, I know I’m missing a few I can’t reme... 
AC Power
I’ve seen this thread happen dozens of times on this website. I always thought that the first part of engineering a component was getting control of the electricity. Isn’t that what happens starting with a fuse and then there’s rectifiers and all ... 
The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype
This is spot on. I bought over 20 different DAC units and every time I get a new one I tested against the old one and I always sit there and think to myself why did I do this.? It sounds so close to the old one I should’ve just Kept the old one. I...