mahler123
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| Qobuz vs Airplay When I had a Qobuz subscription it didn’t work well if I was mobile, such as driving. Apple at least has been glitch free in that respect | |
| What do you do when you get a bad vinyl record pressing? +1 @lewm ever listen to a Phil Spector girl group song on your best rig? That whole walk of sound thing sounds like cheesecloth. A lot of popular music was mixed with the notion that people would be listening on a jukebox or AM car radio.... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? I find the notion that I am competing against anyone absurd. I think we are all in some sense fighting against a world that fails to place value on the joy of sound reproduction | |
| New vs uses in your current setup This thread made me realize that I currently don’t have any used equipment in any of my systems. I had a 5 channel Parasound power amp in one of my HT systems, approximately 30 years old and in my possession for the last decade or so, give up the... | |
| Best way to spend my money What exactly is the OP trying to achieve? What does he find lacking in his current analog? | |
| Full Audiophile system for sale in Chicago I am Chicago based and had good experiences with Saturday Audio Exchange although the last time was 4 years ago. In general you will get more value if you are using your equipment as a trade in for another piece. Decibel Audio is also a nice sto... | |
| Qobuz vs Airplay I primarily use Physical Media, CDs or higher resolution silver disc. I either play the disc or the ripped copy from my server. I use Apple Music because my non audiophile wife wants to use it. Qobuz screwed me on a subscription in the past so ... | |
| Qobuz vs Airplay AirPlay is a notch above Bluetooth and a notch below CD. Chromecast is better but difficult to use with Apple Music (you need to have the Apple Music on an Android Device). | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? I bought the Petrenko/BPO Shostakovich from Berlin PO site. The Blu Ray was good but the High Res Nelsons/Boston recordings of the same, from DG, blew it away. Different halls, different orchestras so who knows what it means. For the price of o... | |
| Brain Farts w/ Roon Nucleus I am not an IT guy but sounds like it could be a lack of computing power. It’s a power hungry program. Placing it on their dedicated servers was supposed to be a fix but I suspect that the demands of upgraded software have outstripped the comput... | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? @richardbrand I don’t mean to be snarky here but somehow you have imbibed the propaganda that vinyl is a higher resolution medium than bog standard CD. You also seem to a priori believe that multichannel SACD is superior to CD. I am more sy... | |
| What is your audio axiom? Don’t be seduced by the hype. Use your ears and don’t be afraid to say when the naked emperor is before you | |
| Sound right before song begins on vinyl, what is it? To me it’s as intrinsic to analog as the pops clicks and the sound of the stylus landing. | |
| Your favorite Cello recording I played Starker in Bach First Suite yesterday, the Mercury recording. It made me wonder how many times he recorded it | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? The OP stated he purchased the CD simultaneously. Were they sold together? |