axolotl
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Impressive.
If those are the speakers, they'd better be Bozak Concert Grands.
Honestly, I don't know what they are, but they're three of them.
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If those are the speakers, they'd better be Bozak Concert Grands.
Honestly, I don't know what they are, but they're three of them.
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I can smell the tobacco.
axolotl
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Is Frank haunting you, now?
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It was a three channel setup:
- Preamplifier: McIntosh C-22 (pictured on top)
- AM/FM Tuner: Fisher R-200 tube tuner.
- Loudspeakers: Either Altec-Lansing or JBL (James B. Lansing), but they look like they could also be other hi-fi classic models of the day by Klipsch, Jensen, or Tannoy.
- Turntable: Garrard or Reko-Cut in one photo; the other photo has the turntable inside the cabinet under the Fisher tuner.
- Reel-to-Reel Tape Deck: Presto 825 3 box/3 channel deck.
axolotl
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Ah so. Thank you.
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Back in the 1950s and 1960s, America was producing some of the world’s best-sounding hi-fi gear by famous brands like Marantz, McIntosh, Fisher, Eico, Scott, Acoustic Resarch, and Altec-Lansing.…
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I posted elsewhere that cleaning my ears made the Bluetooth speaker I use for podcasts sound very sibilant. On my desktop audio system, it has actually increased my perceived sound quality. And my current system has never been sibilant and isn't now.
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Maybe not audiophile ...
After a few years of mostly not listening to music on my computer after the great computer crash of the computer before the previous computer, I'm am in the process of re-digitizing my music collection. Starting from scratch and with a little more knowledge than the first time, I decided to not use itunes. I also decided to go with FLAC instead of MP3.
What I didn't realize is how slow it can be to rip to FLAC instead of MP3. And that some discs slow to an excruciating crawl. Because I can only do this when I'm at the computer doing something else, I knew re-digitizing was going to take many many weeks, but now I realize it's going to take several months. Going alphabetically on this first run but skipping as many as I rip, I'm just now getting to "D". At this pace, it's going to be near the end of November before I get through the first run, and likely the end of March before I complete the second run.
But it will be worth it. Already, I'm listening to so much more stuff than I have in the past few years. It's just so much easier to cue a song or album from the screen. It strange to see what I've "jumped ahead" to rip out of order. Of course I ripped EWF early in the A's, but for some reason I also grabbed LL Cool J and Skyzoo. And I skipped Coltrane for now. I really want to get him ripped, but I have so many of his CDs, it will probably take 3 days to get through all of them. So I waited.
In the morning, I start Miles.
After a few years of mostly not listening to music on my computer after the great computer crash of the computer before the previous computer, I'm am in the process of re-digitizing my music collection. Starting from scratch and with a little more knowledge than the first time, I decided to not use itunes. I also decided to go with FLAC instead of MP3.
What I didn't realize is how slow it can be to rip to FLAC instead of MP3. And that some discs slow to an excruciating crawl. Because I can only do this when I'm at the computer doing something else, I knew re-digitizing was going to take many many weeks, but now I realize it's going to take several months. Going alphabetically on this first run but skipping as many as I rip, I'm just now getting to "D". At this pace, it's going to be near the end of November before I get through the first run, and likely the end of March before I complete the second run.
But it will be worth it. Already, I'm listening to so much more stuff than I have in the past few years. It's just so much easier to cue a song or album from the screen. It strange to see what I've "jumped ahead" to rip out of order. Of course I ripped EWF early in the A's, but for some reason I also grabbed LL Cool J and Skyzoo. And I skipped Coltrane for now. I really want to get him ripped, but I have so many of his CDs, it will probably take 3 days to get through all of them. So I waited.
In the morning, I start Miles.
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The Denafrips Design Philosophy Part 1
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Very easy to understand article that helped me understand digital audio a lot better.
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RMAF Canceled for 2021 and Forever
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Schiit announces Less Is More & More Is Less Yggdrasil DACs | Darko.Audio
Do you want the best measuring or the best sounding multibit DAC?
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The Home Stereo System From Sharp Objects Can Be Yours for More Than $112,000
In case you need to play music in your creepy Victorian house.
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Article from 2018.
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I did a simple little tweak: I switched the USB port on my Mac that my DAC is connected to. Result: more "holographic" or 3D imaging and a noticeable increase in resolution. It's a minor difference overall, but it makes listening to music so much more enjoyable.
The reason I switched ports is that I was having trouble with the Bluetooth connection from the Mac mini to the wireless trackpad, and I remembered that leaving the outermost USB port unused was one of the suggestions to try. The mini has a notoriously weak Bluetooth transmitter and gets tripped up by RFI/EMI quite easily.
The reason I switched ports is that I was having trouble with the Bluetooth connection from the Mac mini to the wireless trackpad, and I remembered that leaving the outermost USB port unused was one of the suggestions to try. The mini has a notoriously weak Bluetooth transmitter and gets tripped up by RFI/EMI quite easily.
As I kept ripping CDs to my hard drive and began listening to my music almost exclusively via the computer than from my stereo, I realized the $5 speakers attached to the computer were woefully inadequate for the task. Being perpetually broke, I did a quick search for affordable monitors and found these.
I've had them for a couple of weeks now and I am blown away. They are much better than the tiny tinny speakers I've had on my computer for years, and well worth the money. My only regret is that I didn't get the next level up for only an additional $40. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd return these and order those, but I'm so lazy and these are great so I think I'll keep them.
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Current audio gear. Not pictured are Sennheiser HD600s. I just added those black rubber feet for extra ventilation.
Nice!
I (kind-of recently) bought some Sennheiser 450BTs for my son to replace a pair that have worn down. He uses his airpods when he's out and about, and his over-the-ear Sennheiser's when he's in his room.
I should investigate sources to repair the earpads and repurpose his old pair to one of my daughters.
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axolotl
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Is there a photo of it outside the box?
My secondary turntable is a Technics SL-1500 Mk II Quartz.
ETA: It looks like this one.
Technics SL-1500MK2 on thevintageknob.org
vintage Technics 1978 audiophile turntable
P. S. How much an audiophile am I? I literally had to walk over to the audio rack, with a flashlight and reading glasses, and read the identification directly off the deck. Did not remember it without looking.
P. P. S. I need to dust up there, also.
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