mahler123
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| Are modern receivers any better than older ones? The OP main concern is sound quality. He wants to know if moder AVR will sound better than ancient, perhaps decade old AVR. This is a complex question. If the AVR is going to be used purely as an amplifier, probably not. Most AVR use Class D ... | |
| Politics and Music Politics can be the inspiration for a lot of great music. The Popular music realm—-a.k.a the Sixties—are well known to most forumites. In Classical the High Romantic era and the rise of Nationalism gave rise to works such as Smetena Ma Vlast, Dv... | |
| Hot Rats @bdp24 It is always difficult comparing Popular Musicians with Classical Composers. In FZ case the door is open to do that because he had some aspirations in Symphonic Music. No, he wasn’t J.S. Bach. As you rightly note, most Composers are... | |
| audiophile recordings of 12 tone/serialist works I tried to transfer the link but failed. Go to the Presto Classical Music website. Enter Tilson Thomas/Berg in the search engine | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 vs. Apple AirPlay I haven’t heard the latest Bluetooth codec. AirPlay sounds lossy to me although an improvement over the Bluetooth that I have heard | |
| audiophile recordings of 12 tone/serialist works Not sure it qualifies, but the MTT/SFSO of Orchestral Pieces by Alban Berg will make the hairs on the back of your head stand up, if you still have any | |
| Turned back into a music lover @twoleftears Talk CLassical does have a "subforum" called Hi Fi, but it isn't very active. And some of the posters there beat anyone here for know-it-all arrogance | |
| Loud 'crack' before song plays I have a Bryston DAC3, which has HDMI inputs, and I can output the DSD layer of SACD from my OPPO 105. I get the crack on SACD replay but not through the non HDMI inputs, or not through a regular CD played through the HDMI inputs. I start my S... | |
| Apple Music HIFI edition Eh, I don’t know about that. I use AirPlay with my Home Pod and that seems ok, but when I use it with my Cambridge Audio CXN streamer , using Qobuz standard resolution files from my Android Phone, and then compare it to the same Qobuz files playe... | |
| Apple Music HIFI edition It’s probably half a loaf either way. I use AirPlay sometimes but it’s definitely lossy. Spotify sounds pretty good even though it’s lossy, but of course won’t match a High Rez recording as heard through Qobuz or Tidal. AirPlay can be frustrati... | |
| Qobuz Trial I have an Android phone but am writing this on an iPad. I get Apple Music for free on the iPad for another couple of months. I use Qobuz on the phone. I haven’t found a big difference in search capabilities between them. The Apple won’t play on... | |
| Quest for an external Dac has resulted in me way down the rabbit hole The Mytek Liberty was the recommendation here at this price point pre pandemic, but the company has been having some issues lately and can’t be recommended. I suggest looking at the line ups of Pro-Jett and iFi for new, and used the world is your ... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy Not sure my the OP went off on @ghdprentice , who I add my thumb up to as a Good Guy, but I am puzzled at some of of his other statements, such as he can’t afford a Bluesound Node as an entry level component while he brags to @cleeds about his Rol... | |
| Help selecting Pioneer Elite used receiver The OP should be aware that HDMI standards have changed a lot since 2008, and make sure that whatever he or she gets will be compatible with whatever they are going to plug into it. In fact one reason there are so many models was due to changing ... | |
| Help selecting Pioneer Elite used receiver I had one of the OP choices, can’t remember which, cost me about $200 used 10 years ago. Used it for 5 years with no issue. My son has it now and no issues |