julie_priest
Responses from julie_priest
| Accuphase and T+A T+A is excellent, but with a frustratingly sparse dealer network. If something happens, you're in for a painful exercise. Accuphase is far more established.. and yes, that tube like warmer sound is magic. | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused Can’t win this religious battle on rationality alone. "Powered speakers will fail and then what will I do" is the most idiotic refrain I’ve ever heard. My Dynaudio Focus 20XD are still perfectly fine with daily use for both music and TV after ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Be Alright by BRTHR … a surprisingly cool folk music band. Beautiful arrangements like with the song “when the waters come”. | |
| How did 70s rock music transition into 80s music? So much nonsense in this thread, esp from people who think 80s was a waste. They clearly have heard one or two Best Of 80s CDs, the pop crap that's consistent across decades (except 70s, when pop was in fact excellent music) and made their ill-inf... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @boxer12 your pointers are stellar. I've discovered some superb music thanks to your posts! THANK YOU! | |
| DAC comparison Get an RME ADE2 and get a pro quality transparent, solid build quality, no nonsense German component. It lives up to DACs five times its price that have "audiophile" fanfare etc. | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS Lindemann Limetree Bridge... going into RME ADE2. Both German. Both no-nonsense and great build quality. Tried Lumin etc, sent back. No major improvement in quality to my ears (speakers are Dynaudio Focus XD... pretty decent quality powered spe... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? @richopp "This is TOTAL HERESY, and I apologize to one of my favorite vocalists, but Linda Ronstadt's ARRANGEMENT of Smokey Robinson's "Ooo, Baby, Baby" is really good." Have you heard Seal's version from the Soul 2 album? | |
| Best value IEM phones for travel use from Android. If you could get your hands on Onkyo E700M, they have been a spectacular hidden deal. Brilliant smooth transparent sound and tighter cleaner bass than most earphones I've ever heard even at 500 bucks. Because Onkyo stopped production of these, the... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? @lalitk "Given your rest of your system, I am not at all surprised by the very small improvement from U1 Mini. " You mean my humble system? 🤣 Well when I can afford Genelec 8351B some day, I’ll invest in a Lumin setup... for now the Lindemann... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? I don't care what audiophile reviewers say or what ASR type of fanatic websites "measure". I trust my years, so this is my personal take, based on my gear. I heard a very clear upgrade in sound going from Bluesound Node (2021... which I think w... | |
| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. Very interesting thread. I learned a couple of new things. Recently I scored a deal on Lumin U1 Mini, and apart from the dumb app (iPhone anyway) and the ethernet-only option, I found it was no real meaningful upgrade from Lindemann Limetree Bridg... | |
| Lumin U1 Mini - how to set up Network *without* Ethernet cables? OK so I use coaxial SPDIF cable into RME (from my Limetree Bridge). This gives me 192khz in 24bit. Great sound, in a small package. Thanks to all the helpful responses. Lumin probably for another day. | |
| Lumin U1 Mini - how to set up Network *without* Ethernet cables? @ozzy62 great Lumin U1 works for you. I don't walk all over, but it's handy as one is often on phone and toggling quickly to music is helpful. No need to pick up another device. I suspect Bridge II would be a sufficient enough upgrade for you fro... | |
| Lumin U1 Mini - how to set up Network *without* Ethernet cables? I did try Lumin Ethernet-wired (no other way) with Eero 6 Pro Wifi-6 mesh network router. Connected to my RME by Optical digital cable. Used via Tidal Connect. I will ONLY ever use these streamers through Spotify and Tidal themselves, never their ... |