mahler123
Responses from mahler123
| Denon HEOS LINK or Wiim Music Streamers? For $2K I would try the latest batch of Cambridge Audio streamers/DACs. | |
| Maximize Mini with Roon to match my system -- or new component? I agree with ditching the Mini, as the OP has also apparently decided to do. I have been very happy with Cambridge Audio Streamers. Excellent sound, very good app, and not needlessly expensive. Streamers are after all just networking computers ... | |
| Well Recorded Classical Symphonic Recordings I listened to it twice, thanks for the recommendation. I have tremendous respect for Barshai, both as a musician and for his courage in defying the Soviets. I enjoy his Shostakovich transcriptions and his Shostakovich symphony cycle (also on Bri... | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? I also grew up in Detroit and attended UM . Not sure it qualifies but Bob Seger played a short set at a Bar Mitzvah in 1971. He must have been down on his luck and he subsequently hit it big a few years later. I had gotten into Classical Music ... | |
| Denon HEOS LINK or Wiim Music Streamers? +1 @soix I would have saved my Pennies for a better DAC. However I am happy with my Wiim Plus in a secondary system using the DAC in my Anthem SVR. For $100 it’s an incredible deal | |
| Native DSD versus DoP Several years ago I could perceive a slight difference. My hearing has taken a dive in the last few years so I am not going to pose as a Golden Ears any longer | |
| Bryston BDA3N I bought the BDA-3 precisely because it had HDMI inputs, but it’s a fantastic DAC that sounds equally great across all inputs. Does yours have a chip by AKM? | |
| Well Recorded Classical Symphonic Recordings Which orchestra? I think there may be more than one Barshai 10 out there. edit-actually Apple has the Brilliant release with what appears to be a German Youth Orchestra. Qobuz doesn’t seem to have it | |
| Looking for Some Music Server Advice It would help if you precisely defined the budget. Personally I’ve been very happy the Melco N100, but I don’t run Roon | |
| Adding wireless speakers It sounds like a bad idea. Outside sound is a crapshoot anyway. Without the room boundaries the sound just diffuses. I had purchased wired speakers for my deck years ago and I now just use a Bluetooth speaker out there. It’s more convenient an... | |
| Vinyl Warm Up Time What Phono Stage are you using? | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? I agree with you. A few years ago I had a nephew buy an LP because he swallowed the vinyl propaganda and he was chagrined to learn that he couldn’t play it on his laptop. One of my son’s gfs has an all in one turntable speaker/usb gizmo that cos... | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? Decca isn’t ignoring the audiophile community. If they were ignoring us they wouldn’t be issuing vinyl. It’s more correct to say that they are exploiting audiophiles who are willing to shell out extra cash in the belief that vinyl is a superior ... | |
| Looking for a more up-to-date streamer I would stay away from Volumino. I had bought a Digital Processor from shm that threw in a streamer that I didn’t want or need made by Volumino. The DSP worked great but the streamer was awful and the Volumino app was worse. @blisshifi gave a go... | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? @richardbrand I just have to shake my head at people who crow about the superiority of vinyl when recordings are used that were either recorded digitally or digitally mixed in a remastering process. This was a big deal when many of the recom... |