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| Well Recorded Classical Symphonic Recordings I was listening to the Bruckner Fifth and Sixth Symphonies on Pure Audio Blu Ray by Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin PO. Regrettably the Blu Ray is nla but the diaphanous strings , beautiful winds and perfectly tuned brass is perfect. There is... | |
| SACD v Streaming I have never heard a streamer in the 10 K range but I am highly sceptical that spending into the stratosphere on a streamer will best SACD. The key here from my standpoint is the DSD. Perhaps if the streamer is used for DSD downloads it will riv... | |
| Opera Consonance CDP...couple questions +1 @stuartk If you are interested in Higher Resolution than CD, such as Blu Ray Audio or SACD then you might want a player that adds that, and a Universal Player may also have a digital input to allow you to add an inexpensive streamer such as a... | |
| Claude #2 As I stated in my post on your last thread, AI has been known in my field to completely invent studies in order to satisfy the bias inherent in an AI query. So if you continue use use AI as your source in your future exchanges on Internet Forums,... | |
| Out of Balance Was it an analog recording that had been transferred to digital? | |
| Air Play AirPlay is quite good on my Cambridge Audio CXN 100. I rate it as just a notch below CD. Chromecast is better still but you need an Android device. They both sound much better than Bluetooth | |
| SACD v Streaming SACD can sound amazing. I have never had a streaming experience that can begin to rival the best of SACD. Not all SACDs are that quality, however. It depends on many factors and as always the quality of the original recording is the biggest det... | |
| authentic space recordings Decca was known for recordings that superbly reproduced the acoustics of the halls they were made in. The Phillips recordings from the Concertgebouw in the seventies with Haitink did the same. Recently Andris Nelson’s and the Boston Symphony d... | |
| What does the audio term 'air' mean? Space between instruments. Ability to hear the reverberations of the instruments in a concert hall. The ability to capture overtones. | |
| Best Cheap DAC Streamer I second the Wiim. I had just added the Pro, which doesn’t have a DAC or do above CD quality, to my basement HT system, which previously was reserved for video and SACD/Blu Rays, but I had a knee replacement 5 weeks ago and was using the bedroom ... | |
| Digital Room Correction vs Room Treatments I personally have found that digital room correction does a lot more than room treatments, but I listen to digital sources primarily and the OP is mainly analog. | |
| ??? My First Classical Concert,What Can I Expect ??? I disagree it’s most of what is written above. So you won’t see anyone lighting their violins on fire or being lifted by a cable over the audience. The Brandenburg Concertos feature a lot of instrumental effects. For example the Sixth omits ... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical I dispute the premise. I have heard significant variability in sound in sub $3K DACs even amongst ones using the same chip | |
| Masimo gives up. The above is correct. However the Corporation, whatever their motives, did buy the audio companies and then discard them, and corporations are an entity independent of the individuals who work for them | |
| Hlep chosing a streamer/server for my DAC Cambridge Audio EXN 100 will handle your DSD requirements over usb. It comes with its own internal ESS Sabre DAC but you could use your own. If for some reason the streamer and DAC are incompatible then you could use the internal DAC , which is ... |