guyboisvert
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| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? Buy an SL1200 if you like to hear hum... i was a DJ too and this turntable was the best ti mix, but it's nowhere near a HiFi one.You mentioned CD, it depends on the one you compare. CD can be great or...mediocre. I've converted my best plates int... | |
| good discussion on power cords Placebo effects... | |
| Best CD player under $2000 Do yourself a favor: convert your CDs to flac! I've done my 900 CDs a while back and now, i have all my collection at my fingertip!CDs are know to degrade with time. So ripping them fix that degradation problem.On Windows, use EAC (Exact Audio C... | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? @sokogear "considered audiophile"Merriam-Webster definition is "a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction"So could you clarify your question in relation to "turntable or reel to reel" VS digital? Are you implying that "... | |
| is the sound of vinyl due to the physical process of the turntable? @theo @mrubey It all starts with recording the actual instruments in studio. Everything is recorded digitally theses days.Technically, the best medium is digital and by far: Much Higher Dynanics, much better separation, much lower noise, no wear... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl Ah ok... You want much less dynamic and separation. You want wow and flutter and bad channel separation. Not enough, you want physical angle errors, surface noise, crackles and stylus / groove wear...Vinyl is not that bad using premium recording /... | |
| Time for the Dynaco to go, Affordable Integrated or Separates for Wilson's Under $2.5K? I have the Rega Elex-R paired with the Rega DAC-R and the Ryan R-610 speakers, i'm very pleased, not too expensive. I'd go listen for those 3:Rega Elex-R:https://www.whathifi.com/us/rega/elex-r/reviewPeachtree Nova 150:https://audiophilestyle.com... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? @itsjustme Exactly!!! | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Ha ha ha! The "religion of IEC cables" !!! You have the power cables that run in the walls from your power center to the AC outlet near your soundsystem: They are just plain straight parallel copper cables @ cents per feet...And you would get "a... | |
| IM Distortion, Speakers and the Death of Science Ha ha ha, "science is dead", what a joke! Science can show you the transfer function between the source and the end result in the air at your place!Sure it can't measure your tastes and the way your ears translate the air movement to your brain!A... | |
| Looking for best streamer without DAC under $3500 https://volumio.org/get-started/Volumio doing great on my Raspberry Pi 3b+ hooked to my Rega DAC-R, below 10% CPU usage for FLAC HiRes playback. Super-easy setup!https://www.24bit96.com/hifi-music-server/bitperfect-linux-with-mpd.htmlI installed ... | |
| Looking for best streamer without DAC under $3500 @owl The computer’s background processes create a ton of noise and so do the power supplies which feed back into your electrical grid.No noise whatsoever, you don’t seem to understand Analog / Digital and computers.. And your streamer is just... a... | |
| Looking for best streamer without DAC under $3500 @bfleetwood Put all on DAC, the streamer just does bits in / out and it provides interfaces for DAC, control and input/output. The DAC makes the Digital to Analog conversion, not the streamer! | |
| Looking for best streamer without DAC under $3500 @sfseay What "break in" are you talking about? The Bricasti is just taking bits on network, de-encapsulate / uncompress the payload and send it out to DAC. It's as simple as that, just digital bits in and out, no more no less. No | |
| Looking for best streamer without DAC under $3500 @ rbstehno could you explain us what do you mean by "usb crap" please? It's just a digital interface and DAC with USB Async mode exists since years...I've listened to many high end sound systems driven by USB DAC including Meitner and the result... |