gormdane
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| New Analog Technology??? @mofimadness, your article reminded me of something I read some months back regarding Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) - see link below: https://www.psaudio.com/copper/article/the-dmm-dubplate-and-the-art-of-pushing-the-boundaries-part-one/ I a... | |
| Which component to upgrade to improve bass control? Your options are limited by the intrinsic acoustics of your room. Regardless of the kind of room you have (dedicated or not) there will be peaks and valleys in the bass response. Before making any purchases you might want to try a free/easy setu... | |
| CD v Streamed I stream mostly from my NAS to my Roon endpoint (PS Audio Directstream DAC) via fiber optic using gigabyte wifi/internet. I also have a Qobuz subscription that integrates nicely with Roon (used mostly to explore other music before I buy it). In ... | |
| The indisputable benefit of fiber for music I would also recommend starting with a pair of TP-Link Gigabit SFP to RJ45 Fiber Media Converters as it is a relatively inexpensive tweak - it significantly improved my Roon experience (direct connection NAS => DAC). I think there is a case to... | |
| Analog or Digital and why? Digital as well as analog has seen continual evolution throughout the decades and both will continue to improve. Neither is perfect, nor does either fully recreate the live event (is that even possible?). Either your system draws you into the mu... | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? A moot question if one understands the definition of an audiophile - look it up. | |
| Upgrade to Maggi 3.7i or Tekton Moab? Like anything where you will spend some coin, it would be worth an audition. Having said that I love my Magnepan 3.7is. I have them paired with a couple of subwoofers (L/R channel). As you probably already know, Magis work best with a high-cur... | |
| What was your most disappointing album purchase? Elton John - “Victim of Love” - a disco album at a time when disco was pretty much dead. He wrote none of the songs, and only does vocals (no instrumental parts) - quite awful. Even he acknowledges it was garbage. | |
| Audiophile Albums....Yes indeed Actually the New York Times is not failing, quite the opposite. Based on the 2019 annual report: 5M total subscriptions; $800m in digital revenue - quite impressive numbers in age where newspaper circulation has declined. I guess the only thing... | |
| Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul" I was born a year after the Kennedy assassination, and my parents at the time were so traumatized by the event (and the social/political upheaval that followed) that they had considered leaving the US to go back and live in Europe (my mother was D... | |
| Speakers that sound great in terrible rooms I would agree with what some others have said regarding near field listening, avoiding reflections, and narrow dispersion speakers. As a starting point you also want your seating position in a place where you have the most even bass response - pl... | |
| Worth the effort? Cabling inside sub @millercarbonI love the lava lamp (a tweak I would never have thought of)😊A lot of effort/dedication put into that system.Gorm | |
| Almost embarrassed to ask, but... I would definitely consider the Oppo UDP205 audiophile grade piece of equipment, and is quite versatile as well. it’s possible to stream music from your computer via the USB DAC, use it as Roon endpoint, or stream via your network using the Oppo ... | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. Jazz is a continuum in terms of styles and flavors and can be appreciated in different ways through our own collective experiences. Everyone’s path is different. I grew up hearing classical music and big band jazz, but didn’t really embrace it u... | |
| Which of these power cords ? I always go into this topic with some level of skepticism. However I think that a well designed/constructed cable should yield dividends over stock cables. The cost/benefit ratio in my mind is non-linear and is dependent on the resolving power o... |