When did photography become a prerequisite for being an audiophile?

Not my intention to make that a prerequisite, I responded to a direct question about photographing your space, which I would gladly do for free if we lived near each other.

albertporter July 06, 2014 19:40

Agear
Ditto. That is why I ordered the Lampi L7 (based on reports from end users). I also eyeballed the Allnic and it looks beautiful. I am sure you will be pleased. It appears that a DHT minimalist output topology has a lot of promise.

Allnic DHT is promising but this 4th of July weekend it's only been used for movies. Helpful for break in but impossible to tell anything about it's real potential other than it's happy with all kinds of input (USB, Optical and SPDIF).

Albert, I have always appreciated photography, and I very much enjoy seeing individual rooms captured. Since you care deeply about both realms, would you be willing to help Charles as a mission of mercy? Possibly fly in to Michigan to help him capture his room? Charles is not a complete audiophile yet. The equipment is there. The language and sensibility is there. The photography is not.

The hardest part of that job is taking time off and making the flight. The photography would be easy.

I could not agree more Albert. Digital is the toughest nut. As a preteen, my first source was vinyl, and in many ways I have been swimming upstream trying to get back to that "sound."

I hear nothing but praise for the Lampi too. Maybe we're finally on the way to making digital fun to listen to.

albertporter July 06, 2014 16:38

Albert,
Shigeki Yamamoto made his name developing excellent low power SET amplifiers primarily for the Japanese market. He successfully obtained the same sound characteristics via his DACs and I'm grateful for that accomplishment. I Suspect you'll be very happy with the Allnic DHT DAC given the talent of its designer. As with Yamamoto he also seems deeply focused on music reproduction and connecting with it.

I wish we lived near each other so we could spend an evening playing both. I know from your equipment what you value so I'm sure the Yamamoto would be right down my alley.

albertporter July 06, 2014 16:27

Your description of the Yamamoto is precisely what I'm looking for in a DAC. I don't know yet if my new acquisition will fulfill that need or not.

I am pleased for you, digital is the toughest nut to crack in high end audio. All the rest is easy, at least in my experience.

albertporter July 05, 2014 17:55

Have you compared the Yamamoto directly with the Aesthetix and / or Lampizator Big 6?

By that I mean in the same system at same time. If yes did all votes go the same way?

albertporter July 04, 2014 18:33

Charles,

Reads like you too are on the warpath to get digital to make music without thinking about the hardware.

I'm sure Jim White's DAC will be good, he is a brilliant designer and all around great guy.

One of the guys in my group is a Lampizator fan but I've only had one model here in my own system. Seems there are many variations and lots of difference in performance between them.

I read with great interest your post about Duelund CAST and Jupiter Copper foil. My friend Rich Schultz who builds High Fidelity cables is a fan of both of those caps and I've heard some comparisons although the conditions were not well known to me, rendering my opinion not clear on the outcome.

albertporter July 03, 2014 23:39

You may likely have this already but I'll recommend Dexter Gordon, "Doin' Allright" as it features Parlan along with Freddie Hubbard and is very good. I guess we're both happy jazz diehards.

I have it, great LP and I love Dexter Gordon "Our Man in Paris."

As long as we're talking Jazz and Blue Note often overlooked is Ike Quebec, "Bossa Soul Samba." Ike coaxes the most beautiful and tender sounds from tenor sax possible and with Kenny Burrell on guitar it's almost magic.

I play this at least once a week. Enough of a departure from the other Blue Note to keep me intensely interested and I seem to never grow tired of it.

albertporter October 06, 2013 16:55

Charles1dad, great music suggestions, Jazz is perhaps the most important software in my library and I have all the titles you mention.

Another that I absolutely love is Horace Parlan "Speakin' My Piece." I'm sure you have it as well.

By the way, SUPERB system. The epitome of elegance, I'm betting it sounds every bit as good as the description and appearance.

albertporter October 05, 2013 16:27