calvinandhobbes
Responses from calvinandhobbes
| New to streaming, looking for a budget streamer The Project Stream Box S2 Ultra is also worth your consideration. SQ is quite good and could be better than that of the Node from comparisons I have read.These were several reasonably priced upgrades that I have found to result in noticeable sonic... | |
| iPhone/iPad good as a source, or get a streamer? I just went through this and got a Pro-ject Stream Box S2 Ultra. It definitely sounded better than my iPhone. Other potential improvements that I've found to have good ROI in terms of improving sound quality of my Pro-ject streamer are:1. Turning ... | |
| The value of Bad. Knowing what you don't want, is as valuable as knowing what you do. +1. There are many flavors of "good" when it comes to audio.With working from home recently, I've been listening to a lot of streaming. That allows me to easily change my music as my moods and what I'm doing changes throughout the day. Does it sou... | |
| All about streaming First, I can confirm your listening impressions:I’ve noticed that when listening to the same material, the mp3’s sound much better than the Spotify version. I’ve also found that local files sound better than streaming files. My understanding is th... | |
| Any way to listen to wav or high bit files with anything approaching audiophile sound? If OP is not sure what he wants, you're suggesting that he spend $10k+ to get something that does what? For the record, he never listed a price range or budget for equipment. | |
| Any way to listen to wav or high bit files with anything approaching audiophile sound? I'm getting great sound from a Pro-ject Stream Box Ultra S2. If you put your WAV files on a USB flash drive, external hard drive, or external solid state drive, it will plug right into the back of the Pro-ject streamer and be output to an external... | |
| Harley quote BTW, I'm not denying that measurements don't matter. My perspective is that there seem to be some aspects of audio reproduction that are not captured by our current equipment, measurements, or even combinations of measurements that are meaningful.... | |
| Harley quote +1 to the comment from @jaytor " If a particular listener prefers one product over another, that's ALL that counts."I've been listening to 5 USB cables with the express objective of figuring out how little I can spend on a USB cable and still get... | |
| Why so many angry audiophiles? Perhaps some people base their self-esteem on being right & audio is so subjective that there are many flavors of "right". Does the music make you feel happy? I feel that's all the "rightness" that someone needs in relation to listening to music. | |
| If you had to pick a laptop or mini-PC, which one? If the new computer will be dedicated only to being a music streamer, you might get better sound quality from a dedicated streamer that is more optimized to reduce the amount of electrical noise. The Pro-ject Stream Box Ultra S2 is only $850 &... | |
| Pro-Ject Extension 12 to SME Model 10 My suggestion would be to listen to it to help you make a decision. It would be very hard to determine whether to make the switch even based on the impressions of someone that has heard both. At a certain level of audio product, what's "better" be... | |
| Pathos amplifiers comparison I'm listening to a Classic One right now connected to Monitor Audio Silver 300 speakers. I find the Classic One to have a really nice tonal quality with a smooth midrange and high frequencies, but with no loss of detail or resolution. Downsides ar... | |
| Options for $1k or less DAC? +1 on the Denafrips Ares II. The one caveat is that to my ears there might be some harshness, but less harshness than many other DACs under $1k from reviews I've read (i.e., Topping D90 as a prime example of a DAC with the opposite type of sound f... | |
| What’s the benefit of placing speakers like this? (diagonally at the corner) I think my current listening space in my hexagonal shaped bedroom has pretty much the same effect as the setup in the Vinnie Rossi article. I chose to treat the 1st order reflection coming from a short wall next to my left speaker, but otherwise ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? This may have been mentioned; I didn't see it in this thread. Adding a streamer means that music is no longer coming from your iPad. You would sign into streaming services (Qobuz, Spotify, Tidal) on the streamer, music is sent directly to the stre... |