chocaholic
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| Finding (calculating?) speaker and amp impedance Good timing for this topic. Using a pair of Focal Aria 936’s with a PL HP Integrated and all is good. But…I just had my 45 year old Sansui AU-717 fully restored and it’s in transit as I type this. Per Stereophile’s review, these speakers drop to a... | |
| Want to add vinyl to my system. @mijostyn You posted something I’ve never heard before….VPI and Linn are junk. Obviously I find this surprising considering their overwhelming market success and my own experience. Care to explain your rationale for such a statement? | |
| Favourite Guitarists Tommy Emanuel. | |
| Favourite Guitarists There’s Joe Pass at number 1. Far below that there’s all those other guys at numbers 2+. | |
| Bluetooth vs Turntable Recommendations BluSound Node. Under $500 and will be better than you imagined possible. Do a search. | |
| Totally Ridiculous....Auditions on YouTube! Always been a pet peeve of mine regarding high end audio. Lots of discussion about hearing a “difference”. Many thousands are spent to hear a difference without regard to whether the “difference” is also an improvement. Changing the sound of a... | |
| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to There are two DK songs that stand out. Not much else IMO. Haven’t listen to NJ at all. Generally prefer instrumentals. But played Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass earlier today. Forgot how good that was. In any case… Temptation and Sway | |
| Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"? Statements like this one make me chuckle. “Studio monitors were designed by people that dont understand how sound works”. This after proclaiming there is no such thing as a studio monitor. And never a word of consideration that an audio en... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions Simply put…buy what you like the looks of and make sure it is absolutely isolated from vibration. If you’re on anything other than a concrete floor consider a solid wall mounted shelf…perfectly level. If you want to agonize over the selection pro... | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up PL Dialogue HP Integrated here. Sublime within 15 minutes of power-up. 4 hours? Sounds like your confirmation bias needs adjustment! | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES Been playing with Spotify and Qobuz. SQ on Qobuz is better, but one of the things I enjoy most about streaming is putting in the name of a favorite artist and listening through a playlist of similar artists, many that I’ve never heard of. A great ... | |
| Pontus ii and Hi Res @fuzztone Well, yes. I had no idea what MQA was, so it wasn’t a consideration. Thanks again to all for your help. Happy holidays! | |
| Pontus ii and Hi Res @rockrider DUDE!!!! If you are in the Atlanta area, I owe you dinner. You nailed it. I had no idea I was to control the source through the Blusound app. Problem solved. DAC recognizes high resolution just fine. All is good. Will stick with Qobuz ... | |
| Pontus ii and Hi Res @rockrider Yes, using a Wireworld coax cable currently. No difference. Could it be because I’m streaming via Bluetooth from my iPad to the Node? | |
| Pontus ii and Hi Res Yes, am on Qobuz now (free trial). Currently streaming at 24 bit 192 kHz but DAC doesn’t seem to recognize anything above 44.1 kHz (x1 multiplier). That’s my concern. As such, Qobuz is no better than Spotify. Concerned my new Pontus is malfunctio... |