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| PassLabs 350.8 versus Ayre MXR Twenty I agree with others that suggest to audition both amps in your system, but realistically I don't know how you arrange for that.FWIW, I owned the Ayre MXR-20s and the Pass Labs X350.8 at the same time. My speakers are Rockport Altairs. They're no... | |
| 14 Year Old Female Drummer No disrespect to Sina but it seems that someone is trying to market her via a series of YouTubes rather than give her decent drum lessons. The rock songs she's playing along with are so basic that most student drummers can get to this level in 3 -... | |
| Puzzled... This may help as a reference to view DRC rates for various albums & CDs, http://dr.loudness-war.info/ | |
| ARE DCS Dacs worth the high cost? As folkfreak has commented, it depends on many variables. I've owned many DACs which recently included a 4-box Paganini stack (DAC, Upsampler, Clock and SACD/CD player), a Lumin S1 single box music server/DAC and a Rossini single box music server... | |
| The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway @folkfreak I have the ATCO SD-2-401 release and agree that it's well done. Not to divert this discussion but is everyone familiar with the live recording in LA of Lamb on the 'Genesis Live 1967-75' 4 CD box set (Atlantic 82858-2). It's an amazi... | |
| What's needed to Steam Tidal @luvrockin It's not the quality of the USB or optical cable or running a different music player on your MacBook. The reason your BlueSound Vault 2 sounds better than your MacBook is mainly because your BlueSound is likely specifically built for au... | |
| How Is MQA Fareing? @bec1195Lots of back & forth about SQ improvements of MQA on TIDAL. IMHO, I've only heard improvement when comparing MQA to CD Redbook (lossless) tracks on TIDAL and that's only with the initial unfold to 48k/24-bit. Admittedly, improvement on... | |
| Would "Sgt. Pepper's" be a better album if..... @sbs38I think the 50th anniversary edition of Sgt. Pepper's that Giles Martin produced was released earlier this year. Here are details, https://www.beatlesbible.com/2017/04/05/beatles-sgt-pepper-50th-anniversary-edition/I believe you can stream ... | |
| 2017 Honest Cabling that doesn’t promote bankruptcy blindjim,Yes, over the years I always had a full loom of matching SR cables & typically purchased their most costly model starting years ago with the Tesla Apex series, then Element CTS and most recently the Atmosphere Level 4 line. I also had... | |
| VAC vs Conrad Johnson Amps? Prof,Speaker mating is important especially with many tube amps. I had a VAC Phi 300.1A and it drove my Focal Utopias very well with ample bass control. When I upgraded my speakers to Rockport Altairs, I lost a good deal of bass reproduction. It... | |
| 2017 Honest Cabling that doesn’t promote bankruptcy I agree with the Cerious Graphene Extreme (GE) recommendations for their build quality, sound quality and unprecedented value. I have a full loom and in my system they're more extended (better high & lows) and three-dimensional than Synergist... | |
| Antelope 10MX Rubidium Atomic Clock vs S.S 10M Rubidium Audio Clock @zephyr24069 Thanks for the clarification. Looks like there may be no financial shortcuts to using a non-dCS external clock with a Rossini. | |
| Antelope 10MX Rubidium Atomic Clock vs S.S 10M Rubidium Audio Clock @folkfreak I really appreciate the fast response. I still don't understand whether the Cybershaft clock will work for a dCS Rossini DAC. As you know the Rossini DAC has 2 Word Clock inputs, so it can be supplied with either 44.1kHz or 48kHz clock... | |
| Antelope 10MX Rubidium Atomic Clock vs S.S 10M Rubidium Audio Clock I have a dCS Rossini. I thought it requires an external clock that generates 10MHz and 5MHz to cover both sample rates. Does the Cybershaft do this? | |
| MQA according to new Stereophile "loudness button" and "tweaking EQ in presence region" With all due respect, anyone that doesn't hear the difference in MQA, just do a simple A-B listening test using TIDAL Masters. Even if your DAC doesn't support MQA, listen to Beyonce's song called 'Daddy Lessons' from the Lemonade album. Cue up ... |