mahler123
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| Roon….The Gordon Knot of concierge musical services? I don’t use Roon, but my understanding is that some streamers (which I also don’t use) have made the U.I. to include Roon like features. Heck, Apple Music has a lot of Roon like features. I don’t like Roon because like the OP, I found it to be ... | |
| What are your favorite songs or albums for illustrating a deep soundstage? Janacek String Quartets, the Mandelring Quartet on Audite SACD. The instruments frequently sound well outside speaker boundary. The Haitink Shostakovich Symphony cycle on Decca from the Eighties is an excellent for front to back orchestral depth... | |
| Organ CDs with really deep bass My spouse is pretty tolerant of me playing Orchestral works at loud volumes but is absolutely allergic to Organ music at any volume. It reminds her of church and since she grew up in the Boston area having to endure CCD from one of the Priests la... | |
| McIntosh MB50 Media Streamer does not power on No ethernet connection? It's easy to do updates over them... | |
| Who has tried one of the PS Audio Power Regenerators? @markny2011 I had a similar experience with one of their Phono preamps that was about 9 years old. Turned me off PSA forever. @hifiman5 How do yu know that you are realizing improved perofrmance from a power conditioner every time you ... | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 I really like my Bryston DAC, and the HDMI inputs can be used your Oppo205 to play DSD from SACD, DVD-A, and Blu Ray | |
| Can the level of pleasure derived from music be measured? To answer the OP-No | |
| I downloaded high-res files and... @nevada_matt No real experience with a CD ripping service. I actually hired my son to rip several hundred of my CDs into iTunes a while ago when he was between jobs. My recommendation would be to find a teenager or a retired person who wants t... | |
| Node X Apple Music sounds best for me thru Chromecast in the CXN. I use an Android phone because the iPad doesn’t offer Chromecast. I use it to audition new recordings but most of my streaming is CDs that I have burned to my server or Internet Radio. | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? It is all relative to means. If I had Elon Musk bank account, I would at least audition stratospherically priced stuff to see if it is worth it, and I suspect I will find some worth keeping. Because I don’t have his account, my main system runs ... | |
| Node X I have had a couple of Nodes die getting hung up on updates when past the warranty. My recommendation is don’t do the updates unless completely necessary. I also note the X is retailing at $750 | |
| Node X Are you running the Node X wired of wireless? I couldn’t get the WiFi to work on my Node 2, but that was a million years ago. Also, I bought both my CXN 60 from Audio Advisor, so I’m surprised that they don’t carry the MXN10 | |
| I downloaded high-res files and... It can be very frustrating because you have to make sure the type of files that you want to play are compatible with both your player and your DAC. One additional variable is the hand off between the DAC and the player if they are separates. The ... | |
| Mobile Fidelity Settlement Update For those who were duped, the issue isn’t the money. It was a violation of their religious beliefs. While organized religion has become weaker, there are many secular variants that allow people to substitute fanaticism for secular causes. Politics... | |
| Adventures In Modern Ripping @lordmelton have you tried playing them back on another player? Do you need a Windows computer or do these programs work with a Mac? |