2psyop
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| New or Old CD Player? It sounds as if the CD player you bought was the one you had wanted to get all along??? judging from your original question. Good luck! ARC is a great HiFi company. | |
| Help—How to Marry High Bitrate Digital Streamers to Two Channel Audio Systems Primephonic to be made available on BluOS05 Feb 2018Press Release293Amsterdam, 2 February 2018: Primephonic, the CD-quality streaming service dedicated to classical music, has agreed to a deal which will see the platform made available on the BluO... | |
| Help—How to Marry High Bitrate Digital Streamers to Two Channel Audio Systems I was surprised by the quality of the sound from the Bluesound Node 2 internal DAC. It held it’s own with my external Schiit Bifrost Uber and Benchmark DAC USB1. Most often bettered the sound with Tidal MQA albums. But I had noticed after I went t... | |
| Help—How to Marry High Bitrate Digital Streamers to Two Channel Audio Systems echolane- I had struggled with the metadata migration when I bought the Bluesound 2. Customer service is good, but it still required alot of computer work on my part. To get folders made with the correct music tags and album art tag that Bluesound... | |
| Help—How to Marry High Bitrate Digital Streamers to Two Channel Audio Systems +1 on Bluesound. You could add a Node 2 to any or all of your stereo systems. Then create one source of digital music in one place that each node could see and connect with. That way you will use a smart phone or tablet or computer as your remote ... | |
| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 2) Part 2 here on this incredible cable as explained by Bo | |
| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 1) I want to bring this post back. It has been one of my favorite reads and most audiophiles have not heard about this incredible power cable. | |
| New or Old CD Player? Get an old one. Oppo was making some decent disc spinners but they are getting out of that business. It might be a sign of things to come. If it were me, I would look for an older Sony ES model, Esoteric, or even a PS Audio. You might find a new o... | |
| Ideas for my next DAC....? Nice suggestions. Keep in mind, for those of you mentioning Oppo, they are getting out of the audio business. Check out some of the other posts here. I am NOT knocking the brand, just that getting parts later (in a few years) will be hard... | |
| First time tube integrated buy I second helomech on the Line Magnetic Audio suggestion. I have the 216ia and it sounds stellar. This is one of the better Chinese companies that builds many products from the older Western Electric design....of older days. | |
| Vandersteen 2ci and 2ce I have the 2CE Sig II. You will have to let us know how well you like it down the road. I listened to Klipsch, Polk, Kef, Magnepan, B&W, and many others but settled on the Vandersteen because it sounds right for Jazz, Acoustical music and voca... | |
| How much is MQA conversion? Frozen"Live music is good for the soul" I could not agree more.....2psyop | |
| How much is MQA conversion? Yes I am happy for artists making money on their music... and they do with streaming sites. Not convinced that MQA will ruin music. There are many other things in life getting ruined for me to be concerned about MQA. | |
| How much is MQA conversion? I am not worried about MQA, or technological progress being altered or anyone losing anything in terms of music quality. I did worry or at least wonder around the years after 2000 how record companies and recording artists would continue to make m... | |
| Inexpensive Tube Amps I have a Line Magnetic integrated amp that is made in China. I also borrowed a SET amp from the same company that really got hot. I think this is a good company, but I would be very concerned about the safety of much cheaper budget amps. There are... |