anotherbob
Responses from anotherbob
| A CD PLAYER whose sound quality NOT AFFECTED by the DAC? 2psyop- if Tidal MQA sounds good, imagine how much better Qobuz would sound! | |
| “House” Character of Popular $20-$30k Speakers Monitor Audio Platinum PL 500 II, right in your price range and outstanding reviews, here’s one… https://www.audioholics.com/tower-speaker-reviews/monitor-audio-pl500-ii | |
| Installing dedicated 10 gauge lines Call your local fire department and ask if there’s a firefighter that does electrical work on the side. Can almost guarantee there’s at least one, handiest people I’ve ever met, price is usually right, too. | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers I’ll second the motion for Monitor Audio Gold 100’s, I’ve got them and love them, but they are designed with a small room in mind, yours might be too big. It helps too that they are beautiful. | |
| PANGEA AUDIO AC 14SE MKII SIGNATURE POWER CABLE OR WHAT? alt4love - +1 on Morrow Audio, I have their mid priced power cable for my NAD integrated and their top of the line (of 2 types last I looked!) speaker cables in a bi-wire configuration. I got the power cable first and immediately noticed a positi... | |
| Your thoughts on my quest for new speakers First off, go with Qobuz for streaming. | |
| I wonder what you would think if we scheduled a monthly Zoom Meeting? Too many different interests, like I could not care less about a next to obsolete and clearly inferior method of music playback called vinyl listening, while others, stuck in their world of obsolescence would defend it no matter what. Nope, pass ... | |
| Floorstanders vs Bookshelf Monitor Audio Gold and Platinum speakers use a ribbon type tweeter, I have the Gold 100 stand mounts and love them, no listening fatigue at all. | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? Marantz is coming out with a very favorably reviewed class A/B streaming integrated amp for $2500.00, just add a couple of mid-priced speakers, speaker cable, and a Qobuz subscription and you’ve got a very good system for easily under four grand. ... | |
| streamer Lumin U1 or Aries G2.1 Gerrie- I agree, why Tidal? Spending all that money to use an inferior streaming service when Qobuz is available almost everywhere. | |
| System bottleneck? I’d like to strongly reiterate that your phone is simply used as a controller of where your wi-fi is coming from (hopefully Qobuz, as it’s the best), and what musical selections are being streamed directly to your streamer. You are not using Blue... | |
| Fedex and Ups Damage thread Never had a damaged UPS item, a couple of FedEx ones I was on the receiving end of. | |
| Any song recommendations for testing purposes? Yes, I think Hotel California played in its entirety, plus their greatest hits, will clearly show how well the acoustics at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio are, in a suite, at The Eagles concert. For Free. The wife’s got a great job! | |
| Dumping it all for Lyngdorf??? NAD M33. | |
| The problem with streaming Pop-hiss-pop-hiss, yup better sound quality with vinyl….not. |