patrickdowns
Responses from patrickdowns
| Speakers vs. headphones I’m with you. I do love the soundstage and feeling, like Alison Krauss is singing standing right in front of me, via speakers (Vandersteen 2CE Signature III). I have a decent mid-priced system that I am improving, but when the wife is at home I ca... | |
| Is Rap a valid musical form? C-RAP 😅 | |
| Other factors affecting sound We bought our house under construction, and I made the mistake of not having dedicated power lines pulled to the room (one or more 20A?). I would do that if I had a chance and do some really good outlets (Furutech or the like). Power treatment is... | |
| Need new headphone setup. I have a good headphone amp in my DAC/preamp, but for portable use I highly recommend my alternate setup, which I run from my phone or laptop. It sounds excellent. A good set of budget reference phones like my Sennheiser 600 or 650 (Massdrop, now... | |
| Need help choosing a new CD Player I love my Rega Apollo. Both the sound and the form factor, with a pop-up door rather than a mechanical sliding tray (one less thing to break). Review: "As with other Rega products—their entry-level tonearms come to mind—few other audio components... | |
| Your Favorite Sounding Power Amp, $5000 US Retail max. @tomic601 "i am a junkyard dog hiding inside a diplomatic robot" LOL 😀 | |
| Your Favorite Sounding Power Amp, $5000 US Retail max. @wjob re "Van Alstine DVA M225 monoblocks - ~$3400 for the pair. Factory direct made in the USA. " I read that review and was intrigued. The reviewer is an audio recording engineer and an experienced high-end reviewer (he put them up against ... | |
| The Audiophile Community Has a Problem: Part Deux The Saga Continues? I have observed a broad lack of civility on social media, keyboard warriors and trolls (often posting with pseudonyms) who are rude and aggressive beyond belief over even benign comments. I just left that audio site which does all the measurements... | |
| Is Pretty Good Good Enough? Listening Habits In The World Of Streaming Services. I have 600+ CDs ripped to my (SGC) Roon music server, fed into a microrendu and then into my DAC (not an MQA DAC, so I get only the first unfold via Roon). I have A-B-C’d playing CDs via my Rega player (good unit) vs streaming the ripped CD, vs s... | |
| I2S music server for Denafrips Ponuts The Wyred4Sound server has an I2S connection. https://wyred4sound.com/products/music-servers/ms | |
| Correct ear alignment oldhvymec 😂😁😅 | |
| More expensive = better? honashagen I used to have a DNA-1 for 20 years and it died. Wonderful amplifier. I made the terrible mistake of not keeping it to be rebuilt, because the latest amp mods that SMc is doing, including their "gravity base" system, is said to yield e... | |
| NORDOST SORT FUT VS. ISOACOUSTICS GAIA http://www.criticalmasssystems.com/productPages/CenterStage.html | |
| Preamp shootout: Linear tube audio, Modwright, etc. I’m interested in this ... I have had an interest in the LTA preamps for some time. There are some reviews out there which rave about them (the MZ3 and the full preamp). I have never owned tubes, and am mildly obsessed with the idea! | |
| a remarkably basic question about Roon Roon. Is. Wonderful. I wasn’t sure I would like it, and now I can’t imagine not using it. It is so much better, imo, than the interfaces/apps for Tidal and Qobuz. It’s like Wikipedia merged with Tidal/Qobuz, where you have artists, albums, discog... |