mahler123
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| SACD/CD Drive Mechanism Replacement They aren’t mutually exclusive technologies. You can enjoy your CD collection and stream simultaneously | |
| Bryston BDA-3.14? I mean it sounded great but was such a PITA to use that it took most of the fun out of listening. I downsized to a Cambridge Audio CXN which added Chromecast and AirPay and podcast support and sounds maybe 96% as the BDP (I still use the Bryston D... | |
| The Psychology Of Collecting I mentioned up thread that we are cleaning the home of a recently passed relative. We’ve dealt with a couple of Estate Sales people who say that stamp collecting has completely tanked as a hobby. | |
| JBL's Marketing Blunder.. I watched the link. I saw nothing wrong with it. FWIW my 24 year old niece is in her third year of medical school and shares a townhouse with several classmates. They all sound exactly like the women in the video. They aren’t stupid, it’s just how... | |
| SACD/CD Drive Mechanism Replacement If you are going to explore streaming, and are new to it, you might not want to spend a lot initially on an expensive streamer such as Aurender, because some people just don’t get into it. Streamers are networking computers , gussied up to look l... | |
| Your Best Friend Forever All Beethoven really, symphonies, concertos, quartets , and above all the piano sonatas. Last couple of years I’ve been obsessed with Debussy, piano and orchestral music | |
| Your Best Friend Forever Different? I play familiar albums because I want something that I am familiar with. When I want to explore I pull an unplayed CD off the shelf or stream | |
| Deals Gone Bad I haven’t bought or sold anything used since before the pandemic. Between the scammers and the shipping companies damaging stuff it took any fun away. I live in Chicago so there is a decent population density for in person deals, and I’ve probab... | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR That’s interesting. I listen primarily to classical but Tea for the Tillerman was one of my favorite pop albums in my teens. I always wondered at people who thought that Digital sounded awful (in Classical, imo, digital blows away analog about 9... | |
| SACD/CD Drive Mechanism Replacement I do it all. CDs, SACDs, Streaming. Not big on vinyl but I do have an analog rig that I use for LPs no longer digitally available or where I prefer the lp mastering to the digital rendition. SACDs when done right can be breathtaking in their ... | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR I just checked and these records are going for $150 each at Acoustic Sounds. Every one is entitled to spend their resources on whatever they wish, but … | |
| Solo streamer No. With Melco N100 and Cambridge Audio VXN2 | |
| Solo streamer I don’t understand why mconnect only works for AirPlay. In my system you get a list of devices that you want to stream from, and another that you want to stream to. I’m Ethernet and I believe you are WiFiso I am wondering if that has something t... | |
| Why SACD Disc playback sounds better than its equivalent ripped DSF file / streaming Where is the ripped DSF stored ? Did you try another device capable of playing DSD files? I love playing SACDs on my 105, but the few DSD downloads that I own didn’t sound as good on the Oppo as they did another high end streamer that I no longe... | |
| Why a dedicated SACD player more noticeable sound quality difference than HDMI-I2S w/ DACs Who is “we”? |