stuartk
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| What’s the best DAC < 6k (system specific) @hysteve Look at a used Aqua Acoustics R2R DAC. I have the La Voce mk2 which was about $3200 a few years ago and it remains in my LR system. It is one of the best sounding DACs I have ever heard. R2R DACS=analogue sound As it happens, I have... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister "and he does not makes noise at all ... " Perhaps, in the not-so-distant future, someone will develop an AI tool that removes all the grunts, groans, moans, etc. from Jarrett's recordings ;o) | |
| What to do with a large collection @rvpiano Did you ask your local Friends of the Library org.? They often have book and music sales to raise money. This has nothing to do with the library collection. Various charities have book/music sales. Independent radio stations, too. ... | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries @mahgister Sorabji is intriguing. Will explore. Thanks! | |
| How to proceed? @hilde45 Thanks for your suggestions, Dave As you know @decooney is working with me to solve this puzzle. We are going through process of elimination. I've moved speakers around some, so far, without impacting sibilance but I can't say I've d... | |
| My New Year’s Wish for my fellow audiophiles. @2psyop "Borderline obsessed" ? What's that ? ;o) | |
| How to proceed? @audioman58 Thanks for your suggestion. I'm familiar with a the positive regard for the T+A. I'm not sure it's the best choice for me. | |
| How to proceed? @jtcf Thanks for your comments about the Jay"s. I hope you are right, as I wouldn't know which other transport to buy, at a similar price point! I live in the boonies in an area of large parcels, each with its own transformer. A PS Audio regene... | |
| How to proceed? @deep_333 Thanks for suggesting the Technics. Like your cooking metaphor! I haven’t ruled out the Jay’s -- you could be right, although with it feeding Hegel dac, the sibilance is certainly less exaggerated than with Aqua dac in system, and unl... | |
| How to proceed? @audphile1 That's something I never thought of. Will see if I can dig them up. @alexatpos Thanks. I've experimented with this quite a bit but perhaps not in sufficiently small increments. | |
| How to proceed? @decooney hey there, I was looking back at some old threads in 2019 where you, grannyring, and a few others were going back and forth about the S2, S3... Thanks for your research on my behalf! I’d forgotten all about that thread. Looking back... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @wharfy I was lucky to catch Les in concert in '76. He was a master at blending Saturday night and Sunday morning -- a supremely soulful artist and a dynamic performer. @curiousjim This is the first performance by him I like. He's actually ... | |
| How to proceed? @audiotroy Thanks for your comments. I'm a physical media guy. If I could afford the Aqua Diva, I would buy it in a heartbeat! | |
| Indispensable Tool! @nonoise The Ayre disc intrigues me. I’m willing to spend $20 to try it, despite the cat-calls from the peanut gallery. I consider myself lucky in that a dealer friend brought over a bunch of ICs when I was first getting into audio. He just sai... | |
| How to proceed? @blackbag20 Thanks for your comments. If the sibilance had occurred at a point when I hadn't just replaced two components, I might well call Aqua but it seems highly unlikely to me that what I'm contending with currently is due to a fault in the... |