mahler123
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| Help streaming Qobuz through Macbook Pro It sounds like you got it. AirPlay isn’t bad but you will get much better resolution by skipping it | |
| Turntable Quandry I’m with Yogiboy. I have a new 1200 and while I don’t have a vintage table to compare, I suspect there are a lot of improvements compared to 1979, not to mention the newer motor | |
| Streamer output options In the early days usb was significantly worse than other digital connections, but that issue was solved years ago. It was mainly due to the asynchronous nature of usb due to the fact that usb sends data in packets. Most DACs now reclining it. M... | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? So go for it. You’ve self identified as one who places significant value on the aesthetics of vinyl, which renders sound quality issues as secondary | |
| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? From a technical perspective the question here is does the amplifier have an internal analog to digital converter which takes the analog signal in the preamp stage and converts it to digital and outputs the digital signal. Amplifiers can have d... | |
| Sound quality of HD Radio vs CD vs Streamers?? Is HD Radio synonymous with Internet Radio? I had never heard the term prior to reading this thread. My Googling suggests that it is just a rebranding of Internet Radio which I have been listening to for years. Most Internet Radio stations br... | |
| Why do records made from digital sources sound good? I prefer digital sound. The LPs that I buy are limited to ones that either were never issued digitally or were poorly remastered digitally. Occasionally one of these LPs will eventually be digitized and I almost always prefer the digital. Hav... | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS I’m with Calvin in that I don’t think that measurements tell the whole story, and very annoyed by audiophiles who use them as their defying criteria | |
| McIntosh MX 200 Review (short) What is an Opp 104D? | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" As a lifelong atheist, I will leave the theological issues to others. I will however note that there are witnessed reports that Handel was seen composing the work with tears of joy on his face, apparently in the midst of a religious fervor. That... | |
| Streamer apps critical The Cambridge Audio Stream Magic app generally works well. Recently there was an update that screwed it up for about 2 weeks and I reverted back to their earlier app which wasn’t perfect but was at least functional. Then a new update solved ever... | |
| Better DAC or better Streamer DAC | |
| Audio stores near Bloomington/Normal Illinois? That’s about an hour from Bloomington-Normal. To bad the conference isn’t in Champaign-Urbana | |
| What is the Bu-ray plauyer that you are using? I had a Jays CD transport for CDs, but I couldn’t perceive any improvement over the Oppo 105 so out it went. My Melco Optical player functions as a CD transport when paired with the USB of the Melco N100 NAS does sound an uptick better than the O... | |
| What is the Bu-ray plauyer that you are using? I have both the 203 and the 105 albeit in different systems. The 105 is in my two channel system and is my digital transport. I use the toslink to my Bryston DAC 3 for CDs and the HDMI outputs into the HDMI of the DAC for SACD, Blu Ray Audio and D... |