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| Streaming Tidal/Qbuzz Vs Internet Radio @buellrider97 Wow, 917-10 is a deep cut! Very cool and interesting machine. Cars are just another fun hobby, they can be expensive but worth it imho. Just like audio. Then again you can have a blast wrenching on an old car without spending a for... | |
| Streaming Tidal/Qbuzz Vs Internet Radio The best resource I've ever seen about higher quality internet radio: https://www.hiresaudio.online/cd-quality-internet-radio/ Some of the 192k streams can be surprisingly good, and 320k streams can be excellent. It helps when they are streaming... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found @lak Thank you. I am strongly considering trying those out in a different system just for an alternate take. Meanwhile my Aperta SE is still opening up. I have about 150 hours on them and things are sounding wonderful. | |
| Chesky Audio LC1 bookshelf speakers - a sonic bargain! Had not heard of these. They look interesting and the price is right, will keep an eye out for user impressions. | |
| Anyone have experience with the new ATC active bookshelf speakers? @mashif Same experience for me. I auditioned the SCM20P (the P is for Passive) with a Benchmark AHB2 and then switched to a Rogue Audio Dragon hybrid. In both cases it was extremely balanced and clean. The SCM20 really shows the character of the a... | |
| Replacement For Wandla/Hypsos Combo I don't know what all you need for connectivity so can't account for that. For sound I would seriously look at Bricasti Design. Their M3 is within your budget. It should be in the same musical ballpark as your current Ferrum combo, just better ove... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found @lak Thank you that is helpful info. I'm glad I went with the Aperta SE but I am also tempted to pick up one of their demo sets of the original Aperta for another little system I'm setting up. Looks like they allow a 30 day trial even on the dem... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found @lak Thank you I was curious about how much difference there is between the two models. Could you imagine a scenario where the original Aperta might still be a better choice? Like how sometimes a duller or less resolving cable can help tame an ove... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found I have about 50 hours on the Aperta SE so far, it is opening up nicely. They already sound far better than the JPS Labs they are replacing. | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found The Aperta SE speaker cables arrived a few days ago. I installed them in place of some JPS Labs Superconductors that I've had for years. Immediate improvement in sound. Also the build is easily much nicer than the JPS. I am burning them in now. E... | |
| Headphone cable upgrade LavriCables, Norne, and Forza are my favorites for fancy cables. But those will cost you. If you just need a solid cable that won't cost a fortune and still sounds/feels better than those annoying stock cables, I like the Apos Flow https://apos... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question I would argue that we've had all these same discussions before when it comes to most audio gear. Unless it is a newly released model or brand (Laiv or Eversolo for example) there isn't much new under the sun. Doesn't mean it isn't nice to hear opi... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question The Rockets are fine. I upgraded from the 33 to the 44 in one of my systems at some point, not a huge difference but I did hear a little improvement. Later swapped around some Morrow SP-5, Straightwire Symphony, Kimber 8TC, which all felt roughly ... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found I just did an order for the Aperta SE speaker cables. They will go in my 2nd system to see how they compare with my JPS Superconductors. I will update once they arrive and I get some listening time on them. | |
| Icon Audio, any opinions? Thank you for the feedback everyone. I think that settles it, I'm going to give them a try and see how it goes. Looking at the Stereo 300 mkII which is a 300B design with 30 watts per channel. Looks like they offer factory capacitor upgrades, I al... |