bruce19
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| Old phones as streaming sources @mdalton Thanks. Was not aware of hifi news. The really do have a who’s who of high end streamer tests! So lets assume that frequency and noise floor are pretty much settled issues with differences that are pretty much below the human level of de... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @lanx0003 Well I'm open to the notion that it could all be fictitious. Personal experiance suggests there ARE differences between streamers BUT I have never been "blown away" by those differences as some profess to have been. My experiance with su... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources That is a nice piece by archimago, almost exactly what I was looking for except it would have been better if he could have measured output from one or more of the high end devices he mentions at the start of the piece, as well. It is difficult to ... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Earlier in the thread some negativity if not distinct animosity was directed at the poor little phone. It stinks, is shite, it sucks, ….really? I feel some need to defend this diminutive communications device and it’s heritage, particularly as it ... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources That more like it. I was beginning to feel completely mis-understood, not to mention stirring some mysterious anger towards inanimate objects that is just not good for you, people. Thanks for this first line @benanders you recruited a lot of s... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @fuzztone It needs to be noted that a Pi is not a "single purpose" built device. It was conceived and built as a small computer that would be a teaching tool to get young folks interested in computers and programming. They are frequently used as a... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @soix So, did you compare running the iPhone direct into the DAC8 versus going through your Aries? If you don’t hear a significant improvement through the Aries, well, let’s just say we greatly differ in our experiences. The Auralic Aries i... | |
| Will streaming ever be "audiophile-worthy"? OP Curious question. Mind sharing why you ask? | |
| Drag on driver causing noise @toddalin +1 I was going to suggest the same. | |
| Old phones as streaming sources My central point is that by stripping away as many of the non-essential functions of the phone as possible I perceive it to improve as a digital source and I wonder if others have similar experiences. The persuasive explanation for this would be t... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Well that is fine @soix , but I think you would be better served by prefacing your comments with "in my opinion" which is what it is. My points of reference are a Auralic Aries streamer and a OktoResearch Dac8, both of which are in another league ... | |
| All speakers have a little EQ built in @elliottbnewcombjr I’m with you 100% on the AR’s, I used to listen to the Nightbird on AR 4’s. I restored the 2 AX’s and they help reinforce that hi-fi hasn’t changed as much as some people think in the last 50 years. :-) I had to recon the woofer... | |
| All speakers have a little EQ built in @dougsat I agree. Since building two pairs of open baffle, single driver speakers with no crossovers, I have found that they have virtues that sit them equal to my LS 50s, Klipsch heresy, ones, and AR 2AX’s. I also have measured my hearing and hav... | |
| Very Very Interesting NYC Venue and Meeting Place @pindac Thanks! This is an interesting place with a philosophy of listening that appeals. May visit. Always interested in promising speaker and amp kits and plans. | |
| Sun Valley vs Sun Audio 300b @clustrocasual I am also interested in your quest. Seems like one day I will have to build a 300B and have followed Skunkie and others on the topic. The thing about Vikto Kung is that it is not clear how you buy from him, at least from what I have... |