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| Heist/ crime songs Cocaine Blues, Johnny Cash or George Thorogood, but there were a lot of others. Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday. | |
| What am I missing? Wow, rent the music? Ok, so for 8.99 a month, I get instant access to almost anything I'd care to listen to and a bunch of stuff I don't. I mean, it's less than buying a new release LP or CD a month, and I get so much more. I work from home, an... | |
| Amazon music vs Qobuz I use Amazon HD via a Node 2i with a wired network connection. I recently got an outboard DAC which I think improved the quality. I've tried Qobuz several times when they had deals. The sound quality on both is excellent especially with well ma... | |
| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? In the '90s, I was in the market for a pair of speakers. It was between the Vandy's and Magnepan, when a pair of Apogee Duetta IIs fell into my lap. When they died, I auditioned again Vandy 2CE Signatures and Magnepan 1.7is, both within my budge... | |
| Lyra Kleos arrives after eight months. . Worth the wait? First impressions I currently own a Helikon Mono and a Delos stereo. They are by far my two favorite cartridges. Setup is hyper critical, but when you get it right they're magic. | |
| A question about headphones Your bluetooth dongle should probably be plugged into a line out on your preamp. I've had very poor results plugging transmitters into headphone jacks. | |
| Headphone amp and dac advice needed Sorry, been busy, but I did read thru the messages. The Rogue is just too expensive and heavy. I've tried some of the Schiit gear and while they're fine, I'm not a fan of their sound. I have an SMSL dac, and I like the sound and features. So,... | |
| How many people do you think have the same DAC, amplifier, and speakers I use a Bryston 4b SST2 to drive my Maggie 1.7i. I know Bryston amplification is a popular choice among Maggie owners. My preamp is an upgraded BAT VK30-SE and my main source is a VPI TNT4 with TNT5 bearing and SOTA Total Eclipse motor system, w... | |
| Headphone amp and dac advice needed @spatialking Thanks. Yeah, already planning to take them home each night. I have a backpack for my laptop that has plenty of room for phones and other gear. | |
| Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass? My BAT VK30SE has theater bypass, but I don't use it anymore. Instead, I run my home theater front pre outs into the SE inputs on my Bryston 4B SST2, and run the 2 channel preamp into the balanced inputs. When I want to do theater, I just flip t... | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? First stereo was a Sanyo rack system from Crazy Eddie's, probably 1979 or so. First high end gear was from Ear Drum in Nanuet NY. DB Systems 1B/2A/4B preamp, Bryston 3B, Logic DM101 turntable with a Signet tonearm and an Signet MK55E cartridge, ... | |
| What's It All About? I think you need to ask Alfie. | |
| Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment Unless it's a tonearm or phono cartridge that requires precise installation and setup, it goes in to the system almost immediately. Really, how complicated is it to plug in a power cord and deal with some cables. | |
| Maybe this is the winter you build something! I have a pair of 80 watt Conn organ tube amps I'm going to be rebuilding this winter. I also have a tube preamp I built around 20 years ago I might try and get up and running again if I can get the Conns done. | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC Bluesound Node 2i here. I recently added an SMSL VMV D1SE, mostly because I wanted to locate my digital gear across the room from my analog gear and preamp, and the D1SE provided balanced outs. I didn't really expect a difference, but I got one. ... |