dctom
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| If you had $12k / £10k to upgrade your analogue front-end... The technics SL1200G is excellent for the price. I managed a comparison with a Rega 10, I preferred the direct drive. I did have a very expensive Vinyl set up with a Kuzma XL dc and 4pt arm which I had to sell due to moving house. The Technics ma... | |
| Want to add vinyl to my system. I can only but agree with mijostyn. I am a record collector from the 70s, have reduced my collection to around 1200 or so now. I would not bother with vinyl now if strarting from scratch. I had a superb vinyl setup, kuzma XLDC, 4pt, Atlas, Ypsil... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? I used to think that CD was better than using a streamer having a playback designs SCAD player and this was the case for some years. However I built a dedicated 2 box computer/streamer following the audiophilestyle forum for advice. It took a whil... | |
| Analog vs. digital 👍 | |
| Analog vs. digital ha ha yes indeed $75000 and $16000 - crazy that we spend those amounts!! | |
| Analog vs. digital I had a $75 analog set up and my digital gear with diy streamer and commercial DAC (together $16) equalled, sometimes bettered, analogue. However LPs that were recorded in analogue eg 50s, 60s, 70s jazz were generally preferred depending on the m... | |
| If you want the utmost clarity from your CDs The audio desk CD lathe is excellent. | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) The innuos statement streamer I believe is very good, depending on your budget the Taiko SGM extreme is as good as it gets https://taikoaudio.com/taiko-2020/sgm-extreme-music-server/ I have also read good things about the Grimm audio streamer MU1... | |
| If Steve Got You Last Week... I don’t have Tidal or Qobuz to compare, I have been thinking about trialling one or the other to do a comparison.Others on Audiophile style, using a similar setup to myself, report local files generally sounding better than streamed services - eve... | |
| If Steve Got You Last Week... When people are talking about streaming here I assume they mean the likes of Tidal and Qobuz. I find streaming files I have ripped from CD and play from my diy streamer sound much better than when played from the CD player I had. | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... Thanks had not seen the TAS review.They were designed as an active speaker initially so I guess it makes sense that the active is generally preferable.Colloms seems particularly keen on Naim power amps - having used them for many years myself, I d... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... Thanks douglas_schroederHiFi Critic, a respected UK mag, did a comparison between the standard passive ATC 50 and the standard active 50 version.http://atcloudspeakers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ATC_SCM50ASL_Review_Hi-Fi_Critic_Sept_19.pdfM ... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... Having various passive speakers for around 30 yrs I always remember being impressed by a casual listening experience with ATC 100s active. I was not getting the imaging and three dimensional projection, I had heard from the ATCs, with my own Isoba... | |
| Tidal vs ATC I have used active ATCs for about 15 years. The first pair a classic 50s then anniversary 50s - I now have a pair of the tower 100s with the anniversary amp packs I purchased as a special order, together with a C6 sub. I have not heard the Tidals.... | |
| Again the topic of weight of amps Active speakers are a good way to save space. |