kahlenz
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| Schiit Bifrost vs. the original Peachtree Dac-it mzkmxcv said: "Even Schiit’s flagship DAC won’t be as accurate as the two I mentioned above that are much cheaper. Like I said, only their Modi 3 is worth buying."Is that so? How do you know? What criteria did you use for that assessment? What... | |
| Schiit Bifrost vs. the original Peachtree Dac-it I have the Modi Multibit. It has a unique sound. Certainly not the last word on punchy bass or airy highs, but it holds its own and presents nice sense of space and clarity in the midrange. It moves around at my house, from desktop system to he... | |
| Need Advice on Amp Audition at a Dealers Oops... just read your message and realized the dealer is hours away. Might not be practical, you might have to do it yourself if the dealer is cool with that (they usually are once you throw down your plastic). | |
| Need Advice on Amp Audition at a Dealers A home audition is best. Ask the dealer to send out one of his techs to set it up for you. If you need it for a few days, you'll have to pay for the tech to come back, but the cost won't be that bad.The advantage of letting someone else set it u... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming This too:https://store.dead.net/pacific-northwest-73-74-the-complete-recordings-19-cd-boxed-set-1.htmlThe samples sound promising. I'm saving up to buy before they sell out. | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming The Mofi 45rpm releases of "American Beauty" and "Workingman's Dead" are wonderful. | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Georgehifi: the thing is we want to listen to recordings that are not compressed. The other 99% of music consumers benefit from some amount of compression, for all the reasons you listed and more. The big record companies know where their bread... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming fleschler: I might have stated it wrong. What I meant is that most classical and jazz recordings are not highly compressed. I did not mean that highly compressed jazz and classical recordings are in any way preferable when listening through a r... | |
| What is the most memorable concert that you had attended so far? Peter Adrial playing at a campfire. His original songs are tuned into a rural midwest sensibility, and have a lot to do with the land and the people that live there. The rain had finally subsided and the moon came out between the clouds. Breath... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming brayeagle: you will be stuck with what they have. But they have more material than I could find space to store on CDs. Tidal has a fairly decent assortment, but individual recordings can be tough to track down. I look them up on google, then se... | |
| I want to pick up a vintage SS integrated My girlfriend had one of those KLH compact systems. Nothing like a crock-pot full of lentil soup, a cafeteria tray full of weed, and a stack of records on the turntable - rocking out to "Spanish Moon". | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Compression. Absolutely vital for recorded music intended for mass consumption. Listening to Beyonce's latest release through earbuds or while driving would be tedious without it. Listening to background music at a party or while doing housewor... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming The sound quality of IDAGIO is exactly what I would expect: excellent.I am so fortunate that I am not cursed with ears good enough to reliably discern between 16/44.1 and any higher resolution. Or perhaps my el-cheapo $10k system just doesn't ha... | |
| I want to pick up a vintage SS integrated There was something remarkable about the stereo culture of the late '60s/early '70s. Before that, stereos were nicely tucked away in mahogany console cabinets. Mom would play Tijuana Brass and Christmas records on them. Then along came rock 'n ... | |
| I want to pick up a vintage SS integrated Yes, the legendary showman Bob Carver and his studly Flame Linear 700s. Now those suckers had some meters on 'em. Pro Audio handles. Ungodly amounts of power. Fry an egg on 'em. |