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| Pet Peeve -- why do headphone companies make the LEFT and RIGHT symbols so hard to locate Many Sennheiser headphones have 3 small bumps on the left earpiece near where it connects to the headband. That makes it easy to tell which way the headphones go without having to look at them. You can just feel for the bumps. | |
| Streamer wanted I don’t know if this helps, and I don’t own the product myself, but the Arcam rPlay works with the DTS Play-Fi app, which has a critical listening mode that is supposed to allow you to listen to hi-res audio. From Arcam: "NOTE: Files up to 16-bit/... | |
| What do you use for streaming Classical? I mostly listen to classical (but sometimes other things) and I’ve been happy with Qobuz playing on a streamer controlled by Roon. It isn’t perfect of course, but most of the time I can easily find the particular version of a work I’m looking for,... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music A book you might want to consider is "The Indispensable Composers" by Anthony Tommasini, who is the chief classical music critic for the New York Times. It’s a brief history of classical music, roughly in chronological order, with lots of sugg... | |
| Is the marantz 30N or ruby almost a universal player I think there may have been a miscommunication. That player can't play DVD-Audio (also known as DVD-A) discs. According to the manual the discs it can play are SACD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW. The file types it can play are MP3, WMA, A... | |
| external DAC with SACD The SA8005 isn't capable of outputting DSD. When you're playing an SACD layer there is no digital output of any kind, so your only option is to use the analog output. (When you're playing a CD layer you have your choice of digital or analog output.) | |
| The value of a good FM tuner?......, now and in the future... Unfortunately streaming of radio stations typically has a pitifully low bitrate, with something like 128 kbps mp3 or aac being common. It's nice to have such a wide selection, but it definitely isn't audiophile quality in most cases. If you go to ... | |
| Seeking advice on high kHz annoyance in my system If you say exactly where in those recordings you hear the problem, many of us can listen to the same spots and let you know if we hear the ringing or buzzing too. Which tracks, and how many seconds into those tracks? What kind of notes -- low or h... | |
| Seeking advice on high kHz annoyance in my system By the way, the same thing happens with other stringed instruments. If you’re right next to a violin you’ll hear ringing noises that don’t sound very musical, especially when a note is dying away. You aren’t normally aware of those sounds because ... | |
| Seeking advice on high kHz annoyance in my system Pianos really do make lots of high frequency ringing sounds because of the way the higher strings sympathetically resonate with any notes that are being played. There are no dampers on the highest strings, and when the pianist steps on the sustain... | |
| Cambridge Audio CXN V2 I haven't used the USB input, but according to the manual it does support external hard drives and flash drives. Just be aware that if you use that method you'll only be able to see folder names and file names, with no other information about the ... | |
| Internet radio for Luddites I don't want to belabor the point, but the CXN(V2) isn't app based. There is an app available, but it's unnecessary for what you want to do. Everything related to internet radio can be set up and controlled entirely from the front panel or the inf... | |
| Internet radio for Luddites The CXN(V2) doesn’t have a touchscreen. It has a screen to display the stations and presets, and you turn a knob to scroll through them, and push the knob in to select the one you want. I think that’s about as close as you’ll get to an old fashion... | |
| Internet radio for Luddites You might consider a Cambridge Audio CXN(V2) streamer. I’m not certain of the price in the UK, but I believe it meets your budget requirement. It streams internet radio stations, and you can search for stations and create presets using the screen ... |