Re: Bad Week 10-15, Good Week 25+

Posted by TubeHeadSeth (A) on November 6, 2006 at 12:23:24

In Reply to: Bad Week 10-15, Good Week 25+ posted by Peter Gunn on November 1, 2006 at 14:21:25:

Exactly, except you put it much more succinctly. It's almost a mission to bring HiFi to my friends, so that they can enjoy listening to music even more. I get so much enjoyment out of it, and it's one of the few things that never fail me! I do use an iPod, out and about with headphones, but mostly in the car, where the background noise precludes the need for really excellent sound. But at home, I tried to play it through various different equipment and it almost uniformly sounds dithered and weak- and I try to use the higher 192khz bit rate when ripping discs. Through headphones, maybe, but not through Krell and Martin Logan's or Quad's! Although I have noticed that there are now several new pieces of interface/amp gear aimed at iPods that use tube circuitry (surprise) to take the rattle and buzz off the sound. Cute stuff- I'm a sucker for blue LED's- but I doubt they can make up for the essential underlying lack of information in the mp3 stream.

I find that I can buy incredibly sweet-sounding components for under that magic $2-3,000 price ceiling- which you'll notice in my Inmate Systems. And so many people around here mention their extensive experience with equipment and sometimes it does lead to purchases- like my Audible Illusions Mod 3a pre. I tend to buy almost all of my gear used. Thank God for ebay and A-gon! I let others pay down the primary depreciation for me.

The only thing I really haven't done yet is compare my "classic gear" to todays' equivalent stuff. I would love to audition some Pass Lab amps against my older classic Threshold amps. I'd bet the new stuff don't sound 10 times better.

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Topic - Survey - How many hours a week do you listen - fin1bxn@msn.com 04:27:34 11/01/06 (17)

15-25 hrs nt - JB 06:49:31 11/03/06 (0)

Re: Survey - How many hours a week do you listen - wineslob 12:00:51 11/02/06 (1)

Re: Survey - How many hours a week do you listen - wineslob 12:03:03 11/02/06 (0)

20+ hours/week ~nt - Feanor 09:43:38 11/02/06 (0)

Re: Survey - How many hours a week do you listen - MaggieLover 20:55:45 11/01/06 (0)

Listen up - gentlegiantfan 17:48:56 11/01/06 (1)

Re: Listen up - Rod H. 08:04:21 11/02/06 (0)

20 to 30 (n.t.) - CSF 14:14:21 11/01/06 (1)

Serious vrs casual - CSF 11:16:23 11/02/06 (0)

Re: Survey - How many hours a week do you listen - Sebrof 13:57:16 11/01/06 (0)

Re: Survey - How many hours a week do you listen - BJT 06:19:36 11/01/06 (0)

Re: Survey - How many hours a week do you listen & the apparent decline of higher-end audio-long - TubeHeadSeth 06:16:26 11/01/06 (5)

10-15 for main system(Maggie) approx 20-30 more for car and Ipod listening at work. - Brendan 09:23:15 11/03/06 (1)

2 alternate views of HiFi in the future- imho - TubeHeadSeth 07:29:11 11/05/06 (0)

Bad Week 10-15, Good Week 25+ - Peter Gunn 14:21:25 11/01/06 (2)

Re: Bad Week 10-15, Good Week 25+ - TubeHeadSeth 12:23:24 11/06/06 (1)

Now We're Showing Our Age - Peter Gunn 13:42:58 11/06/06 (0)

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Re: Bad Week 10-15, Good Week 25+ - TubeHeadSeth 12:23:24 11/06/06 (1)

Now We're Showing Our Age - Peter Gunn 13:42:58 11/06/06 (0)

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