2channel8
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| Is there a difference in sound quality when streaming TIDAL Vs CD player " Just wish I was rich and had a wife (who) would allow me to spend more money on this hobby."You've just identified the two most important components to ant audio system! You're a wise man. So just trust your own judgement and enjoy your listeni... | |
| An Excellent New Read: "A Brief History Of Why Artists Are No Longer Making A Living..." I am an older guy. I don't stream. I am used to paying for music. I worry about how the dwindling income of artists may affect the availability of good music. I was a big fan of CD Baby as a means of exposing me to good artists. By, the way, I hav... | |
| Why no Class D integrated love? (from manufacturers) @clarinetmonster2,What happened to the Primare I32? Did you compare it to the HINT and find you prefer the latter?Disclaimer: I own the I32 and it's the best sounding integrated I've heard yet. | |
| Speaker Width? @bclark,Just how attached are you to this girlfriend? ;^)Seriously, are you asking about speaker placement because you are unsatisfied with the sound, or just curious how much it can improve?All the "rules" about speaker placement are to help you ... | |
| Just sharing my excitement You must live pretty close to me. When can I come over and listen and what will we have for dinner? ;^) | |
| Am I deaf? Amen. | |
| Am I deaf? @honashagen , Thanks for the thread. I am having a similar experience. Last year I replaced a BDP-95, which I liked a lot, with a BDP-105 with some EVS mods. When I compared the two, I was disappointed because I thought the difference in sound qua... | |
| What class of amplifier has the most high definition sound ? @sacresta, I think I know what you mean by high definition and pure. That was my first reaction when I first heard a Class D integrated. It was a Primare I32 and it may have been due to their unique and proprietary implementation of Class D. I've ... | |
| Do you listen to equipment or music. Like most of you, I listen to equipment when something changes and music the rest of the time EXCEPT...I NEED to be able to hear what the singer is saying. I just can't forget everything and drift into that wonderful state of floating with the mus... | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? @tjj99"Spending my university scholarship money in 1970 on an all-AR system: turntable, integrated amp and AR-3A’s "Ha! I did that, too in 1972. But it was a much more modest system. | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? 1) My first pair of Stax headphones, er I mean earspeakers.2) when I moved my system from a small crowded family room to a spacious basement. My wife misses me. | |
| Phono Protractor. Recommendations? Something I've never understood: If you are lined up perfectly at point A, how can you not be also lined up perfectly at point B? Then what do you do? compromise between the two? | |
| Best LPs to Test Turntables You have to listen to some of your favorites critically. Songs you love; but break them down for what it is that you love. Listen to cymbals, vocals, piano, violin & Cello, kick drums or tympani, soundstage, and the totality of fun and beauty.... | |
| Phono Protractor. Recommendations? I find this "print-your-own" method to be practical:https://www.vinylengine.com/tonearm_alignment_calculator_pro.phpBut recently got one of these:https://www.needledoctor.com/DB-Systems-ProtractorIt's easier for me because the pivot point on my to... | |
| Only you expensive cable owners, is this real? "Also I tried the speaker wires and they were not quite as good sounding as my existing Zu event cables."Thanks, rickraymond59. You get the "set my mind at ease" prize. I'll keep my Zu Libtecs and stop wondering about the Mapleshades. By the way, ... |