hickamore
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| Qobuz or Apple Music? This is a recurring question with the usual answers. Qobuz got me off Tidal for good (hated MQA and other features). Still have an enormous Apple Music library of less challenging recordings which I can also play via Qobuz for SQ comparison. | |
| No love for Tannoy Definition subs @yakbob You're right; I had a spell of the ditzies. Drivers are only 12" after all. Just knew they were bigger than my mains, which I mistakenly remembered as 12" rather than their actual 10". So at least they're not ill-regarded, just rare. Se... | |
| No love for Tannoy Definition subs Legacy tech guru advised me to let the towers run full-range with no high pass. They have a peak at 35Hz and fall off steeply below 32Hz. So I set the sub cross at 31Hz with -24db/oct descent above that point. Basically sub is just picking up octa... | |
| No love for Tannoy Definition subs Thanks for the good news. EQ and room treatment just happened to be my two highest priorities, so will accelerate the timetable on those and meanwhile learn more about measurement & download the room simulator tool right away. Actually I have... | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES @lordrootman Thanks for the link re Apple Music transfer app. Eager to try it. | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES Infuriated by MQA two years ago, I switched to Qobuz from Tidal and never looked back. Agree that Apple sounds better than it's given credit for, and anyhow my old iTunes/Apple Music playlist can never be replicated. But that plays only on my back... | |
| This is good Schiit... Also using Freya+ with various NOS tubes, Parasound A21+, and a better DAC (now in for warranty repair) with Bifrost II in interim. (Fully agree on bi-amping Aegirs, what a bargain). Before springing for Yggy, try Bifrost II. Both Schiit and users... | |
| Need suggestions: High pitched female singers Don't forget Yma Sumac, whose top register exceeds even Minnie Riperton. Sounds extrahuman -- Peruvian rain forest sounds. | |
| New to streaming question “some things that come through as 24/192 don’t always sound better than 24/96“” My experience also. 192 does nothing to benefit mediocre recordings. | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) Linlai is a new Chinese tube which I have not tried. Sounds like those you tried have the wrong base for this preamp and require an adapter. Did the shop not tell you this? | |
| Aurender Conductor App Good to know that Aurender America monitors this site. My problems have always been resolved via email and (once) phone. | |
| Your sub experience: Easy or hard? My only sub in the main system is a dual side-firing Tannoy, effectively two subs in one box. Tower speaker mfr says DO NOT high-pass; allow the mains to run full range. These are rated to 22Hz but have a peak at 35 and roll off pretty steeply bel... | |
| A first Virtue is pretty much its own reward. You'd think the average visitor might find something remarkable in a whole wall of racked metal boxes with lights and switches, flanked by head-high loudspeakers and assorted subwoofers. But the only appreciat... | |
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? High quality audio electronics are costly and will occupy prominent places in the household landscape, so it's important to buy products that not only sound as you wish, but also convey the visual impression of having been acutely designed for the... | |
| Yep much to do about nothing. Fear brains. However many things there are to be known, that's the number of things we can know nothing about. |