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| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? Retired and happy to stick with the humble CD they sound Ok to me in my Naim CD555DR. Nothing wrong with that Naim, about as good as you’ll get for a one box player, best Multibit R2R dac chip, with last best HDCD chip and the transport’s no sl... | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality Here’s another one for you, my most loved classical piece Rimsky Korsakov's "Scheherazade"Look what happens to the two streamed/download ones, squashed like a pancake, only one H/D Tracks used a "semi squashed" one.It’s criminal as this classic p... | |
| Your thoughts on active loudspeakers That’s not taking into account the impact of a passive cross-overs between the amp(s) and speakers As with anything passive, good ones have less sterility to their sound, than a hand full of opamps in an active xover does.Cheers George | |
| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? Cambridge Audio CXC cd transport only, is good for the money new or used Mki or Mkii same thingCheers George | |
| ORANGE Fuse rejected 🤮🤦♂️ | |
| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? Never, for what?? I would never replace them for streamed/downloaded compressed re-issued stuffed, good for car/ipod/background music.Just look at these three compression comparisons of the same albumhttp... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Let us know how you go, one wire at a time, to dismantle unscrew the front pull out slightly and lower then the top lid slides out. (don’t try to access from the back, not possible)Dual monohttps://www.diyaudio.com/forums/attachments/analog-line-l... | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality This is very rare, all should be like this.This is how all re-issues should look, all green no compression, no mater what what year they re-issue that same album, even the stream/downloads are untouched.https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?arti... | |
| ORANGE Fuse rejected Oh thank you for having such trust in me, and no I’m not going away.And there was no reasonable technical explanation given, just that there was 1/1000 (1 milliohm!!!) of an ohm difference in the measurement reading, (and that can be a humidity di... | |
| ORANGE Fuse rejected And a warning for anyone reading this, I won’t respond to negative comments. All are free to post/read, but keep in mind that the people who have 9,000-12,000 posts in their history are not likely to add anything constructive to this conversation... | |
| I currently own a pair of Martin Logan WSL Impressions pvmike All ML esl’s are great speakers BUT!!! need an amp that can do current even the ones with active bass (I’ve had a few ML esl’s) they can go down to low impedances especially 1ohm in the highs and sound rolled off with unsuitable amps. Peach... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Yes you can use them, you’ll need 1 x Logerithmic dual 100kohm one for the stereo Lightspeed 2 x Logerithmic single 100kohm for the dual mono Lightspeed to replace what you got. Also you can be in between clicks for image center? that can be a pro... | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality And there it is, I wish more would discover what you found about later releases being compressed and just sounding "loud" as there are no quite parts anymore.Cheers George | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Good to see your still enjoying them clio09 yours are getting on in years now, there are over 1000 units now out there world wide of the MkII like yours. And probally twice that of diy ones that made them here.https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/analo... | |
| GaN based amplifier made in the USA from Class-D Audio USA This little amp certainly has a good price point and feature set. Has definitely got that on it's side, ask if they do a trial period, with restocking fee if it doesn't suit. Cheers George |