For me its the first or very early LP's of: Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South" Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer" and, Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
Got a new streamer, so streamed all day yesterday (gasp). Not something I’ve ever done, so it must have sounded pretty good. But, back to my vinyl fix before football in a bit…
Welcome to the digital world Brian! What streamer did you get?
Unlike some, I embrace both analog and digital, and often one leads to the other. I often discover things while listening to streaming music and end up purchasing the vinyl. Sometimes I save myself some money by not buying something I thought I should pick up on vinyl. There's certainly a convenience factor and no ticks or pops. I love vinyl, but there's a lot to love about digital too.
Welcome to the digital world Brian! What streamer did you get?
I’ve had an inexpensive Dayton Audio streamer, which was just OK. After many positive reviews of the iFi Zen Stream unit, I found one available and got it. Funky looking, but added a lot of SQ. Only a streamer hooked to my Denafrips DAC via a XLO USB. And also have my music external hard drive hooked to it (with all my ripped CD files), which is nice instead of using DLNA. I have Tidal, and the nice thing is the iFi Stream has ‘Tidal Connect’ included, so can bypass iOS and Airplay, which I could not before. I think that made a huge difference. Now my iPad/iPhone is simply a remote.
Pretty nice unit. Never though just a streamer could make that much a difference.
I’ve only experimented with different DACs and combined streamer/DACs, but it seems logical that like all our gear, everything matters.
Yep. First in depth review I saw compared it to the Bluesound (which I was considering) combo streamer/DAC. The iFi was said to be substantially better than the Blusesound in sound quality, soundstage, imaging, depth, etc. Even when the Bluesound was hooked up to the same DAC for comparison.
Kinda sealed the deal for me.
Given that I spin vinyl 90%+ of the time, works for me.
Hey Brian, I'm soaking it all in for my possible foray into streaming. My music friend has a little Shiit tube DAC and really great sounding Audio Engine speakers at his computer desk.
Fleetwood Mac "Kiln House" reissue, and sounds very good.
Pink Floyd "Momentary Lapse Of Reason" Remix & update, 45 rpm double disc set.
Muddy Waters "Folk Singer" Analog Productions, 45 rpm 2-disc set. Just amazing how well mic'd that session was. I got this a few weeks ago and this was just my second time to listen to it. I'm floored by the SQ and the music as well.
Now, for the Pink Floyd remix. Some folks only want the original and are not interested in a remix. I can understand that. But with this remix it was done by the artists themselves so hey, it's their music and if that is how they want to bring it to market I am fine with that. I only had the album on CD since it first was released and wanted a vinyl copy. I can say there are a few differences in the remix but certainly nothing that would make me feel it's a very different album. Rather, I can easily say the differences are well done enhancements to the album. And it gets significantly better from there. Regarding the media, I am fortunate that all 4 sides are exceptionally quiet vinyl and very flat. Yeah! And as for the overall SQ it is absolutely fabulous. Visceral bass, impeccable staging and imaging, depth of music is just off the charts. It's one of those albums that you can turn up the volume and go "WOW" and then turn it up some more and go "Holy Crap!" and then turn it up again and, well, you get the idea. And the packaging along with the large booklet are all of superb materials. Highly recommend this album, it's a real treat.
Hey Brian, I’m soaking it all in for my possible foray into streaming. My music friend has a little Shiit tube DAC and really great sounding Audio Engine speakers at his computer desk.
Vinyl is, and always will be ‘king’ to me Steve.
That said, it is nice to have in order to check out music you do not own. What I did yesterday.
But, that is also what is so odd about it. For me. After all day, I can never get over the feeling of listening to things without ‘ownership’. And at times, feel I can lose focus while doing so. There is something about playing a physical medium, that you actually own, which simply makes you pay more attention while listening. At least it does for me.
I dunno, maybe just my age, and how I was raised listening to only physical media.
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