mahler123
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| Thinking of Downsizing If you are intent on going with small bookshelf speakers, can you also get a small sub? Or perhaps think of adding one later if you find you’ve just pruned down to far. I would also look at powered speakers. My understanding is they tend to get... | |
| Richard Strauss Recordings I have had a bit of a love hate relationship with his music, being immediately attracted to Don, Till, Don Quixote,and Death and Transfiguration. I was repelled initially by the egoism in Heldenleben but now I’ve surrendered to its sheer genius (l... | |
| Is it still worth buying a Lumin x1 in 2023? 5 years is an eternity in the the digital world. I would buy a streamer of that vintage only at a major discount | |
| Taylor Swift Concert Prices So the aforementioned Chicago concerts are this weekend. I just realized that we have a Chicago Symphony concert Saturday night, the last in our series for the year. Normally we park in Grant Park South for about $17. There are no spots to be h... | |
| best SACD player I own a previous iteration of the Denon, and is indeed a very good player | |
| Bryston BDA-1 d/a mystery @jbuhl Yep | |
| Thinking of Downsizing The Mac will have the highest resale value, just because of the following the company has. As the owner of the B&W 803-D, I can tell you their resale value is disappointing. I decided to just stick with mine, but you could look at the Para... | |
| Bryston BDA-1 d/a mystery Can’t answer. I have the DAC3, which I love, but it uses AKM chip. I will note that the Bryston Audiocircle Forum is extremely unhelpful. I had bought the BDP-3 and eventually sold if off in frustration over many issues. I joined that Forum to... | |
| best SACD player So I can’t directly answer your question. However let me describe what I do because it will be within your budget. I output the DSD layer from SACDs with my Oppo 105 transport over HDMI into my Bryston DAC, which has HDMI inputs. Oppo doesn’t... | |
| Perfect Vinyl Forever I don’t know the service. I live in Chicago and found a local dealer with an ultrasonic cleaner who charges less than half of what the service the OP is asking about. I hope that gives him some perspective | |
| Have a reflective Memorial day. Do most people really believe that no War is ever fought for a valid cause? @cd318 seems to think that Great Britain declaring War on Germany was unjust. Does he really think that having the Nazis rule the world for the last 80 years would have ... | |
| LP Cleaning Services I just got a second batch back today so lets me play through them | |
| Dac that has tone and timing? I really like my Bryston DAC3 | |
| HDCD vs the Newer SHM-CD, BluSpec, UHQCD, etc I have a 105 and a 203. The 203 sits in a second system and hardly gets used. I bought it when Oppo announced they were discontinuing their players as a hedge against anything ever happening to the 105, which I use as my transport in my main 2 c... | |
| eARC to HDMI converters @dbphd Are you using the TV as a source into your system, or are you talking about the TV Speakers? |