bar81
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| Who has found happiness giving up cd player? Herman,My comments were not questioning how good your system can sound. My comments were directed at your reference to tone controls/EQs which are not generally associated with quality reproduction and neither are streaming radio stations and othe... | |
| Who has found happiness giving up cd player? Sounds like fun? Well, I guess if it's not about the quality, then more power to you. | |
| Who has found happiness giving up cd player? Mbhintz,The QB-9 also does 192.Camelboy,Precisely. Why give up the ease of a CD player, particularly when you can buy a model with quality digital inputs and have the best of both worlds. In any case, computers don't do SACD and the selection of h... | |
| Interested in Focal Scala Utopias Elviukai,My comments were regarding someone not hearing any sibilance at all with the Scala. Now that I have the Scala spiked into the ground there is no sibilance generally unless, of course, as you noted, it is in the recording (and ime, sibilan... | |
| Interested in Focal Scala Utopias Someone might not hear sibilance if the system is using components/cables that play with the treble or the system is less than transparent or the listener is not particularly bothered by it such that they do not notice it or maybe a million other ... | |
| Speaker isolation or absorbtion - what is best? As always with audio, it depends. With my old Focal Alto speakers they sounded best with spikes on couplers and Herbie's dbNeutralizer pads under the couplers. However, with my new Focal Scala speakers they sound best spiked directly into the floo... | |
| Interested in Focal Scala Utopias Elviokai,I like how you put it. Intolerant to sibilance is I think a *huge* understatement. I was going crazy from the sibilance which I never had with the Alto. I tried everything and then figured out the problem. The Scala must be spiked directl... | |
| LessLoss Signature vs Synergistic Python CX I think you mean Shunyata Python CX. | |
| SACD availability I received my first four SHM-SACDs yesterday (Aja, Velvet Underground, Stones (ABKCO 2002 master) and Police (A&M 2003 master)).I popped in Aja and have been listening to it all morning. It sounds fantastic - open, clear and liquid. With regar... | |
| Can I output DolbyTrueHD/DTS HD in 2.1 on PS3/OPPO Yes, you will be able to output 2.0 PCM full resolution (up to 24/48 and maybe higher depending on the title and the player) over spdif and the analogue outputs of both the PS3 and Oppo player. The players will mix the 5.0 soundtrack down into 2.0... | |
| SACD availability Other than classical and jazz releases, there are actually new SACDs being released off of new masters right now (e.g., Steely Dan - Aha, Dire Straits - self titled, etc.) but not in the US and they are limited releases (read, very expensive). The... | |
| AMR / EMM / PLAYBACK Designs Teenill,I have yet to set up a server or any other kind of digital music delivery device as currently there simply isn't really any hi resolution digital I'm interested in. Hopefully, the selection will improve sooner rather than later and I can j... | |
| AMR / EMM / PLAYBACK Designs Yes, I have installed the firmware. Btw, what is the set up you are using for 96/24 and above? | |
| AMR / EMM / PLAYBACK Designs Teenill,Have you called EMM to ask? They are probably the best place to start. Unfortunately, I don't currently use the digital inputs with anything higher than 48/24 so I can't help. | |
| APS Pure Power A/C Regenerators This is all third hand off the internet so grain of salt, etc. From what I have read, the PurePower 2000 sounds markedly better than the lower end models despite the fact that the manufacturer says it shouldn't. Also, it allegedly is better soundi... |