bipod72
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| Tidal FLAC vs. Qobuz @mojo771 I get high-res because my CXN is directly connected to the internet via ethernet. My phone is merely the control just like you but I control via my wi-fi connection. I"m not transmitting the stream from my phone. "But to get hi-res flac... | |
| Tidal FLAC vs. Qobuz If you're utilizing the BlueOs via a phone (apple or android) or tablet to control your Node and the source is Tidal, you aren't using bluetooth if everything is connected to your wi-fi network. The only way you would be using bluetooth is if you'... | |
| Building a dedicated listening room @8th-note Your room sounds like a well-lived-in, well-loved audio space which is a big, non-quantifiable, aspect of its musicality. I like a room to look as if people live in it vs. a space that is antiseptically designed for one task that must be... | |
| Building a dedicated listening room The biggest issue to tackle with any room that is dedicated to audio listening is controlling reverb and minimizing delayed reverb. And by that, I mean if you completely eliminate all reverb in a room it will sound dead and lifeless. As an archite... | |
| What to do with a large collection If you have the inclination and time, you could bundle your CDs into "lots" and sell them on Discogs/Ebay. So if you have several CDs of certain composers, bundle them like a box set and sell them that way. The alternative is to trade them in for... | |
| Cost Incurred to Achieve a Vinyl LP Replay I am beginning to suspect that someone is using ChapGPT to generate the above word salad by using the prompt "Write a forum entry in the style of a European Audiophile who only listens to vinyl records on expensive audio equipment" | |
| Structural beam in middle of listening room Watching the house literally around you in the pursuit of sonic perfection and reconfiguring the structure for no audible gain in this situation is not a good idea, IMO. The slim column is a simple pipe column and the beam is most likely a few ... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape When I went off to college in the early 90s my dad decided to update his hi-fi system and gave me his rack of "separates" which included an Onkyo receiver, graphic EQ, tape deck, technics turntable, and Sony 5 CD changer, and a Sony R2R. I lived ... | |
| Is there such a thing as a good medium priced music streamer? I have the Marantz NR1510 and I use the HEOS app all the time for streaming Spotify and Tune-In radio. The interface isn't great but when I use Spotify to stream I'm using the Spotify app to control what I listen to. I only interface with the HEOS... | |
| Aggrivated tinnitus from speakers? I have more noticeable tinnitus in my left ear vs the right and any bright sounding system will cause me to turn down the volume if my system isn't set right. I recently moved to a new home and just finally got around to using the Audyssey softwar... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Cycling through the following the past week: Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr. Boondigga FFD - Blackbird New Pornographers - Continue as a Guest, Challengers Calexico - El Mirado and Seasonal Shift Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder Sharon Jones &... | |
| Help with streamer software I second @mahler123. I have the Cambridge CXN V2. The price point is hard to beat right now on it and it streams everything I could possibly want. I have my network library plugged in, my CD transport runs through it, and with the selection of str... | |
| "I'm a believer" @mahgister Oh I agree on the acoustics of the space probably being one of the most important factors in getting the acoustical characteristics you're hoping for out of the components and speakers you have. I know that if I went out and spent $5K o... | |
| "I'm a believer" @waytoomuchstuff I agree with what you're saying but I think there are actual qualitative steps in manufacturing quality across many sectors including audio components and speakers, but the ceiling price point where diminishing return sets in, in ... | |
| "I'm a believer" There is definitely a Rule of Diminishing return just as there is the Sunk Cost Fallacy. I suspect that the Venn diagram of those two circles would be close to one circle in some cases for certain audiophiles. For example, someone subconsciously s... |