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| I'm not even quite sure how to phrase my question, but here it goes... All we need to remember is this:"It depends on quality of initial recording."Amen. Most recordings/masterings stink. I'll take a Mercury Living presence in 11 bits over some crummy rock/pop ( and this is from a rock guy) screechy recording any d... | |
| I'm not even quite sure how to phrase my question, but here it goes... Eric gave a good a concise description. I'll add that the LEDs you see include both actual sampling rates (44.1 and 48k samples/sec) but also a multiple (176k) Multiples are for when the source (CD player, streamer, really fast typer) "up-samples... | |
| Choosing a good preamp Back to the original question. We really do need more info on your speakers, music and likes/dislikes to make a meaningful recommendation. That said, I’ll infer that you like the sound that tubes impart - so that argues for a tube preamp as well.H... | |
| How important is a preamp for purely digital sources? A preamplifier vs direct to amp to dac ,a good preamp always better especially a vacuum tube preampAny stage can only distort. You may liek the euphonic distortion of a tube preamp though, which is validt allowsbettrr dynamics soundstage depth as ... | |
| How important is a preamp for purely digital sources? You need to tell us what your alternative is - **something** must do switching between sources (unless you are doing all that in the PC/whatever) and control volume. You may, or may not, requires a small amount of gain - its systems dependent (roo... | |
| Pls Recommend Streamer Under $500 for Tidal “HiFi” Roon partners here:https://roonlabs.com/partners.htmlBluesound's on the list | |
| Pls Recommend Streamer Under $500 for Tidal “HiFi” I think you are confusing terms or using them differently than typical. You want a streamer, but then want to use it as a DAC. A streamer sends a digital stream, typically over a network, to an endpoint that contains a DAC. Alternately, it coul... | |
| Influential....... It really is a great list, a list of influential speakers and truly innovative ones (which is why they were influential). I might add the servo stain 1, but one can't have two infinities not he same list I guess.I owned the 57s, heard the IRS 3s m... | |
| Good CDTransport (player) without DAC? I see you have an elac streamer. I guess I’m not certain whether that has a CD transport in it or not, and if it does why you want another.if the answer is "it doesn't" - then: Laptop. Rip the CDs FLAC/ALAC. Send them to elac or play back bit-perf... | |
| Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers reduction in spl vs seating distance is almost perfectly linear with panel speakers and is almost exponential with point source speakers.Huh? How can that possibly be? Have you actually measured this? Also, there are panel speakers that are al... | |
| MQA? and @david_ten - yes, i understand. I was just placing a generic caution that while that is all good reading, no one could build the chip (meaning understand how it really works) form what is published.That of course is on purpose.G | |
| MQA? There are multiple unfolds of MQA. Again, staying out of the debate on its merits, and adhering to its claims, there are some benefits without an MQA licensed decoder chip. | |
| MQA? You can’t dismiss the facts by attacking the messenger. MQA adds distortion. This is a fact. Only the original lossless file has the full bit depth and correct phase preserved.Be very careful here. Lossless what? Most lossless files don't even... | |
| MQA? David Ten- I've seen all those and heard Bob speak on it.None of those have technical details nor methods. They have concepts. I'm OK with the concepts, but cannot honestly say i truly know exactly what is being done in the final unfold. That's w... | |
| MQA? Data points are always good.The unfolding however, is reputed to be much more than filtering. Its proprietary so we cannot say for sure, but they claim that additional resolution and time coherency are restored. This is why i used the terms "codi... |