o_holter
Responses from o_holter
| Audiophile recording and playback - Tascam DA-3000 I had 250 gb of files on my Seagate wireless plus disk, recognized by Tascam OK. I transferred 50 gb more, from my pc to the disk. I reinserted the disk in the USB contact on the Tascam. Result? The disk was no longer recognized. It came up with R... | |
| Aesthetic preamp Interesting reading - experiences of Aesthetix gear that resemble mine. mountz - yes Callisto has been on my list also, but there is a limit to how many tube-filled boxes I can have in my system - have to draw the line somewhere. So I use an Einst... | |
| How to stream sound from your turntable? First check if the USB output works into a notebook / pc? Maybe a chance to go from there? If not I would go for the Y split option, I use it one place in my system - no big deal. glennewdick - I disagree. Streaming analog is interesting if you ha... | |
| What do you think of this minimalist recording? I agree with cedargrover - this sounds good, natural, analog. Maybe a bit flat, but that may be just me, now - it is often how this type of thing sounds on first hearing. I think two things are important: 1) do everything possible in the analog do... | |
| Pono - Ayre and Headphones Yes, sad. A friend of mine bought a Pono, even a signed version, and a rather cheap set of earphones, modding them for balanced operation. I was very impressed by the sound he got from it. My Fiio X3v2 is no slouch, surprisingly good with the Fiio... | |
| Aesthetic preamp I agree with the Aesthetix praise. I upgraded my Io to partial Eclipse version. Bliss indeed. | |
| Good carts with SME V I wish I had the finance to try all the good suggestions offered - Koetsu, Kiseky, vdH, Benz - it would have been useful for all. For now, I fall back on my Lyra Titan i, still doing a fair job, and I must consider a new cart carefully, for financ... | |
| Vinyl recordings - best methods I've been stopped in my tracks due to a cartridge problem, the diamond fell off. So vinyl recordings must be postponed. All I can say is, the Tascam recordings I made before still sound good - even if they can be improved. I am more interested in ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere A little update: Einstein The tube mk 2 continues to do a good job, with no operational problems, including the NOS tubes, over four years - very good. Synnergy with the Aesthetix on the one hand and the MA-1s on the other hand. It is not the "per... | |
| Audiophile recording and playback - Tascam DA-3000 Reporting from using the Tascam unmodified.Comparing my vinyl rips with Tidal. The rips are better. Comparing to sacd on an oppo player results are more equal but even here the vinyl recordings are best. | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it Mechans - yes a good headfi system is a low cost basic. I’ve learned a lot from this over the years. My Audiotaylor Jade otl heaphone amp led me to otl amps in my main rig - no regrets.A good way to keep costs down if you have a good sounding anal... | |
| 6sn7 tubes for Atma Sphere amp Congrats from me too...belated. The Atma amps are great and rise to the occasion. Some tweaking helps..Contrary to preconceptions that the input tubes are all that matter I changed all the output tubes to rca nos. 28 tubes in my ma1. Very good inv... | |
| Good carts with SME V Snackeyp, markmendenhall - Kiseki - yes, this is an interesting alternative. I read a very good review of the purple heart. Pricing is not up in the sky. Output is a healthy (for me) 0.48, weight only 7 g, so even if the given compliance of 16 is... | |
| Good carts with SME V tzh21y - Benz Gullwing - could be interesting, thanks. 0.35 output, 12.2 g, compliance 15. Wish I had one, to try. | |
| Good carts with SME V It may be that with good tonearms like the SME V, the resonance calculators and test record results are not very indicative. You may have a very good sounding cart, with no perceived problems (maybe, depending on system resolution in low frequenci... |