david12
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| Three best audiophile CD/LP in your collection The trouble with Audiophile recordings is, so often the music isn't up to the recording quality. My two favourites for some years, great music and recording: Sara K-Waterfalls, on the Stockfisch label, Mark Murphy-Love is What Stays, on Verve ... | |
| ARC Ref 75 vs. Ref 75 SE When I bought my REF 75, I compared it with a 110 and the difference was really quite large. I also had time against a REF 150 and again I preferred the 75, though it was'nt a better sound, merely one I preferred, the 150 certainly had better gri... | |
| Best standalone music server? I have just started using an Innuos Zenith. This is a UK/Portugese Server and certainly very keenly priced, here in the UK. It should be good in the US, with the current $/£ exchange rate. It has recently become available over the pond, I believ... | |
| Best female vocal recording on CD? Two observations on this thread. Firstly, aren't we fortunate that there are so many great female vocalists around. All the way through this thread, I have been thinking, "Oh yes, I forgot her". There are just so many around, most of them never g... | |
| Sonus Faber Olympica II Speakers vs. something else? I have heard The Olympica II's and the Sabrina in adjacent rooms at a small dealer's show and there was no comparison. Both are lovely speakers and at the price the Sonus Faber are great sounding, but the Sabrinas on the end of ARC amps, which the... | |
| anybody ever heard of the Innuos ZENtih music server? Did you buy the Zenith, I ordered mine today? | |
| anybody ever heard of the Innuos ZENtih music server? Well, I attended the show and the three models were there to compare through Oppo headphones and Chord headphone amp/DACs. As I expected, the bottom unit, the ZEN Mini was well outclassed, but the Zen and Zenith were close, to be frank. The Zenith... | |
| Looking to upgrade my preamp, suggestions? I agree with Lalitk, the Modright 36.5 is very hard to beat and IMHO, better than an ARC pre at the same price point. I compared my 36.5 with the more expensive ARC Ref 3 and clearly preferred the Modright | |
| I'm considering replacing my passive preamp with a tubes. Is it worth it? I did just that, switch from a passive to a tube pre. I was using a DIY built copy of one of the best current Passives, the Music First Audio Baby Reference. It was truly excellent, neutral, transparent, detailed, but. I felt I was missing some dy... | |
| Best standalone music server? "Mine as I have stated is to have something tangible in my hands when I have paid good money for it.Now just as an example, I bought some cd,s say and I decided I did not like them, well I am going to rip them to flac files anyway and then resell ... | |
| Best female vocal recording on CD? What surprisess me is how many of these artists would be on my all time list too. That includes artists I would think were less well known, like Sarah Jarosz. There are some omissions, I would think would be on a lot of peoples lists, some very w... | |
| Best standalone music server? I agree about the non demise of CDs. They have to be the cheapest way to get new music. Second hand CDs in charity shops or on Amazon, can be had for almost nothing. I don't agree that Tidal or Q bus subscriptions are cheap either, particularly wh... | |
| Best standalone music server? Getting back to the original posters request, a Server which includes ripping, a possibility I haven't seen suggested is Innuos. This UK/Portuguese collaboration has had a very good review on HiFi Plus and comes in a variety of forms to suit most ... | |
| Audiophile Record Labels Some great suggestions, but one or two I would add. Firstly, on the grounds of the music itself, the German label, Stockfisch. Great recording technique, but great artists, Sara K, David Munyon, amongst them. The Sara K recording "Waterfall", is o... | |
| anybody ever heard of the Innuos ZENtih music server? I'm very interested to, they are doing a presentation of a Zen Mini, Zen and Zenith Server at the Bristol show in February, here in the UK. Hopefully they will be side by side, playing through headphones. I am attending and will report back. I lik... |