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| Tidal vs. Spotify Geifman, Chrome works like a charm on Mac; I like it better than Safari m'self. I'm a little stunned that you'd pass up full-res access to damn near every recording in the universe over the choice of a browser.To each his own. ;-) | |
| Help with System Musicality This is an oversimplification, but the answer is tubes. | |
| Tidal vs. Spotify Tidal all the way! No contest for sound quality, at least as rendered through Squeezebox touch. And the catalog is good enough for a good time. | |
| my ethernet cable? Oh, c'mon, Jea! It's just zeroes and ones -- why overthink it like that? ;-)To answer your question, the extra 25' of my Monoprice run was in a jumbled mess in the basement. Perhaps not as detrimental as a coil, but the music is better now for sur... | |
| DAC That Streams Hi-Res Tidal As long as you've set up the ickstream plugin on your Touch, any DAC will take its coaxial input. To my ears, Tidal via Touch>coax>DAC sounds much better than laptop (Chrome browser)>USB>DAC. | |
| my ethernet cable? Margot, it doesn't look like the Bluejeans 6a is shielded, but my perception of the sonic improvements agrees with Al's hunch that they are somehow related to noise rejection. Also the shorter run means that it's not a scientific comparison.As I'v... | |
| my ethernet cable? I replaced a 75' run of cheap Monoprice Cat6 that goes from my office router, down into the basement, and up into the living room stereo system with a 50' run of Blue Jeans 6a for the purpose of getting the most out of my TIDAL subscription.The di... | |
| PS AUDIO PERFECT WAVE MKII Great responses so far. The preamp/direct question seems to be one of those things that can be very unpredictable and influenced by impedance matching and many other factors. I'm willing to bet that the MKII > Amp can be bettered by a very, ver... | |
| what drivers are best? thinking of a DIY project Audio Nirvana 15' drivers blew me away at RMAF. They were leashed to an EL34 tube amp, and I was astounded by the coherence and extension that could be had for the price. | |
| Tidal HiFi Streaming? I've never had a single hiccup from Tidal, either with the Chrome-based web player or the ickstream plugin for Squeezebox Touch. Very, very happy here. | |
| What is you TIDAL setup? I run a PS Audio PWD II. I get my TIDAL via router > Ethernet cable > Squeezebox Touch > coax > DAC. Last night I A/B'd this setup against router > wifi > Macbook Air > TIDAL in Chrome browser > USB > DAC and it wasn't e... | |
| Most sophisticated and intelligent musician The answer may be David Byrne. | |
| Melodious Jazz Funk Soul Album with great drumming What you're looking for is a Harvey Mason Album called _Marching in the Streets._ | |
| Dan D'agostino Momentum Integrated amp My tastes lean towards tubes, but at RMAF this integrated driving the Wilson Duet II monitors was one of my favorite rooms of all. The sound was simply sublime. | |
| TIDAL Lossless Streaming Service Eastein, that's great to know. I've had my eye on the Aries in case my Touch ever blows up.Lately I've been living like this: 1) Peruse the Music Direct and Acoustic Sounds LP catalogs with a highlighter in hand. 2) Mark all the titles I would hav... |