ahendler
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| Tidal has started streaming MQA encoded albums Tidal is not internally decoding the MQA files. You need an outboard dac with MQA decoding for it to give you master quality. By the way MQA files are either 24/96 or 24/88 files without the lower bits which are used for MQA encodingAlan | |
| Tower Records Documentary Saw it quite a while ago. Really fascinatingI am amazed that there are still a lot of Tower record stores open in JapanAlan | |
| Do you think my cable length setup will have much effect or may hear the difference? You are fineAlan | |
| What's up with AudiogoN? Works fine for meAlan | |
| Hardware Options for Streaming Music From Internet via Pandora, Tidal, etc. Auralic Mini | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? " untinned pure copper (never anything else)"The Western Electric and Dueland cable is Stranded tinned copper and it sounds terrific. Also if you like Supra cable as a lot of people do it is also stranded tinned copper. The " never tinned" state... | |
| Any comments on DAC going direct to power amplifier or to pre-ampliifer? I have tried several different dacs going direct to my power amps and then to my pre. The pre is always better to my ears. The dac should have an analog volume control because digital volume controls do lose bits as you turn them down and could ef... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? I have told this many times but will relate my experience again. System is Audio-gd master 7 dac to Shindo Auriges preamp to two David Berning 270Z power amps Bi amping Magnapan 3.6 speakers set up in Limage/HK positioning.Interconects were Sablo... | |
| Quack System Upgrades Don't understand the Auditorium 23 sut. It is a step up transformer for low output cartridges. What is the problemAlan | |
| ROI. Where is money better spent? better pre | |
| Wilson Audio Haters Had Watt Puppy threes for about 10 years. They are excellent if set up correctly. At shows they were fpr many years never set up the right way and the sound suffered. They could float an image independent of the speakers better then almost any oth... | |
| What's the deal with coloring CD's and/or tray mechanism This was a big deal in the early years of CDS to try to get them to sound better. I colored the outside edge and inner edge with different colors. They actually sold audiophile coloring pens to do this at a premium cost of course. Never really hea... | |
| New Component Upgrade Success Rate My sucess rate is 95%+. You need to clearly know what you want your system to sound like. I tend to ignore any review that talks about resolution, detail, dynamics, distortion, etc. When a reviewer listens to a piece of equipment and says he playe... | |
| Different gain on 2 amps. There are high end attenuaters out there that you can knock down the high gain amp. Do a search. The good ones will not effect the sound to any noticeable degreeAlan | |
| Need recomendation for an IC to fill out and enrich the sound between amp and pre-amp. Beldon 8402 ic'sI use these cheap cables in a very expensive system. Extremely full and rich sound with plenty of detailAlan |