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How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?
No offense mikelavigne,But that article and then things claimed in it at times sounds like the technically questionable, at times arguably wrong, and certainly not universally proven or accepted claims made about MQA. Actually it gave me a total M... 
Power amps into surge protector/Conditioner or DIRECT to wall? Final verdict?
A whole house surge protector is nothing but a bunch of large MOVs put across the AC lines (and to ground which is also important). This is not a bad thing, this is a good thing. It will have no impact on the sound at all.  Schneider/Square-D, Eat... 
How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?
$200, $2000 or infiniti.mijostyn covered off the obvious issue of the masters being different.If you are currently a "vinyl" person, then you may have an expectation of a sound that digital .... well just isn’t. The fairly high channel cross-talk ... 
Tidal Music
MQA, from a technical standpoint, may or may not be your cup of tea. In theory though, things marked MQA have a better mastering pedigree, so whether you listen to them with or without an MQA DAC, you may still get a benefit. Given the 500K titles... 
The science of opinion ...
Trying out AmazonHD via VPN myself .... this will force Spotify and Google's and Apple's hand. In some ways the best thing that could happen to the democratization of better and high resolution digital. 
The science of opinion ...
Oh come on Geoff, you love the drama. You feed it, you water it, and you live off it. You are the biggest troll of all. Not everyone is fooled. 
Perfect Path Tecnologies ‘The Gate’
Given I have music on all the time at work, and usually relax with an hour+ on average every night, yes I think you could say I do. I am listening to it right now ... Just curious ... do you listen to music? 
The science of opinion ...
If this was true, then you would be able to easily address anything I say with some level of detail and confidence, not call me the charlatan. Again, the silence is deafening. You also assume you and a few prolific posters here are the sole holder... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
If you find this thread so "toxic", why did you feel a need to reply to it? You could have simply ignored it. You could have assumed that people who are here are adults and can make a similar choice for themselves.uberwaltz8,141 posts11-05-2019 2:... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
Question for the audience.Does problematic mean that:I don't agree with you.I don't simply accept what you say as factI am not afraid to say the above, nor stand up for myself when attacked (repeatedly)I have the education and experience to talk k... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
Yes, watch:Who makes personal attacks.Who does not address the contents of posts, but launches into tirades of a personal natureWho has no skin in the game, no matter the outcomeWho is claiming to be a victim, and yet launches repeated personal at... 
Perfect Path Tecnologies ‘The Gate’
grannyring,You will note that your "kindest and most professional posters" who I have seen exhibit quite different behaviours (this is not the only place he posts), came after me first.I admittedly made one small snarky comment which I took down. ... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
Best answer yet!Laughing at myself allows me to enjoy the music more and fret less :-) tooblue1,112 posts11-05-2019 1:22pmStep 1 enjoy the music, there are no more steps. 
The science of opinion ...
Your post suggests there is anyone "harmed". Would you care to address how anyone has been harmed and what specific actions have harmed them. I don’t have to act as the harmed one, I am just the latest in a long string I expect of people who have ... 
The science of opinion ...
Thank you for providing a prime example of some of the things discussed in this article and similar ones ....If I am tearing anything down, then it was teetering already. Feel free to address the aspects of what I write as they relate to audio ins...