decooney
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| Robert Plant +1 @soix for sure, thanks for the reminder. Steely Dan, some of the very best! 👍 @n80 totally agree. Some of the less popular stuff can be more enjoyable. @tomic601 if you don't already have it - the 2007 concert BluRay & CD Audio set wi... | |
| Robert Plant Fired up the TOOOOB amps early and have been Listening to Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Van Halen - all Christmas Eve morning. Enjoy everyone! | |
| Recommendation Tube Integrated @mathiasmingus A friend owns the Harbeth 40.2 speakers and had fun testing them with a variation of all tube, tube and SS combinations, including listening to them with my own 100wpc tube amplifier with big iron transformers. Heard them with vario... | |
| How good is good enough? @rvpiano It’s very easy to go down the rabbit hole if you listen for defects instead of listening to the music. Agree with this statement by rvpiano. Also, I'm observing once again why its important to give a new system or new components time t... | |
| Recommend a non-polite sounding amp / integrated @cdc If you had nice Rotel or Adcom and they were "harsh", you likely have other issues going on with your source or speakers or room perhaps. You might try various amps and be right where you are right now. Start at the front. What are you us... | |
| SST Son Of Ampzilla II vs Parasound A21 or A23+ @brianlucey I owned a A23+ for two months, bought it second hand from a prior owner who owned it for six months. I was perplexed that it really did nothing for me. I did compare it to other amps, and contacted the owner of PS to inquire more. Sold... | |
| How good is good enough? its "good enough" when I can simply sit, listen to music, and enjoy it. When I was in the gear-hunt phase, over a few decades and more, I think my objective then was more about trying and comparing different components. And I realize today -... | |
| Tung-Sol kt170 tube started glowing brighter +1 to what @dekay and @jetter both shared. | |
| Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC I tend to believe the choice to (tube or not) in your DAC can also depend on what you are using for your preamplifier and amplifier. In my case with a tube preamplifier and mono tube amplifiers in my primary system, also having a tube in the di... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? "musical" for me is when a system or live performance is engaging, non-fatiguing, and very pleasant to listen to. You'll know when it draws you in for more. | |
| Are cable “upgrades” just as likely to make your system sound worse? Yes, it can. Try different cables. | |
| SG's 2018 video "Resolution and Sound Quality"... @allears4u "I guess I don't want the X-ray glasses as much as I thought I did." Interesting. Discovered something similar with prior dacs and my current unit. | |
| Bought a system without auditioning, thoughts? The Cardas where a good middle ground on price I was willing to pay and some of the reviews I read is that they lean a bit warm. To be honest you can read so much about cables and I walked away from that rabbit hole feeling like Cardas would be ... | |
| Recommend me a DAC under 3k You’re welcome to try out my border patrol dac in your system for a couple weeks if you want to cover the shipping… it’s Spdif only fyi. I’m now looking into the Bifrost… any thoughts on the “2” vs the “2/64”? They have different chips and t... | |
| WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO COMMENT ON CABLES AND EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD? Someone sharing experience they've never had before is plain silly. In good time it's fairly easy to identify these forum posters and simply ignore them. |