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| Another 'Which Amp' Question You would do really well with a Class D from B&O or Hypex. :) The Mc will keep the sound warm, and the amp will transmit everything. Alternatively, Parasound A23 or A21 would be very good choices. Class A until 20-ish watts. Best,Erik | |
| 2 prong power cable Wait, is this using an IEC type of socket, or is it using the itty bitty oval shaped socket, about 3/4" wide and 1/4" tall?Best,Erik | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment @georgelofi Sorry, the idea was that we would all listen at home with whatever we have. The "group" part was that we can use the same library of files. @ahendler Nominal 44khz is really 44.1kHz, so same deal. :) Best,Erik | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment So far I've been listening to a Vivaldi Contata, about 70 Megs at 24/96 in FLAC and 44.1/24 MQA FLAC. I hear no difference, though my DAC indicates the MQA file is playing at 24/352.8kHz. However, though I hear no difference, the MQA recording mak... | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment Couple of notes. MQA should sound it's best when the ADC is known and adjusted for. DSD should be at it's best when there has been no modifications to the original, which is nearly impossible due to post processing needing to occur in the PCM or a... | |
| Please Support Music Education I'm not here to promote 1 single narrative about how music culture happens. Some do best in school, some learning elsewhere. I'm lucky to be able to listen to both. Some, like Winton Marsalis, feel it is so important they devote some of their time... | |
| Please Support Music Education Thank god my surgeon didn’t go to school. He woke up one day and started cutting a PB&J sandwich and said "Hey, I’m pretty good!" The entire San Francisco orchestra is like that too. No education at all, in fact the conductor him/hserself is r... | |
| Please Support Music Education @czarivey You miss half the point of music education. All of elementary education isn’t about getting a job. All of music education isn’t about making great musicians. It’s about literacy the same way that exposure to great writers from around the... | |
| What are some smaller names that compete with the big names in Audio? Some of these can be bought as kits. In no particular order ----Selah Audio, Tyler Speakers, Odyssey Audio among others. Sanders makes great speakers, with limitations. I haven't heard his latest electronics but in the distant past the preamps, ma... | |
| Please Support Music Education @czarivey Well damn, you are right. All those college programs and music schools are just a load of crap. Can't believe they make money at that.Erik | |
| Ice Amp 125ASX2 Oh, I just realized something. If you are going from PC to ICE, how are you getting the balanced input?? | |
| Ice Amp 125ASX2 @seanheis1Sorry they didn't work out for you. I'm on the other side, they work great for my needs, but then I'm not taking a PC audio output. :) You asked about inputs. Among some of the things I've read is the use of input coupling transformers.... | |
| Schitt Lyr2 + Gngnir Multibit vs Burson Audio Navgator V2 + I’ve only heard one Schiit and it was very nice, and sounded really good no matter the source. A lot of DAC's are pretty sensitive to the driving source, including USB which you would hope was more isolated. The Schiit was a very consistent perfor... | |
| Why a digital media player instead of a dedicated computer? Well, you can make a very cool server out of a Raspberri Pi 3 and Ubuntu, so why not? It certainly has very low power consumption so it can be left on all the time, and has USB 2.0 ports as well. Add Squeezelite with a Logitech Media Server 7.9 an... | |
| OPPO BDP-103 (NON Darby) Sorry about the comments, but the point is, if you have 3 different sources and still aren't happy it may not be your sources at all. The common demonstrators are between the preamp and the room. There are less expensive solutions than the Mytek B... |