Welcome New Members to ASR, introduce yourself here.

[DavidF]

Not exactly a new member—just finally decided it was time to jump in.
I’ve been a music addict since age eight, so going on 57+ years now, and a self-identified audiophile for most of that time. My musical foundation has always been the classic sounds of the ’60s and ’70s—folk, rock & roll, pop, and jazz—but over the past 10–15 years I’ve found myself increasingly drawn more to the world of jazz.

My system currently consists of Parasound separates, a Technics turntable with Ortofon cartridges, and Oppo multi-disc players. Speakers rotate between KEF R3 Metas, GR-Research XLS Encores, and Magnepan LRS+—depending on mood and what the music calls for. Also incorporate a stereo pair of REL T/5X subs.

Not an expert on anything—just a lifelong music lover who never stops listening.

 

[Snarfie]

Hello. I just registered. Not really knowing much about this forum, but I've found very useful info around here occationally, so here I am. I'm located in Oslo, Norway, I've been a musician in the eighties, medical problems made me turn to my second passion; music recording and mixing. I ran a one-man studio for many years recording local bands, and I now have some of the gear left, right here in my living room (I live alone), and I enjoy playing around with old sessions and occationally helping people out with mixes and stuff, and following the technological development.

I've used Protools since the late nineties, so my main forum was the DUC for many years, now it's mostly UAD forum and Gearspace.

Great to have you here. Saw you working with Protools. These days there’s no shortage of multitrack files floating around any plans to dive in and make some of your own remixes mabey you al ready did for private use? Maybe strip out the vocals and let the drums, bass, or guitars take the spotlight? I find it fun to piece together your own instrumental album ( for instance) from the classics if available.
Did Peg from Steely Dan focused on Chuck Rainey bass done with Ableton. So much fun creates new associations an mabey feromons for thougts.

Chuck Rainey Bass Peg highlighted (Snarfie edit)

Section31 = Searching for Deep Grooves, Sample abuse, Harmonic & Beat matching combined with some "Seductive" 70-80ties undertones..... If you hear a nice track please support the artist Original wor

on.soundcloud.com

 

[horvi0001]

Hi guys, I've just recently upgraded from Yamaha AS-701 2.1 system to Denon AVR-X2800H 6.1 paired with identical JBL Stage 250b surround speakers and SVS SB2000 subwoofer, display is an entry level 50 inch Samsung UE50U8072F LCD Crystal LED TV with VA panel but very satisfied with samsung displays so far, it gets a backlight with D65 natural white osram led light (to deceive a bit my vision and increase the apparent contrast effect, the lumen value is more stronger than the recommended 10% of the display brightness) the source is a desktop PC. Audyssey MultEQ editor app has been used for disabling the midrange compensation dip. The measurement with REW has not done yet, but coming soon

 

[Kzmt]

Hello to everyone. I'm Marius, an ASR observer for the many years. Will mostly be here to document and share some of my (silly) diy projects. Have fun!

 

[「 ✦ JIM ✦ 」]

Hello to everyone here at ASR. I've been a follower of this forum for a few years and have found the information presented throughout the pages an absolute game changer, so I thank you all in advance! Through the advice scattered here, I've been able to unlock so much hidden potential in my system that I was totally unaware of a year or so ago. Anyway, I've decided to create an account and chime in so hopefully can contribute to some of the threads across the forum.

My main interest is 2 channel and my system consists of McIntosh amplification that powers a pair of Usher Mini Dancer2's. They're backed up by a pair of Arendal 1723 2S' (a sub next to each main). The system is bass managed to 130hz using a minidsp flex as a preamp and dac that is fed with a Blusesound Node as transport and also a NAS drive. Room is treated to a degree that WAF allows but I have the 1st reflection points covered. I have bass trap membrain panels behind the mains and all cables and interconnects are made by myself. For movies I use a Marantz AVR to power the center channel Usher BE616 and use the Stereo amp to drive the mains via the AVR preout. I don't bother with rear surrounds as I find my front sound stage enough for my needs. I have some IsoTek power conditioning due to falling for the hype some 10 years ago so use that as a overpriced junction box for the media player and other nonsense these days.

It literally takes wild horses to pull me away from my system these days, I've never been so happy.

Thanks again

Jim

 

[Bronte]

Hi from France
Manchester United and ASNL fan
King of ratatouille / prince of quiche lorraine of course
I feel sometimes I'm the only one on Earth to still listen mp3 music. (only 320k compressed)
And damn, why did I choose iTunes over Foobar2000? Why?

Seriously I'm only here to ask if anyone is kind enough to tell Paul McGowan of PS Audio to stop answering imaginary questions about hi-fi and electronics. Questions supposedly sent by people, when we all know it's him or someone on his team who comes up with them and prints them out.

 

[JSmith]

Seriously I'm only here to ask if anyone is kind enough to tell Paul McGowan of PS Audio to stop answering imaginary questions about hi-fi and electronics. Questions supposedly sent by people, when we all know it's him or someone on his team who comes up with them and prints them out.

I think you may be onto something there.

Welcome to ASR, I think you'll like it here.


JSmith

 

[Urastan]

Hello to everyone. I'm Marius, an ASR observer for the many years. Will mostly be here to document and share some of my (silly) diy projects. Have fun!

Hey Marius))

 

[Urastan]

Hello to everyone here at ASR. I've been a follower of this forum for a few years and have found the information presented throughout the pages an absolute game changer, so I thank you all in advance! Through the advice scattered here, I've been able to unlock so much hidden potential in my system that I was totally unaware of a year or so ago. Anyway, I've decided to create an account and chime in so hopefully can contribute to some of the threads across the forum.

My main interest is 2 channel and my system consists of McIntosh amplification that powers a pair of Usher Mini Dancer2's. They're backed up by a pair of Arendal 1723 2S' (a sub next to each main). The system is bass managed to 130hz using a minidsp flex as a preamp and dac that is fed with a Blusesound Node as transport and also a NAS drive. Room is treated to a degree that WAF allows but I have the 1st reflection points covered. I have bass trap membrain panels behind the mains and all cables and interconnects are made by myself. For movies I use a Marantz AVR to power the center channel Usher BE616 and use the Stereo amp to drive the mains via the AVR preout. I don't bother with rear surrounds as I find my front sound stage enough for my needs. I have some IsoTek power conditioning due to falling for the hype some 10 years ago so use that as a overpriced junction box for the media player and other nonsense these days.

It literally takes wild horses to pull me away from my system these days, I've never been so happy.

Thanks again

Jim

Welcome Jim!

 

[joqueval]

Although I already shared this introductory post when I first met you all, I wanted to share this video.

I think the profiles of those of us here share the common trait of being perfectionists in all aspects of our lives, both professionally and in our hobbies.

It seems like only yesterday, but more than three decades of passion have already passed.