hudsonhawk
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| Replacement for 802 D3s I’d highly suggest only looking at speakers with a cloth dome tweeter. Having auditioned a ton of speakers over the years, I’ve generally found myself much more drawn to them and tend to find metal dome tweeters too bright and harsh for my tastes.... | |
| Shopping for new speakers-need ideas... Selling old DQ-10's... +1 on Egglestonworks. Designed to be non-fatiguing, great mids, great imaging.I just sold my Emma’s, which would be in your price range. You should look for a pair of those used, they’re an insane value for the money. Only sold them because I like... | |
| Are Focal Aria 926 considered to be a Hi-Fi speaker? I auditioned them a couple of years ago, along with probably a dozen other contenders. They were in fact my front-runners going into the search, given the reviews. But when I heard them I thought they were just ok - a little too bright for my tast... | |
| Best music in 2020 Phoebe Bridgers - PunisherUltraista - SisterBoth outstanding recordings to boot. Ultraista is the side project of Nigel Goodrich (Radiohead’s producer). | |
| Some DACs I am Considering-Any thoughts? I have the Doge 7 DAC and it’s quite good, to the point where I’m surprised it hasn’t garnered much of a following. I have it rolled with NOS tubes and it is very warm, liquid and images really well. I’m an analog guy so I go for DACs that reprodu... | |
| Remarkably better sound possible with just 1 system component change? You’ve obviously gotten a lot of suggestions, but I’ll add to the pile.The two upgrades that made far more impact than I was expecting were adding power regeneration (in my case a PS Audio Power Plant 12) and Isoacoustics Gaia feet to decouple my ... | |
| looking for a Integrated amp $6,000 range I recently got an Aesthetix Mimas and can’t recommend it highly enough. | |
| Looking for new streaming service. Some unusual requirements. Both Qobuz and Tidal have this option.Tidal might be your best option as while MQA has a lot of flaws, it’s really meant for a limited-bandwidth situation like yours. So if you are able to stream at CD-quality and have an MQA DAC or Roon you can l... | |
| Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension? Thanks for the suggestions all! Lots to think about here.Re: Symposium - I looked at their stuff but since it uses springs I was thinking that it wasn’t going to do much for me since the Avid already uses springs as well. But maybe I’m wrong about... | |
| Why would I need Roon? Benefits of Roon:Let’s you mix your collection of personal files with hi-res streaming services like Tidal and QobuzLet’s you transcode / upsample music from streaming services (for me transcoding to DSD has sonic benefits)Roon Radio will basical... | |
| Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension? @mikelavigne It’s a Sanus JFV65: https://www.sanus.com/en_CA/products/furniture/jfv65/It looks nice and has an integrated mount for my 65” TV. Long term i absolutely want to replace it, but during this pandemic there’s no way I could do anything w... | |
| Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension? @slaw it would be placed on top of my rack | |
| Best isolation platform for a turntable with suspension? Floor type is wood, probably over poured concrete. It’s an apartment building so i can’t be sure but it’s really solid which makes me think concrete. | |
| Roon: is it just a pretty face for browsing music? Roon lets you aggregate from multiple sources into a really polished, user-friendly interface. It also gives you an incredibly flexible DSP that lets do things like, for example, transcode all PCM audio (including from streaming sources) to DSD, o... | |
| A warm DAC? I'm late to the party here, but the Doge 7 tube DAC is a fantastic option for you. It has a fully balanced tube output stage, giving you the flexibility to roll NOS tubes and make it as warm as you want it.It sounds really analog for a DAC, it's a... |