audphile1
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| Thoughts and suggestions please Cool @cleeds I take all the points that I said and you highlighted as incorrect back. Yes the gen z and millennials are the biggest buyers when it comes to CDs and vinyl. And yes the buy up all the new music on physical media. I was wrong. You ca... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please My local record store charges $5 per CD and provides me with $2 credit when I bring it back, so the CD cost is $3. Many times only one song off a CD makes it to my playlist, so if you are paying $3 per song for a high resolution file, then that i... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please I know a lot of members here hate MQA but I’ve found that Tidal MQA albums sound amazing with my Meitner MA3i DAC. The Meitner MA3i upsamples everything to DSD1024 and it seems to minimize the difference between Qobuz and Tidal. I listen to both a... | |
| Another request for Streamer Transport options Look into this used Bricasti M3 DAC with network card. You can use it as a roon endpoint. American made. Should be around $3000-$3500. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650232822-bricasti-m3-dac-with-network-card/ Honestly with $3,000 budget y... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please Nice system @redlenses03 former pass labs preamp/amp owner myself. Used to have XP-22 into X260.8 monos driving my Wilson Sabrina. Simplified my system and no longer have the Pass stuff but have fond memories of it all. | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please Not telling anyone what to do here @cleeds and not advocating for any type of source If you want yo stream and buy CDs and vinyl please go ahead. I no longer buy vinyl but I still buy a CD once in a while. | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please Physical media is a very niche market at this point targeting old school audiophiles. It’s the reality. If you use streaming for discovery only and you’re buying and listening to CDs and or vinyl it means your streaming is not on the level and or ... | |
| Thoughts on DAC option Changing DAC won’t fix that problem. Biggest culprits there are recording quality, room acoustics, speakers and inadequate bass. Top end harshness can be balanced out by adding a sub. | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please They can be transferred over as an entire playlist using Sondiiz. | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @ronboco i should have clarified…. so for example I have a Roon playlist with Qobuz tracks. For some reason, and by the way it actually happens, an album featuring these tracks is no longer available on Qobuz. These tracks would still be in the R... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please @ronboco there’s software on the market that transfers playlists. One such example is Soundiiz in a very unlikely event you would need to use it. I would not purchase the tracks though at least until there are some indication that the service is... | |
| Last Critical Tweak… how to quell occasional high harshness…? Too many possible culprits. I’ll start with the simplest and the cheapest options- 1. Speaker placement - how far apart are your speakers (center to center); what’s the distance between center of horn driver to side wall and front wall (that’s th... | |
| Pass-through Roon Endpoints When I tried WiiM Pro it wasn’t yet certified with Roon. Good to know they finally got that done. It’s an OK streamer with Qobuz and Tidal but I wouldn’t put it in a system with B&W 800 series speakers. What you need to consider is the fol... | |
| Seeking to upgrade from Weiss Dac 204 Don’t buy any new components unless you heard them in a system you’re very familiar with, preferably your own, and there’s a return policy. If you’re blind buying, buy used. To really understand what the new DAC is doing in your system you need to... | |
| Pass-through Roon Endpoints Is WiiM Pro a certified Roon endpoint now? Or are you streaming from Roon to WiiM using AirPlay? How are you streaming to Bluesound? How is all this set up? What sources are you using? Qobuz, Tidal, Spotify, local music files? If you don’t hear an... |