mahler123
Responses from mahler123
| High expectations when listening to an orchestra I couldn’t agree more with the OP. After every Concert I am always struck by the gap in realism between my systems and the real thing. Eventually I come to realize that the “Absolute Sound” criteria is ridiculous. Audio is essentially a conjur... | |
| Outlaw 7000x 7 Channel amp No, I got rid of the amps over a decade ago, but the reviews at the time mentioned they were Class D. These were tiny amps with high power ratings that ran very cool | |
| Sound quality of the Audioquest Dragonfly Red via a good streamer I used the red in my system for a couple of days, without the jitterbug, when I had sold off one DAC and was awaiting the arrival of a new. I wound switching back to my Oppo 105 as my DAC until the new one came | |
| Outlaw 7000x 7 Channel amp Outlaw was doing Class D amps over a decade ago. I had their cheap mono blocks that were dry as dust but haven’t heard any Outlaw stuff for over a decade. Hopefully they are using newer Class D Modules since then | |
| My Last CD player I would add Bryston and Hegel Mohican to the list.The next question is do you have a DAC? If so then how about a dedicated CD transport? | |
| 2.1 system needs 3 HDMI inputs?? I have a Bryston DAC3, which has 4 HDMI inputs. It is a great DAC, so I would get a “traditional “ integrated amp (no included DAC) and then you are set. | |
| Apple Launching Lossless Music Subscription Service? Very cool | |
| what system musicians prefer? Do they care? I have a few friends that are successful, commercially as well as Musically, Classical Musicians. Their systems are all crap. One told me that his mind probably fills in the missing information | |
| MUSIC SERVER WITH HDMI VIDEO OUTPUT Fwiw, I have an Oppo 203 in a HT system. The Oppo recognizes my NAS, so I can stream from that. I have an Apple TV in the system and yes, it is a POS in general, but for Internet Radio it’s no worse than the Bluesound Node2 in the same system, w... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? I am 63 now. I caught the audio bug in undergrad, as I had a friend working at a high end Audio store that sold McIntosh, Audio Research, the high end stuff of the day. He would let me bring a record to the Store after hours...what a difference... | |
| Attempting to configure 5.1 with current gear and new Anthem unit- I wonder if he is using the ARC. I am not sure how that wouldd work with 2 amps in the system. I think the OP is a bit clueless here and probably should seek out an installer who has familiarity with Anthem, as I suspect his does not and is prob... | |
| Attempting to configure 5.1 with current gear and new Anthem unit- I am confused. Do you have all 5 speakers in the system currently? Was the set up guy using the ARC (with the microphone, etc)? | |
| CD v Streamed Psyop so, do you feel a need to “re-educate” people that they shouldn’t be enjoying playback that you subjectively view as inferior? Let’s keep in mind that we are not talking about something like the difference between mp3 and lossless here. We ... | |
| Schiit Audio (or other) DAC Recommendations OPAre you playing SACD with your Pioneer? If so then you might miss the DSD in thos recordings, assuming that you scrap the Pioneer and get the Schiit. Of course you can keep the player as a transport use the Schiit for CDs and run the SACD int... | |
| Best Digital Interface I thought the issue was that usb delivers info in packets, and that the other interfaces more as a continuous stream. USB was originally designed for printers and other applications where the timing isn’t as critical as audio. |