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| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? eisen0169 ... here’s the thing: so far, just using free Spotify 44.1 redbook quality ... Free Spotify is no better than 160 kbit/s according to its website. That's lo-res lossy. | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. Many differentially balanced components will yield 6dB more gain when operated fully balanced - that is, balanced input and output. Another way to look at that is a 6dB improvement in s/n. That can be noticeable. | |
| Question for Ayre EX-8 owners So long as you’re consistent with the input, you could use either channel for left or right. If you use the speaker connector on the right, make sure the right channel input cables are connected directly below. | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? calvinj ... thanks for the suggestion. I wasn’t referring to you in my response ... Oh, understood, I figured that out! After a while, it's easy to follow the players here. I mentioned audioaficionado.org not only because it really is t... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? uberk Would love to engage with fellow McIntosh and Nordost users ... without all the BS. Still looking for a forum like that Audioaficionado.org "The Friendly Forum For High-End Audio." It has many experienced users and none of the nonsense t... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? calvinj There is also in some cases where with some people you have to accept that they will always want to so called win an argument. Exactly, and they will work to create argument where none exists. For example, if someone claims, "... | |
| Where does music come from that streams? carlsbad2 Lots of BS in this thread. They often come from CDs, they picture the CD art usually. According to David Solomon of Qobuz, its files are delivered directly from the record companies. Who is your source? | |
| Where does music come from that streams? The digital files are delivered directly from the record companies. | |
| Have At Err! mikepowellaudio The part that never ceases to perplex me is that I am on the buyers side.. I speak out against the industry and wear the black sheep moniker in order to expose the borderline contempt for the buyer in this industry. As a long t... | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 atmasphere ... The goal of the balanced line system is to eliminate sonic artifacts of the cable and eliminate ground loops. To do that, the equipment has to support the balanced line standard, known as AES48 ... With all respect to Ralph, tha... | |
| klipsch cornwall iv upgraded crossovers perkadin There are thousands of audio videos on YouTube, some of them with terrific A/B comparisons. I'll never understand why people think they know what something sounds like based on a lossy YT video. It's like using mp3 files as demo t... | |
| Have At Err! This guy is just another Youtube audio clown. There are quite a few of them. | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? scottwheel Clearly you are not familiar with foobar 2000 amount other programs Logical fallacy, ad hominem: Typically this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the pe... | |
| Am I reaching the max power / amplitude of my Rotel RB-951 power amp? thatguyyouknow I am only able to get up to a maximum of 70 decibels with the meter in between the speakers. The clipping indicator on the amp does not come on at any point. Since I seem to have such a distinct cutoff in volume, regardless of the... | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? scottwheel Do whatever the hell you want ... What you or anybody else does with that information is up to you and them. Thanks for granting your approval, but we really don't need your permission before making a decision. You'll have to live ... |