mahler123
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| 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”? | |
| Solo streamer I use mConnect on my iPhone. Update the OS on the ipad | |
| Streamer observation / question to those who know I am not denying that streamers are networking computers optimized to play audio, and encased in a box to make them look more like an audio component than a PC. I used Apple Mac Minis, Apple Mac Books, and bog standard Dell laptops provided by my... | |
| A DAC for the Oppo 105 We had a power surge recently that ‘stunned’ my Bryston DAC-3. It ultimately responded to a factory reset and is working fine, but while I spent an hour or so messing around I listened to the Oppo 105 with its native DAC for the first time in year... | |
| Ethernet Switch Congratulations on your new digs. I tried an expensive Melco switch and compared to the bog standard Linksys I couldn’t tell a difference and fortunately was able to return it for a small fee. There will be many posters here with different exper... | |
| Solo streamer Classical Music is a Bridge to far for most app developers. Has the OP tried mconnect? If he prefers the CA Stream Magic app, mconnect is similar and it’s easier to make playlists with | |
| Is the "tray error" issue on an Esoteric X-03 CD player worth fixing? Did the Esoteric CDP have a digital input? If it does then you could try using the DAC in the X-03 with the Vault. I have to say that going from an Esoteric CDP to the Vault was a curious recommendation on the part of your dealer. It was no d... | |
| It Pegged the Needle on My "BS Meter". Now, I'm A Believer. Ever Happen to You? My first up sampling DAC, by PS Audio. I bought it for other reasons, but when I used the up sampling setting (which as described sounded like pure snake oil-how can creating digits out of thin air work?) it just amazed me. Previously acceptable... | |
| Streamer observation / question to those who know To return to your OP, in the last paragraph you query whether a high end streamer can best a PC. My answer, as someone who has compared them, is an unequivocal yes. PCs simply aren’t optimized for sound reproduction. They don’t have the power s... |