jond
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| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming @whart + 1 million the original mastering quality trumps everything, It is order of magnitude larger differentiator than anything else in the playback chain. | |
| Big Red Supers, the Electronic Crossover, and HF "Equaliser" Units - Can You Help Id? A google search led me to this description, I know nothing personally: Audiomarketing Ltd. (manufacturing for Audio Techniques) a 604-based speaker system called Big Reds.Big Reds are not to be confused with Tannoy Red's. Audiomarketing's Big Re... | |
| So I have a DAC; now what Player should I look at? There are a number of Auralic Aries showing up here in the $800-1000 range I use it's little brother, the Aries Mini. It's a very useful device functions great and does everything the aforementioned Node does, with better sound quality. At least ... | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? I would have to agree with Frank accurate tone and timbre is a must and what I look for first. I don't really care that much about a holographic image and my small room and cramped setup make its pretty impossible anyway. I do like a solid center ... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming @georgehifi You misunderstood me I was simply saying a CD player of the exalted quality of your Linn CD12 would sound better than any download not to mention many other CD players. | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming @georgehifi "Why is the Linn CD12 sounding better than their downloads?" Perhaps because you're playing your CDs on a $20K CD player with practically legendary stature? | |
| News: Qobuz Hi-Res platform's debut is scheduled for this October. See Qobuz Links below Bump bump bump I signed up for Qobuz email alerts two years ago I've never gotten one. And now October 2018 is "sometime early" 2019. At this point I won't believe it's coming until it's here. | |
| Delay in DAC receiving signal from CD player Craig of course using the analog outputs and inputs will work fine but it's not really resolving your problem. If you want to be able to use the DAC in the Outlaw receiver you need to figure it out. Do you have an alternative transport you can con... | |
| News: Qobuz Hi-Res platform's debut is scheduled for this October. See Qobuz Links below I love that the crux of the update is....."soon". :) | |
| Any Comments RE: Soundiiz imports your playlists and favorites easily from TIDAL to Qobuz That sounds great if Quobuz ever gets to the US. | |
| Clean Power without the drawbacks of Conditioning Filtering. Advice? Wiremold is the power strip @whart is talking about no lights or leds or switches. | |
| Drink of choice for serious listening? @wcfeil Smart man and you must have an amazing cellar! Also I can vouch for @mcslipp always having a drink in his hand! :) | |
| Drink of choice for serious listening? @wcfeil Really? May I ask how often you really drink that? Pretty awesome choice but if it's your drink of choice you either bought extremely heavy or are fantastically wealthy or both! Cheers! | |
| Is There a fix for CD Pin-holes (CD Rot) I highly recommend dbPoweramp for ripping and burning runs about $35 and works fantastically well. | |
| What is the first album you purchased, and do you still have it? Obviously my "abusive" childhood is the root cause of my addiction to and obsession with stereo equipment. :) |