lowrider57
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| Qubuz feedback and membership Plan Suggestions I'm perplexed. Can anybody explain what's happening with my upgrade to Qobuz Studio? Albums and songs in the Qobuz app indicate hires rates, but when playing them in the BluOs app they all appear as CD quality.I understand that favorites saved f... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? n80, you have no baseline or reference to judge the SQ of your preamp.That’s a good description of Siemens. Where are you looking for tubes and which tube type is $40-70 each? There are 6DJ8, 6922, and 7DJ8 variants.Check Brent Jessee’s selection.... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? You should have a spare set of tubes as I and others have stated. I like the idea of comparing the new pair with yours, then use the tubes that sound best.Even though your preamp may have sat idle for a long period, the former owner may have put a... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? I'll add to @djohnson54 comments. I'm an avid tube roller. At one time I was addicted to rolling NOS preamp tubes when I had a SS amp. Depending on the design of the preamp, rolling in a different brand or style of tube can make a significant diff... | |
| Are analog, non-compressed, FM stations a thing of the past? Maybe it's a nostalgia thing, but tuning in an FM station on a home stereo was such a delight.There's a lot of good radio on the Bluesound Node. I even get the local classical/jazz station here in Philly. | |
| Are analog, non-compressed, FM stations a thing of the past? As far as rock and talk radio stations go, they have been disappearing. It's very hard for over the air commercial stations to make money with dwindling ad sales. CBS has been selling off their stations which I believe are over 100. It wasn't very... | |
| Are analog, non-compressed, FM stations a thing of the past? It seems like the only FM stations that play classical and jazz are NPR affiliates and college radio (which are sometimes NPR affiliates). IME, the stations in major markets have excellent SQ with a low noise floor and detailed, extended highs. Ev... | |
| File Under Misc. Audio Musings--Do any famous/infamous people qualify as audiophiles? Bill Gates.Fabio is genuine audiophile with a cost no object system. But now reportedly he collects motorcycles.Seems like most Hollywood stars are more interested in high-end custom built HT. | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure @spatialking , interesting story. I knew Bob’s ego was beyond the pale back in the day, but that was very ballsy behavior.Clearthink, I’ve read the stories where Bob was considered a showman or a barker. I can see how those in the industry resente... | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure +1 @elizabeth , and why are there so many Bob haters? I also would like to see more user reports about the 75 watt amp. | |
| Differences between cd transports? I believe @dobnbav is talking about much more than controlling jitter. As stated, the power supply, laser, etc. creates a sonic signature of the component. A poor design or low quality parts will pass this signature to the next component. | |
| Differences between cd transports? Assuming transports are working properly, there is also often errors in reading optical discs in real time as CD players must do, especially with poor quality, defective, or damaged discs that can affect results differently from transport to trans... | |
| 300B Warmup versus other tube or SS amps? Perhaps there is no easy answer for tube amps. It might depend on design, size of transformers, caps, type of wire, tube type. One of my SS amps took hours to sound its best, so I left it powered up.With tubes it's easy to hear the SQ increase as ... | |
| 300B Warmup versus other tube or SS amps? Does a longer warmup time have to do with the amp being Class A?For optimal sonics my Class A push/pull takes much longer to warm up than my AB amp. | |
| Refurbished Bluesound Vault 2 All streaming services are controlled thru the BluOs app. Hit the menu button in the upper left to see your Spotify, Tidal and other sources.https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/201775551-Bluesound |