loomisjohnson
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| max length of toslink or coaxial digital cable without signal degradation? opinions vary, but the majority view is that optical is better over long distances--less prone to emi/rf interference. if you think about it, carriers use fiber optic to connect between cities and countries. | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist very good post by bdp24--i personally don't respond to guitarists like clapton or eddie van halen who are more about technique than "musicality," the mind-boggling richard thompson being the exception. as for neil young, i believe he's got better ... | |
| New to Digital the first thing i'd do is upgrade to spotify premium ($10/mo.) or tidal ($20/mo.), which have much better libraries and sq than amazon music. next, instead of your bluetooth receiver i would get a google chromecast ($35), which uses wifi, and con... | |
| I, Tonya Soundtrack agree on the soundtrack--thought the movie was great as well | |
| Marantz DV6400 vs...? good deal | |
| Spotify goes public. What will it mean for music lovers? i tend to agree with willemj---based on demand (and tidal's apparently very shaky status) i don't see they have much incentive to get into hirez. the larger question to me is whether spotify can ever make real money--subscribers are very cost-sens... | |
| Marantz DV6400 vs...? i believe on the marantz that sacd is only played thru the 5.1 connections, not the regular 2 ch output, so your player is probably playing just the regular cd layer of your sacds--try the 5.1 connection and see if it makes a difference. | |
| Emotiva T1 Towers - Audiophile Quality or Just Home Theatre Towers? i've only heard their airmotiv bookshelf model, which i believe has the same tweeter--they were bright and energetic but very detailed and very good value, if not as audiophile refined/neutral as pricier stuff. i do note that for whatever reason e... | |
| 70's Receiver and/or Integrated Amp recommendations for 70s stuff i'm partial to pioneer (sa9100, sa9800) and kenwood (krxx00, kaxx00). if you dip into the early 80s, i think tandberg (2055, 2075) and luxman (rx series) were more refined and sounded a little better, with particulaqrly good tuners a... | |
| Anyone streaming at 320kbps? If so... i use 320kb spotify after auditioning tidal--tidal sounds better, though the difference was not so huge as to trascend spotify's superior library, interface, etc. + lower price. in my home systems i'm streaming from my phone through a chromecast ... | |
| What Do You Think Of This? from long experience i agree with the take-your-lumps-and-move-on advice. if in fact your buyer is an unreasonable schmuck, he'll remain so notwithstanding your fretting and fuming about the injustice of it all, and all you'll do is get more agita... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? i literally haven't listened to climax blues band in 30+ years, but was tweaked by the above to give 'em a listen--a few of their songs (rich man, couldn't get it right) are still insinuated in my brain, which i suppose is the sign of good music. | |
| What's your thought on that good deal--enjoy | |
| What's your thought on that if your tablet does wifi, get a google chromecast audio, which sounds significantly better than bluetooth, esp. if you use an external dac | |
| CD Player used as transport i was surprised to find much more audible difference between different transports than between different (mid-tier dacs). i will leave to the experts whether it's due to different circuitry, jitter or other technicalia, but the differences can be ... |