https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/whats-going-on-here/ A Creative Forum for the Audio Arts Mon, 05 Feb 2024 23:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/whats-going-on-here/#comment-2091 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=24496#comment-2091 Always enjoyed hi-fi though for many years, travelling in the army my systems were low end of mid-fi at best. I amassed several hundred CDs, a hundred LPS, and 100 or so cassettes. Then I started buying many MP3 albums from the sell an album for a dollar "legal" Russian owned outfits. Finally I retired from the army and got a great project job and had the income for hi-fi. In a handful of years I have amassed over 1200 LPs and have a nice EAT C Sharp table, EPOS speakers and a pair of SVS sealed subs, a Luxman amp and a McIntosh tube preamp. I am just about to spring for twin MC75 mono amps. Well I did---but Binghampton factory needs to build them. ... Yet I will still OCCASIONALLY stream spotify or one of my MP3 files. Note how I said files and not music ,,haha LP vinyl as far as I am concerned is where it is at....and I have discovered spending $$$$ really does exponentially improve all aspects of the sound. I could just not imagine being restricted to solely listening to music that is uploaded to my phone---YUCK.

]]> https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/whats-going-on-here/#comment-2083 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 22:27:00 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=24496#comment-2083 A halfer, or halver, here as well. I pretty much stream these days but I am hoping to buy a turntable this year. Speaking of which whoever didn't want you writing about turntables is the one who's truly out of touch.

]]> https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/whats-going-on-here/#comment-2081 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 02:28:00 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=24496#comment-2081 I am a techie and keep up to date with the latest and greatest in audio and music. Since last year, I started really using digital streaming from my MacBook Pro, external portable DAC and Pure Music to access my iTunes library which holds, hi-res, mp3 and CD quality music. I connect to my main system once and a while or use with my headphones or with my smartphone/DAC in the car. For serious listening, I still use my CD player, but my main source is my turntable and integrated tube amp and electrostatic speakers. Life if good. Streaming through paid sites is not for me, I tried once, a free 2 week trial of Tidal but I prefer to own my music.

]]> https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/whats-going-on-here/#comment-2080 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 01:58:00 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=24496#comment-2080 Halfer here

]]> https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/whats-going-on-here/#comment-2079 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 01:48:00 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=24496#comment-2079 Very good piece and love the photo.

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