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| my shortlist for integrated Harbethsuper hl5 plus xd - please advise @audiocanada If you are in TO, I’ll propose an option. I’m in Oakville just down the QEW and have my HARBETH M30.2 XD’s driven fabulously by my REGA OSIRIS integrated amp. If it stirs your drink, PM me and we can discuss an in-house audition to... | |
| user poll on seperates vs integrated @vdotman ”In my opinion, regardless of whether it's an integrated, or separates, it all starts with the power supply. Assuming it's overbuilt and done well, separates have their own discrete power supplies, with mono amps or true dual mono desig... | |
| Update on good Ethernet switch FWIW ..,, a few decent reads on YouTube. The sound of network switches https://youtu.be/BbRF8z8dQFU English Electric 8Switch audiophile network switch English Electric 8Switch audiophile network switch UpTone Audio EtherREGEN audiophile... | |
| Streamer upgrade - best path forward MOON Tutorial – MOON MiND Controller (App) their MOON MiND CONTROLLER APP IS VERY VERY GOOD https://youtu.be/2Qvu6g9rHT4 SPECS ON MOON WEBSITE scroll,down farther down to the specs and CLICK on the extended narrative. also click on each pa... | |
| Streamer upgrade - best path forward MOON 280d Mind 2 ( by SIMAUDIO) I just upgraded to this unit from my BRYSTON stablemates, that weee damn good in their own right.Highly recommended. Features https://simaudio.com/en/product/280d-streaming-dac/ MOON Warranty For original buyer... | |
| Has Your Hobby Changed? In the same vein, my music preferred genres has shifted as I’ve aged, limited 60’s to 80’s pop and rock largely restricted to SIRIUSXM in the car. it’s now a lot more of quality mastered Diana Krall, Chris Botti, Michael Buble, Ella Fitzgerald, l... | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables Build quality matters in audio performance. If cheap Chinese fakes sounded anywhere near OEM performance levels, why don’t the speaker and the audio equipment presenters just use the cheap fakes instead at the audio expos ? It would be a helluva m... | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables @evank sound “good” is a highly subjective, and biased relative term . If they stir your drink, carry on, BUT until you actually personally audition the OEM ODINs on a high-end system, then you will witness how much the OEM ODINs totally smoke ... | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables The last word The YouTube video at the bottom is a good summary read . Read for yourself the fake dissection review following … Since the fakes are not “knockoffs” in build, so who views them as knockoff peers too in sound performance? If you do... | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables next, check out the OEM CARDAS and NORDOST quality vs counterfeit fake crap build quality differences in http://www.element-acoustics.ca/audio_visits.php?aid=41 OEM CARDAS quality versus illegal fake crap build personified in the pic ….. anybod... | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables All these cheap Chinese cables are NOT “knockoffs” ….they are illegal counterfeit crap build fakes …. A big distinction. It raises two complimentary issues : - the ethical issue of supporting illegal fakes flogged out of a repressive regime to a... | |
| What's your DAC's sweet spot for sampling rates? BRYSTON BDA-2 circa 2015. For me, downloaded and purchased native 192/32 files from HDtracks and PROSTUDIOMASTERS perform still a notch above 192/32 tunes upsampled when streamed from any lower rez. Depending on the (re)mastering of the tune, eve... | |
| HDCD vs the Newer SHM-CD, BluSpec, UHQCD, etc @sfcfran XRCD is no successor nor has any relation, bearing, or comparison to HDCD. Both can be played on a redbook player, the HDCD chip to decode whatever HDCD was supposed to improve was just a minimal to nil upscaling flop generally by co... | |
| Streamer/dac …. Organic/euphonic sound signature I just uograded my BRYSTON digital player and DAC rig to this Simaudio Moon 280D Streaming DAC Review https://www.soundandvision.com/content/simaudio-moon-280d-streaming-dac-review https://darko.audio/2021/07/refined-precision-moon-by-s... | |
| HDCD vs the Newer SHM-CD, BluSpec, UHQCD, etc I bought the top ARCAM FMJ 23-T cdp specifically for its HDCD playback capabilities, It was a top player in its time ( emphasis added);in brief, it’s novel HDCD audio performance uptick from ordinary red book CD’s ranged from very minimal (if any... |