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| Best Way to Spend ~ $2000 for System Improvement You are welcome xrayz. For the record, I certainly did not intend any disrespect to Al. He is one of the more credible contributors here and knows a heck of a lot more about electronics than I do. Never the less, hands on/ownership experience d... | |
| Best Way to Spend ~ $2000 for System Improvement FWIW - I'm running a MF V-Link 192 USB/SPDIF converter in-between a Macbook Air and Schiit Gungnir. I use a split USB cable between MBA and V-Link and a Stereovox digital coax from V-Link into DAC. I'm not aware of any sonic problems. As per Al... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report pehare - don't know Grant Green. Will have to check him out. Beck, "Morning Phase", though? An excellent recording of great songs. In fact that might be what I listen to next. Thanks for the input here. | |
| Which artist do you absolutely love, but own nothing by the them? Just checking, Tom. STSOL is a great recording and I agree with your assessment of the title track. I think the Beatles homage idea extends to the cover design as well (at least to my mind). The whole album works for me on a lot of levels - no... | |
| Which artist do you absolutely love, but own nothing by the them? Don't know if dbtom2 was talking tongue in cheek or sincerely about T4F Seeds of Love. Either way, it IS a great recording...song writing and performances are very strong and sound quality is excellent. Definitely worth having. | |
| Best Way to Spend ~ $2000 for System Improvement Don't think it would consume the entire $2K but maybe consider some room treatments; e.g., a couple of GIK Acoustics' 244 Bass Traps behind your speakers, maybe??? Spend the balance on a subwoofer. | |
| Static noise help please Eddy - Thank You. I think I get it. I did not know which of the wires in an intact USB cable were carrying signal vs power. Sounds like red & black carry power so those (red to red & black to black) need to be soldered together to join the... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Doesn't disappoint me...not married to any one format. I listen to CDs, HDCDs, SACDs, Vinyl and on-line/digital sources. To me, the skill and care with which the actual recording was made seems way more important in terms of sound quality than p... | |
| Static noise help please Eddie - glad to read splitting the USB cable got rid of the static. That 5V Enercell on Ebay is the one I'm using. It was originally recommended by Williewonka (a member of A'gon). If you feel like it, I'd be very interested in a step by step p... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Thanks to a poster on Audio Asylum and Bandcamp...The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus - "Beauty Will Save The World" (indeed, we hope it does and SOON).Shifting Sands - "Cosmic Radio"Both from a UK label, Occultation Recordings. | |
| cartridge headshell screws. tzh21y - Ignoring the possibility that alignment geometry changed when switching screw sets, seems to me another potential variable contributing to the difference in sound you report might be the amount of torque used to tighten each screw. Was t... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I like reading record reviews while listening. Here's one on Leslie and this Soundcheck release. Love the fact that the closing track has Jack on vocals (but geez, couldn't they find a good sound guy to capture ANY of their live recordings???)ht... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Found it, Slaw. A 2015 release...sonics seem very good. Haven’t heard enough of it to know what I think of the music yet (does he still have the fire?). Do like his cover of You Are My Sunshine (several covers on this one). From Track 6 (A Stern ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Slaw - pleased you are checking out Leslie West. I am not familiar with that one...my bet is the music will be good but I'm anxious the sound quality will be bad and turn you off. I'm going to see if I can find it on Spotify (or YouTube). Get a... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Hey Nutty - Don't miss John Wetton's band, UK. Quite an illustrious cast of players. S/T 1st & Danger Money are good, I think. Hope you will check them out if you aren't already familiar with 'em. re Peter Green...yeah, we got plenty love... |