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| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! @patrickdowns I’m not familiar with your player or the audio alchemy gear but it sounds as if you’ve already tested it in use as a transport and liked it (meaning digital out to your pre). There is always going to be a better performing piece of... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Now Playing: Armchair Gods- Doubt The Stars | |
| WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO COMMENT ON CABLES AND EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD? And typing in caps? I don’t read it to myself any louder. And besides, how would you honestly know if they had? | |
| If I rip all my CD's to flac files do I still need a CD transport? If asked my answer would be “Yes- you should always have a transport/player as a fallback”. I don’t know how many discs I own but a large majority of them (what I listen to most often) are ripped as .WAV files onto a playback server. When I buy a ... | |
| DCS Bartok APEX or LINA and master clock I know this is off topic but I can’t help but notice the large quantities of Bartok dacs that have been on the used market this year. Seems like a large migration away from it. Wondering if the cost of the Apex upgrade vs the Lina is driving this ... | |
| USB DACs that outperforms OPPO 105D's internal DAC? @ihcho- I went through this years ago and understand your concerns with the Oppo. The Schiit Bifrost is a popular dac and retails for around $800- there are others out there as well. I cannot recommend Topping. If you go DNLA with your Oppo you ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Now Playing: Amplifier- Hologram | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @curiousjim ⬆ Give it a try- you’ll probably enjoy this! | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Now Playing: Perma Grin- Ode To Entropy (Experimental Rock/Jazz) | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Now Playing: Sky Passage- The Gathering (New EP- Progressive Rock. Very Interesting- Great Musicianship) | |
| LUMIN app question @earthbound I have only experienced the “power down” you’ve described once since owning my U2 Mini and I think it might be a sleep function as Neko describes above. I was mildly alarmed when it happened as I usually just slide the power tab to t... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Now Playing: Dominic Sanderson- Impermanence (This is a great recording- check it out!) | |
| Need help from you acoustical experts @traudio As I was reading through this I would say that I would lean more towards the advice provided by @newbee first rather than focusing on whether or not your room treatments are lacking or excessive. Once I saw the speaker you’re using I r... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Have you listened to Thodoris Kotsifas “Conception Of Thought”? It’s available on Qobuz- you may like it. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio Interesting that you would throw this into the mix given the obviously better units that typically cross your doorstep. I agree with you regarding the hype when it comes to Topping, and I think your comments and evaluation are fair... |