hickamore
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| Half speed masters. Are they worth the extra scratch? Like Beatles White Album, this one had no official title and later became known by the dominant cover color. FM's very first album, from the original Peter Green iteration a decade earlier and a continent away, was their only strictly eponymous re... | |
| Half speed masters. Are they worth the extra scratch? Miller Carbon: "I have on my shelf 4 different copies of Fleetwood Mac Rumours: one original vintage vinyl, one Nautilus half speed mastered 'audiophile' pressing, one 45RPM audiophile reissue, and one White Hot Stamper."Similarly, I have multiple... | |
| Power Conditioner vs A/C cables I'm with ghdprentice. If all critical listening could be done late Sunday nights, regeneration and fancy power cords would hardly be an issue. | |
| This is the list of the best makers of audio equipment. Respond if you disagree ROFL. It's 1978 and we're in a dorm, right? | |
| MQA is for chumps Wish I had read this thread before starting another upon first discovering, after changing streamers, that MQA sucks, which is no doubt why Tidal Masters suck. Tidal offers both original and Master versions of many classics, so I put both formats ... | |
| Tidal MQA Hollowness Got it, many thanks. Although your particular incarnation would be impossible to replicate, you have given me enough clues to work with for the near future. Will add the Quadrophenia as a reference cut, add Roon, then look to often recommended DAC... | |
| Tidal MQA Hollowness itsjustme, thanks. Need to know what components/software provide these results for you. (Roon sounds like an essential piece?). I'm not asking MQA to be dramatically better, just that it not be noticeably worse. Because you're right, remasters are... | |
| Tidal MQA Hollowness onhwy61, cleeds: you are seriously overreading and projecting as well. Absolutely nothing to do with "western" language, but English alone, and just one specific tendency in English usage common to ALL users of the language, irrespective of politi... | |
| Tidal MQA Hollowness Late entrant, steep learning curve, no simple answers. Must be why this enterprise keeps smart people engrossed. Anyhow that's the goal, convenient streaming with analog fidelity. | |
| Tidal MQA Hollowness There is a mono crowd? [Jaw drop here]. Makes sense to me that some good DACs won't mess with MQA. 2LPCM on a good DAC? Not yet. Bricasti? | |
| WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD? "In C," by Terry Riley. Or "Fast Car," by Tracy Chapman. | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! tomic601, it's certainly true than one can have good taste, even exquisite taste, and still be a narcissist or even a Nazi. As for which among the contributors may harbor pathologies, I can't tell and wouldn't announce my discoveries if I could. M... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! When a serious lifelong audiophile tells me that a special DIY power cord makes a transformative difference in his system, I believe it. I don't assume that the reporter is just imagining things, especially when he says his listening trials have b... | |
| Connecting a streamer via an Ethernet cable Spent a month doing A/B between Ethernet-wired Lumin and Cambridge on WiFi into same DAC. The Lumin offered far superior clarity, resolution, depth, and presence. Now, how much of this difference can be attributed to Ethernet vs WiFi as opposed t... | |
| DAC Burn-In Question nglazer, if audiophilia is someone's favorite hobby, there's no such thing as too much time devoted to it. Hence the existence of this forum.Question, 7 years later: are you still using the Direct Stream today, and are you still thrilled with it? |