hickamore
Responses from hickamore
| MQA Declares Bankruptcy Someone here once described MQA as a stopgap solution to a temporary problem that had served its purpose and needed to die. What has changed besides the company's finances? To my ears it was always simply unlistenable. | |
| The best part about MQA bankruptcy.. Unlistenable. The only surprising thing is that it lasted so long. | |
| un-becoming an audiophile OP: "I’m sure michelin star chefs face the same thing in their own right...can’t enoy or even eat the food unless it’s up to a certain standard." Actually, no. Top chefs get tired of fancy food and gather after hours at late-night joints with eth... | |
| Law Of Diminishing Returns? Another element of the audio journey which both OP and respondents have left out is the pleasure of the journey itself. As with travel, often the voyage is as important as the destination. With every equipment upgrade, and slow adoption of every n... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? Prima Luna is one that I have considered, but not yet auditioned. However, my problem is not with FM or TT, it's with streaming. Tuner needs no digital inputs -- in fact, needs no inputs period. Tuner is a pure output device that runs straight to ... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? @hilde45 Whatever the other merits or demerits of this thread ++ for analytical rigor. | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @mahler123 "If that is your ideal, why are you bothering to listen to digital at all?" Same reason others do: (1 )convenience (2) sound effects are exciting. Just doesn't work for me late on quiet evenings when I want authenticity in the sound ... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? Harry Pearson appraised audio equipment by its ability to approximate the sound heard from the best seat in the best concert hall, presumably under conditions of optimal temperature and humidity. The "new" sound is something entirely different. I... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @mahler123 Talk about coming full-circle in 30 years. If only Harry Pearson were around to read that comment. True, HP never got to hear the latest in streamers and DACs introduced since 2014. But he certainly knew the broadcast stations with the ... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? Yes, I see. And will definitely explore what might be done to improve the front end of the network setup. Appreciate the advice. | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @pokey77 Recently upgraded my Ethernet to streamer, but nothing upstream of that. Will check the websites you recommend to see what might be done at that level. As you can see, I am only now learning how to navigate this digital audio universe tha... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @lalitk Thanks, I have been postponing that approach but now is a good time to start acquiring my absolute favorite recordings from Analog Productions! | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? tomcy6, that's the problem -- these days my listening is 90% streaming, for all the obvious reasons. It's just that on CERTAIN material -- acoustic folk rock, chamber ensembles -- the difference between analog and streaming is pretty glaring. (CDs... | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? I mean, all else being equal. If another DAC using same cables and connected components sounds no more natural -- i.e., all variables being fully controlled -- then isn't THAT the time to start looking elsewhere for fixes? | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? @kota1 apparently I typed "upsampling" when I meant "oversampling." Most or all here seem agreed that "R2R/NOS" is the way to go for a more analog-like presentation. |