calvinandhobbes
Responses from calvinandhobbes
| Auralic Aries FWIW, the Pro-ject Stream Box sounds quite good. I haven't listened to too many higher priced streamers, but I listened to a $7500 Naim NDX 2 as a streamer feeding my Pontus II DAC and without comparing head-to-head, I'm not sure I could confident... | |
| Music Servers, Do They Matter? My understanding of why the quality of the streaming source or server matters is because of the EMI that these components can generate. General purpose computing devices such as PCs and Mac aren't focused on minimizing the amount of electrical noi... | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices High-end audio pricing completely makes sense from a macroeconomic standpoint. Due to shifts in income distribution in the past 50 years, fewer people can afford mid-priced audio gear, but a small number of individuals can afford more than ever. S... | |
| Wilson Audio Sabrina X Reviewed ! WOW @james633 I appreciate hearing your thoughts on the sound quality of good affordable speakers and good expensive speakers. As with any product, the marginal improvements with audio must also get smaller and smaller as you go up in price. My commen... | |
| Wilson Audio Sabrina X Reviewed ! WOW I have to say that I tend to read audio equipment reviews, especially those of expensive equipment, with a grain of salt. I had a chance to hear the new SabrinaX speakers recently while I was auditioning DACs. The SabrinaXs were powered by a Simau... | |
| Streamer Advice / Recommendation for Denafrips R2R DAC Not if you’re feeding it into the Denon. Feeding that nice, high-end signal into an AVR is like putting crappy tires on a Porsche100% agree. | |
| Streamer Advice / Recommendation for Denafrips R2R DAC @fuzztone Just curious as to what the Pro-ject streamer does better than the Bluesound Node in terms of sound quality? I've read that but haven't seen specifics.Also, what benefits do you hear from adding the LPS to the Pro-ject streamer? Thank you! | |
| Streamer Advice / Recommendation for Denafrips R2R DAC The relatively inexpensive Pro-ject Stream Box Ultra S2 is working well for me with my Pontus II DAC. I'm pretty sensitive to digital glare and have avoided listening to much digital audio for the last 32 years for that reason. But the Pontus II d... | |
| Rega DAC ? I found the original Rega DAC to sound a bit soft and lacking in resolution. It was loaned to me by a friend that also loaned me a Denafrips Ares II. The Rega DAC went back to him pretty quickly. The Ares II stayed in my system for 5-6 months. | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... Your categorization of the Qutest, Yggy and Pontus aligns with my experience. I would say that the Ares has a bit more harshness than the Pontus.I'm pretty sensitive to digital glare and have avoided listening to much digital audio for the last 32... | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions +1 to what @patrickdowns and @lalitk suggested for improved sound quality. The suggestions from @lalitk align with my experience as well To get the best out of Node, you need to use,1) Ethernet with decent quality LAN cable, like Supra CAT8,2) Ext... | |
| Streaming Transport without DAC- few choices I’m very satisfied with the sound of the $800 Pro-ject Stream Box Ultra S2. It’s based on a Raspberry Pi with the power supplies and analog sections optimized for low noise. It certainly sounds better than a laptop or iPhone that I used for a shor... | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget @dfwbach The Monitor Audio Silver 300s are just warm enough to avoid sounding harsh. To my ears, they are pretty neutral and quite revealing of upstream source components. | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget Monitor Audio Silver 300s have a fast, but refined sound which I find works well for acoustic music such as classical and jazz. By "fast", I mean a speaker that sounds agile and responsive. I mention "fast", because that is what I do like about el... | |
| Electrical circuit "noise" @cdnorris Thank you for sharing what your company has learned. Rejection or reduction of RFI and other forms of analog EMI seems to be the improvement that many audio products seen as "snake oil" can actually make in sound quality. The 'bits are b... |