mahler123
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| Eric Carmen I hope that when he died he wasn’t All By Himself | |
| DAC streamers: Bryston v. HiFi Rose video I have Bryston DAC3, which is the DAC stage of the streamer mentioned. It has 4 HDMI inputs that will play the DSD from a SACD or similar High Resolution formats from a DVD or Blu Ray. I use a monitor if I want to watch the video sometimes and t... | |
| Throw it out! What if you change tor mind? I have had many bad first listens to recordings, only to revise an opinion on subsequent hearing. Sometimes it was the mood I was in on the first hearing. Other times, in Classical Music, I can be imprinted by my in... | |
| Advice and recommendations needed for a turntable rig... I agree with the go slow crowd. Just because you have 3.5K in the budget doesn’t mean that you need to spend it. Vinyl can be a PITA and once you have had the novelty of playing your new collection you might find yourself not going there. I w... | |
| Blue tooth receiver recommendations If you want a receiver to add to the home system the Audio Engine does the job. My earlier Sony recommendation was for a portable powered one. | |
| Blue tooth receiver recommendations I like my Sony SRS-XB33 | |
| Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :) To be an audiophile, one doesn’t need to have Elon Musk type resources. You just have to appreciate good sound. It’s more of a challenge to achieve this with limited resources. Yes, system matching, synergies, etc matter, but honestly if one sp... | |
| AI (Audiogon Intelligence) I heard a lecture yesterday by Jennifer Heimberg. She is the Program Director of The National Acadamies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in DC. She talked about many of the positive benefits of AI but also some of the alarming issues. One... | |
| Records and CDs Don’t know how to compare a random LP recording with a random silver disc. Mike placement, hall acoustics, conductor preferences with instrumental seating and balances…. Lets just agree that it has been possible to make excellent recordings sinc... | |
| Bluesound Node Best Sound Quality Input I had the Node generation before yours, and Optical was clearly superior there, with usb being pretty bad. However, older model, and if you own the gear you can do your own testing and I ‘d be interested in the results | |
| How to run 4K files on a Oppo UPD 203? The Home Theater section here is pretty inactive, but it would have in theory been the place to ask. I would try a different site such as AV Forums. | |
| Oppo UHP 205 Universal Player HDMI from the TV. I have old Samsung that has HDM out. | |
| Upgrade My Turntable - How Much Do I Need to Spend? Anything will best the Project table. I prefer Direct Drive, and the OP didn’t specify a budget, but if he has say, $3K to spend I would get two tables, say a Technics 1500 and an equivalent priced belt drive and go to town | |
| Oppo UHP 205 Universal Player @arnold_h I am curious as to why you don’t use the in from the TV with your 205 | |
| Let the best be your guide @rvpiano Many Classical recordings from the first few decades of stereo were mixed with following assumptions in mind: 1) Listeners would be using AM Radios 2) If using a Hi Fi system, speakers would be bookshelf models, in small rooms, w... |