georgehifi
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| Streaming vs CD transport direct comparison The streaming crowd do not like to hear the conclusion of the OP and his friends...Sure its subjective and not a rigorous clinical study but it's a cautionary tale the convenience of streaming MAY have some sonic disadvantages that might need t... | |
| Streaming vs CD transport direct comparison @georgehif, I understand that there was a unanimous consensus as to a preference. But, was there a consensus as to just how much difference there was between the formats, and if so by how much? It was enough for all (even the 2 streamer dedicated... | |
| Hola Audio Springs DAC repair Look at the manual, make sure it's not in fix full output mode instead of variable, if it has these options.Cheers George | |
| suggestion for a SS class AB amp that sounds like a class A ... if such a thing exists alaindexe OP Suggestion for a SS class AB amp that sounds like a class A ... if such a thing exists Great way that will sound very good, would be a $799 Schiit Aegir 20w Class-A for the highs and a $699 Schiit Vidar 100w a/b for the bass, horizo... | |
| Streaming vs CD transport direct comparison Is the 432Evo hardwired to the network? We have now the NBN which is all over Australia fibre optic to the premises, and over 100Mbps download and over 60 upload. And he played the server real time and also saved on the H/D no difference between ... | |
| Streaming vs CD transport direct comparison Asked him this morning. He was able to say both were the "year and label". So we knew if it was, 1st release, later remaster, re-release, or reissue. And with the amount of a/b'ing all seemed correct, as all had the same outcome. And the source wa... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC I had on loan the earlier Holo Spring L2 and thought it was very very good, especially in NOS mode.Cheers George | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? I can understand some buyers' reluctance to purchase Chinese made products This really goes for their output transformers very much so. I posted up on page two a graph where the output transformer rings like a bell in the vhf this can sometimes... | |
| Tried DSD? Whoa! you have an Denafrips R2R Multibit dac which is bit perfect converting PCM, yet you still get PCM recordings and then convert them to DSD and play it back through the same dac, and it’s better? Something not right here.Cheers George | |
| High end Class D amps? Most toroid transformer manufacturers supply mounting hardware, and if you use it the transformer will run hotter than it should. This is because the mounting bolt is steelA least that’s one you got right and we can agree on, this has been known b... | |
| New Dac hiend2 OP Had a Rotel Rcd 855 for years, Finally got a Rcd 1572, some Material I miss the 855’s Smoothness. You miss the 855’s analogue smooth sound, because it’s R2R Multibit TDA1541 converter, which is bit perfect when converting 16/44 24/96... | |
| High end Class D amps? Can't loose then with 30 day trial, just like getting any Schiit product 14 day trial.Be nice if Technics did it with the SE-R1, but to even buy one of those is very hard.Cheers George | |
| High end Class D amps? What about Techics GaN based class D amps, are there others who use GaN? Yes, but none yet "so far" that have taken the full major advantage of the 1.5mhz switching speed on offer when GaN Technology is used, that Technics does with the 188lb SE-... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? Why is there no love for Prima Luna?Think I said it once before when I saw this, because this model’s output rings like a bell in the ultrasonic and it’s frequency response into 4ohms a simulated quite easy speaker load is + - 5dB across 20hz-20kh... | |
| Sensitivity Ratings on Preamplifiers or Integrateds vs. Amplifiers mesch OP Of course high sensitivity often drives one towards a passive pre. That was what drove my question. Oh! how thoughtful of you. Your 211ai "could" very well be just a poweramp with a passive and input selector switch at the front, many t... |