Recent content by SWL3600

Yeah, thanks for hosting Bob. I'm planning on being there too but I'm gonna have to stay for a couple weeks.

https://stereorehab.wordpress.com/

I agree. I gotta have subs for several reasons. I used direct radiating flavor of the month HT subs for years......but about 7-8 years ago I went to all THTLP's in my systems and haven't looked back. They've got it all. No doubt about it.

I use DSP with my 60+ year old tube integrated. I'm done with analog EQ's.

I dig.

No reason not to enjoy both ss and tubes. I know I do. Three HH Scott tube integrateds in the house. I'd love to find a nice Fisher.....or three.

My HI-FI gear isn't going anywhere but for long walks and hiking, I enjoy the hell out of these Bluetooth headphones.

I had Bose QC35 II's and with the Tube Amp Pro option in the Samsung Galaxy S8 I had....they were very listenable. I liked them a lot. Couple/few years ago I got a Galaxy S21 and the Tube Amp Pro option was gone. That sucked because it really worked great. Kept using the QC35 II's for a while...

Tidal at home. Spotify in the car. Spotify with Bluetooth headphones. Cd player once in a blue moon. Ditched vinyl years ago.

Oh, I dunno......maybe the higher frequencies are being tweaked to be perceived as having more clarity? I'm not being 100% serious but hey, we are living in the world we're living in. Having a hard time trusting anyone these days. It's sad.

Thanks for the input so far. I agree with all of it. What got me to start this thread was a recent purchase of some Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones. My previous pair were the Bose QC35 2's. I use them for long walks and hiking. Typically I'd just stream Spotify and they worked great for that...

Curious if there's anyone that actually prefers listening to 320 kbps files over cd quality or Hi-Res for any particular reason? Thanks!

I'll find out soon. I had given the 3805 to my daughter and son in law almost ten years ago. They never really used it...recently she asked if I wanted it back. When I got it home I cleaned all the connections and paired it with the Aegir. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.....I mean it had...

I've come full circle in this audio hobby. I started to take it serious circa 2002 or so. I started out doing the home theatre, two-channel combo thing using AVR's. Home theatre wore off pretty quickly for me but two-channel listening stuck. I batted around with all kinds of vintage...

I also have a 2i that I've thoroughly enjoyed for the last few years. As far as the volume setting on the Node itself, mostly what I read is that it should be set at full volume (100%) and you should control the gain with the volume knob on your preamp. I've gotten much better sound quality...