jon2020
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| Tidal vs. Spotify I am now listening to basic Spotify with Windows upscaling everything to 24/192 before outputting via USB to my iFi USB-spdif converter and thence to the coax input of the Esoteric K-01 player which is 24/192 capable. I have no idea how Windows do... | |
| Klipsch love them or hate them. "They ring a lot compared to beryllium drivers though. Which is both a pro and con."Just wondering how "ringing a lot" can be seen or heard as a pro. | |
| Latest Absolute Sound TAS must be listening. The Feb issue covers a slew of very affordable quality components. | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! Bluesound Node2 review :-http://www.whathifi.com/bluesound/node-2/review?oq=node%202&src=textfield&aq=node%202&ty... | |
| Latest Absolute Sound Taters,Glad to know you find The Music speakers enjoyable too. J. :) | |
| Krell KAV 300i Problem I agree it's broken and it needs to be fixed. The hum as you describe is not normal. I used to own the KAV 300i for several years and not once did it have any hum. | |
| Latest Absolute Sound I guess it's all relative. I got lucky with The Music speakers at 33k. Could still be chasing the rainbow with much higher priced models from other makes. Loks like I am done forever with The Music.:) | |
| Is high end audio to snooty for its own good? " ....... and we all can enjoy each other's systems. Listening is fun and relaxing. I don't do it to impress anyone."+1, Calvinj. | |
| Latest Absolute Sound Either she is not happy that she is not in a relationship with you(using reverse psychology to rationalise) or she can't appreciate the finer things in life like your car and most likely the audio too....... | |
| Latest Absolute Sound Should we trust RH's ears? I would for now until my own ears get to savor all that has been described so far about MQA.http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/from-the-editor-mqa-on-the-threshold/J. :) | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! Looks like it. Just connect the Node by coax rca to your dac to bypass its internal dac. | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! Maybe the Bluesound Vault 2 :-http://www.bluesound.com/products/vault-2/ | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! Agreed! Very poor value for just a transport. The Cary is much better value but still prohibitive. | |
| Latest Absolute Sound "Vienna Acoustics played its top-of-the-line $33k Klimt “The Music” 3.5-way floorstander driven byChord electronics. The combo produced a dark, rich, lovely sound, with good midrange presence and top-end brilliance. A little vague in imaging, a li... | |
| streamer for PWD DAC mkII - tired of a computer and complicated connectivity! Mark,Good news. You can keep your dac and get this :-http://www.stereophile.com/content/lumin-u1-network-music-transport#5H22VdmDUCUTq8qP.97J. :) |