ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? After nearly a year of auditioning a whole host of speakers to replace the one's I have, I kept hearing great musicality with (now don't have a heart attack when you read this), a McIntosh C50 pre amp/MC452 power amp combination. I recently spent ... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I've enjoyed a pair of Totem Element Fire monitors (with a subwoofer) for 4+ years.I had the hots to see if another speaker would catch my ear, after getting permission from "the boss" to move the audio system down to our family room (now referred... | |
| Best tube amp choice for Focal Electra 1038 Be I know lots of audiophiles will roll their eyes when they read this, but when I was out there auditioning speakers to purchase, eventually ordering a pair of Focal Sopra No2's, I found the McIntosh C50/MC452 to be an excellent match for those spea... | |
| Magico S5 review I've had a pair of Totem Fire Monitors for 3+ years now, enjoy them a lot (with a Velodyne sub woofer), have auditioned some floor standing speakers, but cannot accommodate ones that are very deep (front to back measurement).I was fairly impressed... | |
| Which Turntable?? I'm not a fan of analog, but stumbled upon a manufacturer who makes a laser turntable, ELP from Japan. Check them out. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I have been enjoying my new PS Audio DirectStream DAC now for two months, and it never ceases to put a smile on my face!Almost every album I listen to now has content I was not enjoying before, it might be a quiet guitar on one channel, some backu... | |
| Tidal vs. Spotify I have both and will keep both.My wife shares Spotify playlists with her friends and enjoys it on her iPad.I have Spotify & Tidal on my Autonomic MMS-5A music server, the app on my iPad is OK, so I use their web clients to configure my "favori... | |
| PS Audio unveils their PS Audio Directstream DAC I've enjoyed my new DirectStream DAC now for about a month, and my jaw still drops with all the detail I now know I was missing. This DAC is just plain awesome!I received the latest firmware with the DAC. PS Audio seems to go thru firmware updates... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective I've spent about the last month enjoying my new PS Audio DirectStream DAC, mostly listening to 44.1k/16bit AIFF files, redbook CDs and some high res (192k/32bit) AIFF files from HD Tracks and my jaw still drops at all the detail I've been missing. | |
| The best CD Player for the money About four years ago I upgraded to the NAD Masters series components and was quite surprised at how the M5 SACD player made my regular "Redbook" CDs sound better, later learning something about the differences in DACs.Last year I got on to Audiogo... | |
| Need Speakers to be Close to Wall $10k budget I have a pair of Totem Fire monitors, love the sound in my living room (13x25 or so), speakers close to the back wall (a little more bass around 80hz of so than is "natural"), so the idea of the Duettes is intriguing, they seem to be engineered fo... | |
| Totem Arro or Sttaf or Hawk?? About three years ago I was ready to spring for a pair of B&W 805 Diamonds, can't accommodate a large pair of speakers in my 13x24' living room, but attended an event at my local audio salon (mainly to learn about computer audio), since Totem ... | |
| B&W 805D alternatives About two years ago my main speakers were a pair of B&W CM5's, the third pair of B&W's in a row (I have a Velodyne sub woofer as well). I had the hots to upgrade, listened to the PM1 (which was a step up from the CM5's), but had my heart s... | |
| DC Metro -- New I'd be interested, live in Central Maryland. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? A 2013 BMW 335i with the optional Harman Kardon audio system. |