stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| Stratospheric audio gear prices "There's roughly a bazillion examples like that, but people don't know because the ones who are constantly running around predicting the end of the world are noisy and get all the press"You can take heart, millercarbon, that all those pesky doom a... | |
| Miles Dewey Davis Francis Taylor Davis might not have agreed that Miles the person was so "lovable". . . but then Miles claimed his mistreatment of her was solely due to his use of drugs and alcohol at the time.I guess the validity of that rationale will fly with s... | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? Another vote for the Cable Company. I've found Steven great to work with-- incredibly patient, never pushy. I only buy what I can demo at home and it doesn't make sense to order 5 cables from 5 companies when I can order all 5 from The Cable Compa... | |
| Help with first cable upgrade. @shimanoleI don't know how "old" your "old" Sony CDP is, but the one I had way- back-when was terribly bright.Can you borrow a different CDP and see what effect that might have? | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well "Acoustic is the sleeping princess in Audio, but all people are looking for one of the working 7 dwarves...."Very well said, mahgister! | |
| Millercarbon's Mega Moab Mod Meander "Even though they measure exactly the same, the sound difference is off the charts"Absolute heresy! This simply cannot be! Next you'll be saying one piece of wire sounds different from another! | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well @jasonbourne52:" All competently-designed DACs will sound alike. This applies to ones from 20+ years ago to the present"Huh ? When I was shopping for DACs, I did home-demos of DACs from PS Audio, Heed, Metrum, COS and Aqua and was shocked by the ... | |
| Tune of the Day Argus is great. It was the first W. Ash album I encountered and it totally spoiled me. Compared to Argus, everything else I've heard by them has been underwhelming. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Jeff Beck: Japanese dsd CD "Blow By Blow" -- Wow ! | |
| Derek and the Dominos 50th @onhwy61Thanks for those links-- interesting details.Apparently, those involved in the recording process have no regrets about the poor SQ. | |
| Help selecting a power cord. @lak: "Unfortunately, the Audiobacon cable review as all other suggestions is only an opinion which many will disagree with."One has to begin somewhere. One can research the opinions of others or not-- utilize them or not. If one knows what one's... | |
| Help selecting a power cord. What a potentially confusing collection of responses!You feeling overwhelmed ninja12?I don't belive you ever stated your budget.That would've helped. Power conditioning might or might not be worth the investment. Where I live, the power is very cl... | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings @ghdprentice: "I have always been very careful to navigate my evolving system towards greater fidelity but to stay slightly back from ultra detailed / revealing. One step to far and many recordings sound bad... there are at least two kinds of bad... | |
| All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary sets due to be announced tomorrow Well, we'll see. . . On my cheap HK computer speakers, this sounds less muddy than versions I've heard so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWV4pFV5nX4 | |
| DAC upgrade suggestion @three_easy_paymentsJust listen top what "All of these posters rave about how superior the R2R DAC's are....yet I suspect none of them have heard Lampizator's DS53 digital engine, a derivative of the digital engine used in their Pacific DAC. Th... |