mahler123
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| The Placebo Effect This is a really interesting thread. As a Practicing Physician, I can definitely state that the Placebo effect is real. As an audiophile, I can say that in my case, I have experienced it. I have definitely had expectation bias, wanting to hear ... | |
| CD v Streamed I am not sure why the need to choose. I prefer CDs, or CDs burned to a HD, to streaming content from the likes of Qobuz. The only measurements I have are my ears. It doesn’t require much imagination to see why the content provider or the ISP ha... | |
| Please suggest a CD/streaming device for ~$2000 I would put the money towards a good DAC for 2K. Then I would get a used CDP as a transport and use a PC to stream, using a program like Audirvana. If funds allow in the future, get a dedicated CD transport and or streamer, but for 2K I think t... | |
| Streamer upgrade I would look at Melco, assuming your DAC has a good usb input | |
| Lost: streaming & changing my system HELP First, define the budget.Second, in your position, work out just how much space you have.I have Silverline speakers, but I don’t know much about La Folia. I think in general Silverline speakers need amps with power and alsothat can provide the pr... | |
| Streaming vs. CD My conclusion as well. It makes sense, as with streaming from a vendor such as Tidal or Qobuz, there are some variables we cannot control, such as ISP bandwidth and any any shenanigans that might occur with the content provider. Streaming is pre... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES + MacBookPro Ain’t Apple wonderful? In addition to the suggestion from Stereo5, can you simply reload the previous version of the software? I did that once, but it required a call to Apple support | |
| How to make an older stereo receiver bluetooth compatible? +1 Audioengine. | |
| This is very timely... I really enjoyed the article. I hadn’t seen Butterworth in print lately, and it appears he has moved to headphone world, which just isn’t for me. I agree with most of what he says. I have no opinion on the high sensitivity speaker issue. I am ... | |
| Gerrard GT 10 These albums aren’t available as downloads. I wouldn’t be going through the trouble it it weren’t for the tt suddenly being gifted. Thanks for the pointers | |
| Gerrard GT 10 I decided to sell off my analog rig a few years ago when I realized that pretty much everything had been digitalized. Let’s just say I’m not a vinylista and leave it at that. I’ve made plenty of posts on Agon through the year about this preferen... | |
| classical music I had a Rega P3 and whatever their stock mm cart was about 10 years ago that was just awful with classical. No low level detail, orchestral climaxes would completely overwhelm it...ugh | |
| Center Channel Speaker Conundrum I think there was another thread about Netflix not coming through a center channel somewhere on Agon. So, to be clear, are you able to stream through the Center channel with any source? | |
| Streaming - Total fail (rant) Agree with fuzztone. I had Bluesound units, they did well until the individual units would commit hari kari during updates. Tried replacing the Bluesound boombox in the kitchen with the Home Pod (well, it was on the cover of Stereophile, and I h... | |
| Gerrard GT 10 Yeah, it’s more for fun than anything else. Still, hoping to get some decent sound. I used to own one of these tables back in the day. My lps were destroyed in a flood at the dawn of the CD era but I stubbornly hung on to the tt and moldy bad ... |