mahler123
Responses from mahler123
| Best Cheap DAC Streamer I second the Wiim. I had just added the Pro, which doesn’t have a DAC or do above CD quality, to my basement HT system, which previously was reserved for video and SACD/Blu Rays, but I had a knee replacement 5 weeks ago and was using the bedroom ... | |
| Digital Room Correction vs Room Treatments I personally have found that digital room correction does a lot more than room treatments, but I listen to digital sources primarily and the OP is mainly analog. | |
| ??? My First Classical Concert,What Can I Expect ??? I disagree it’s most of what is written above. So you won’t see anyone lighting their violins on fire or being lifted by a cable over the audience. The Brandenburg Concertos feature a lot of instrumental effects. For example the Sixth omits ... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical I dispute the premise. I have heard significant variability in sound in sub $3K DACs even amongst ones using the same chip | |
| Masimo gives up. The above is correct. However the Corporation, whatever their motives, did buy the audio companies and then discard them, and corporations are an entity independent of the individuals who work for them | |
| Hlep chosing a streamer/server for my DAC Cambridge Audio EXN 100 will handle your DSD requirements over usb. It comes with its own internal ESS Sabre DAC but you could use your own. If for some reason the streamer and DAC are incompatible then you could use the internal DAC , which is ... | |
| Streaming to Multiple Systems around the house I second the Wiim recommendation | |
| Interesting Insurance Article Concerning HiFi. When I was working as a Physician one of the Pharmaceutical Representatives told me his previous job was at Cigna. He and his colleagues were incentivized to deny claims or authorizations for tests/procedures by using whatever pretense they could... | |
| Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Resurrection Missa Solemnis: I assume it’s vinyl only again? If you don’t mind mono Furtwangler (or Toscanini for about as polar opposite a view as possible). In stereo Klemperer with the Philharmonia. Herbert von Karajan would record this every 5 years or ... | |
| Rega reference belt disappointment Rega and speed stability should not be used in the same sentence. They have never been able to get it right. If the old belt still is in one piece just clean it and continue to use as a new product from Rega will be a waste of resources. If... | |
| Should I buy another flat screen now while they are still relatively cheap? In the pre tariff world the best thing was to go to Costco during the Holidays and pick up unsold screens from the previous year | |
| List my home theater Well you can sell things here, find an audio dealer who will take a trade in , see if there are Facebook Groups devoted to certain brands (I just sold a 25 year old Parasound 5 channel amp on a fb Parasound group), eBay, Craig’s list…. | |
| Masimo gives up. Massimo was a plague on the Audio World. They killed Classe just because they didn’t want another boutique brand under their hood | |
| Movie/film suggestions. I have always been confused by the Power Dynamic in Georgian England at the time of the American Revolution. The King did have the power to appoint and dismiss Prime Ministers and ultimately had to sign off on most decrees. Monarchs such as Vict... | |
| HOW can components be so expensive, and yet customer service is so bad. I have a dealer who is polite, responsive, makes house calls, and I think that I am going to add him to my Christmas Card list and my Will because it is so effing rare these days. I will be getting new speakers in the next year or two and have de... |