loomisjohnson
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| Thoughts on using the DAC in my oppo 205 with a CD Transport. it would be interesting to try. i'm not that familiar with the 205, but the 105 and esp. the 95 have good internal dacs + imo transports definitely and audibly affect the sound--whether a separate audiolab transport sounds better to you is an open... | |
| Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal i sorta agree with @realgoodsound --polk, definitive, etc. may still be producing nice products, but query whether there's a real demand for so many brands. it's analogous to when gm used to sell identical sedans under buick/pontiac/olds/chevy (an... | |
| Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal some very intriguing opinions by @yesiam_a_pirate @kofibaffour and others...it does seem apparent that traditional two-channel audio is aging out and that home theater is being supplanted by sonos/wireless and soundbars (all of which have improved... | |
| Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal massino also owns definitive , classe, heos and boston acoustics. i haven't seen sales figures, but i'd think only b&w (which does some car audio) and denon would have a lot of momentum--their other brands don't seem to have the same presence ... | |
| ??? What Is Your Favorite Speaker Finish ??? i'm a real exotic wood (not veneer) guy as well. any color but black. never liked those high-gloss, bright-colored painted finishes, whether on speakers or guitars. | |
| Upgrade to sound quality of Dynaudio Heritage speakers you have very nice gear, but i do note that your dynaudios are quite inefficient at 85db and your amp is rated at only 25w/ch, though pass puts out more real-world power. i'd be looking a more powerful, >100w amp--others will weigh in on the be... | |
| Bose Chucks Mac it was reported that BB paid $87m for the 13 magnolia stores, which at the time seemed like a huge overpay even if they hadn't immediately mangled the brand. i do give BB credit for coming back from the brink, but it seems like other than cell ph... | |
| Spotify HiFi worth signing up for? Ever-shameless Spotify has recently announced yet again that its hi-fi tier is coming (although of course they don't announce any specific date)--you'd think they'd have it figured after four years of teasing the launch. In the meantime, the other... | |
| Upcoming Trip i'm familiar with the sony xm4, senn and focal bathys--the sony have the best anc and the bathys the best sound, although its anc isn't that far off. that said, as @fatdaddy2 suggests, even the best bt isn't going to trump good wired phones for ho... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night Wonderful man and a model of knowledge and civility. I still think of him when I read some of the dumb/hostile stuff on these threads. | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype @audiotroy is unequivocally correct-- there's a lot of stuff besides the (comparatively cheap) chip that affects the dac's sound quality. i have a no-name, $60 chinese dac which uses the exact same chip as some high $$$ wadia and other high end pl... | |
| Joey Molland has passed away i read that there was a lot of static between him and the estates of the other bf members over writing credits and royalties, but he was a very good writer/musician. his sad fate, however, was to be a very good writer/musician in a band with a gr... | |
| David Johansen has passed away i was just listening to "here comes the night", which i think was his third solo record. imo the best thing he's done--really tight, lean songs (most written with blondie chaplin, who's an underrated guitarist). "bohemian love pad" and "suspicion"... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. I likewise find this ASR bashing tedious. The guy seems sincere, writes pretty well and, as far as I know hasn't been accused of treason or wifebeating. Let's give it a rest. | |
| CD player choice: Linn Ikemi, ArcamCD73, Adcom GCD- 575, or Linn Karik i've owned the adcom and the arcam--as both player and transport the arcam is much better--it does have a warm, smooth sound if that's your thing. i've only heard the ikemi briefly, but it was all the rage back in its day and, generally speaking l... |