three_easy_payments
Responses from three_easy_payments
| Is the Cary SLP-05 still relavant? @testpilot +1Just because a product hasn’t been reviewed recently doesn’t make it irrelevant. Yep, products continue to improve each year...and we all love this. But just because a 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo didn’t get reviewed or recommended in the p... | |
| Your ship just came in! time to buy new gear..? I can't possibly imagine a better use of $56K than to purchase 28 Nord Class D amps at only $2K each. | |
| Relaxed, musical DAC around 2k used? @big_greg +1 on the Auralic Vega. There's a used one listed on Audiogon for $1500 (no affiliation). I have the Vega G1 and it really is tremendously musical and organic | |
| $100k spent on music and $20k on the equipment or the other way around or 50/50 ? My approach to this ratio has changed drastically just over the past couple of years and I know I'm not alone. I have almost no interest in owning digital music anymore and greatly prefer streaming ("renting") it. The exceptions are when certain... | |
| 300b tubes burn in time? I'm sure you've already asked yourself this question but do you recall if your old ones sounded great right out of the box or if they too blossomed with decent burn in time? | |
| Does it make sense to use 6k$ Nos tube with 5K$ tube amplifier? Our collective perspective of value is wide ranging depending on personal interests, budgets and beliefs. There is no right answer...act in accordance with your own value paradigm. I'm not buying any $6K tubes any time soon but that doesn't mean... | |
| AQ JitterBug with high-end music server/streamer and high-end DAC? The Jitterbug works well for me with a really bad source - my iPhone while connected to Apple Carplay in my VW. Actually quite a nice improvement it makes there and I think I got it for $49. I would never use it in a home hi-fi setup though. | |
| Do you have any concern for the environment when keeping your equipment 24/7 ? I thought Al Gore claimed to have invented the Class D amp. | |
| Do you have any concern for the environment when keeping your equipment 24/7 ? or when burning any fossil fuel or otherwise not living a carbon neutral/sustainable lifestyle? Slippery slope honing in on amps and their impact to their environment versus other activities in life that move the needle in much much bigger ways. ... | |
| Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members? Even the worst human traits show up in this community. And this is shocking to who? | |
| Very impressed with my stylus upgrade. Greater detail, soundstage, and much richer and textured bass.To me this describes good analog vs digital. I use an Ortofon Bronze myself and when I play a really good clean pressing like a BlueNote first pressing by Plastylite from the late 50s/... | |
| I give up on new vinyl @shadorne Thanks! | |
| I give up on new vinyl @shadorne Do you find japanese pressings consistently good? Or even then you need to research the source/production? I haven’t ventured into japanese pressings yet as I focus my few purchases on jazz mono 1st pressings mainly on BlueNote but I’m d... | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? @wolf_garcia I really dig Ken Micallef's Jazz Vinyl Lover Youtube channel. Infinitely better than the KlipschHater channel. | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? Never tried Grado Black but I suspect it's a bargain. I love the sound of my $200 Grado Gold on my early 1980s Acoustic Research ES-1. |