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LoFi

My sound system is down for repairs (I don’t know for how long). I’m now reduced to listening to music on Alexa’s transmission of WQXR, New York’s classical music station, in LoFi. Surprisingly, I’m getting into the music more easily. Without the distraction of sonic values, I’m able to totally concentrate on the music itself. I don’t need Hifi and soundstaging to “get” the musical message. it brings me back to my youth when I listened on a table radio and first fell in love with music. I find that I now can follow a piece of music from beginning to end more easily.

Not that I’m ready to give up the hobby. Just an interesting observation.

rvpiano

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I recently got a WiiM Amp for the bedroom.  It feeds a pair of old NHT floorstanders.  The loudspeaker positioning is determined entirely by practical room considerations and not by sound quality.  There are no room treatments.  The source material is uncompressed AIFF files on a USB thumb drive.  It's not high end sound, but it's thoroughly enjoyable.

Previous to the WiiM streamer/amplifier I tried playing the USB files through a Sony soundbar.  It was listenable, but not very enjoyable.  Too much of the music was stripped from the sound.

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