gdnrbob
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| Is this MQA news a big deal? @elizabeth,+1I believe MQA is the 21st century version of Dolby. Just another way to get people to believe audio manipulation is supposed to result in 'better sound'.B | |
| Home network audio options (streamer/DAC) I went with the Bluesound Node. It has an internal DAC that can be overridden, but for the price, it is pretty good. Connectivity is excellent and the App just got a serious revision. Customer service is excellent, as well.Though you state you don... | |
| Is this MQA news a big deal? Check out the other MQA threads.It sometimes gets a bit contentious.B | |
| Classical composers, symphonies I just discovered Etienne Mehul. He was around Mendelsohn's time. Very interesting composer. Spotify has a great catalog of Early Romantic composers on mostly Naxos Label.Later Romantic composers:Anton Rubenstein- Piano Cto #4 and numerous piano p... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs @bondmanp ,What is wrong with your system?bob | |
| Spotify for classical music lovers I have both Tidal and Spotify and if an album isn't MQA, it seems that the output is the same as Spotify-44K, at least according to my Ayre Codex.I tried Quobuz, but it kept having problems with playback. It would play for a while, stop, and then ... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs The Audiokinesis swarm makes sense, but then if you could put 4 or more subs of any brand in your room, you would probably get the same result. The whole idea is to balance room aberrations.As I posted in other threads, the new Vandy sub is probab... | |
| Spotify for classical music lovers +1. Rvpiano.Though some dismiss Spotify for not having High Rez output, I find the search and 'Discover' titles to be a great source of new music/composers.Hopefully, with their IPO, they will consider offering a high resolution output to compete ... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs Well, the 'magic' of the Vandy sub system is that the subs integrate with the crossovers(-the subs compensate for the 6db decrease the crossover applies). I don't think there are any other manufacturers that can do the same.I own a set of HSU subs... | |
| New Speakers up to $15k - The more I read the less I know! I would be surprised if Atma-Sphere and Magnepan couldn't offer an audition, but the recommendation of Audio Perfection by mr_m would be a good route.B | |
| Swiss Radio Days on Tidal Thanks Jond, that link is great. I think I want to buy the whole catalog.Bob | |
| Swiss Radio Days on Tidal I would like Tidal more if they had a better way to display their catalog. -Something like Spotify would make me very happy.As it stands now, I need suggestions from people like jond to help me find new music.B | |
| Proac Response D30 DS +1 for camenc. Johnny Rutan sells the ProAc's and knows just about everything there is to know about them. His Audiogon name is 'audioconnection'.I would PM him with your questions.B | |
| Ready to move onto next stage of streaming I use an Ayre Codex with my Bluesound Node.It is a considerable upgrade from the internal Bluesound DAC and is very reasonably priced on the used market.Another company I would recommend would be Schiit. A Gungnir or Yggy would be comparable to th... | |
| New Speakers up to $15k - The more I read the less I know! Previous comments reflect my take on this.The best thing anyone considering buying speakers is to visit as many dealers as possible and audition as many speakers as possible.Don't get caught up in the associated equipment. Just get you ears open.I... |