mahler123
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| Cary CD 306 SACD player vs newer Marantz SA 10 CD/SACD player Marantz has had a House Sound that gets the mid range right but tends to roll the treble off and be a bit I’ll defined in the bass. | |
| Please help with setting up a streaming system Bluesound is the typical entry point. I would recommend Cambridge Audio CXN 60, for roughly $1100. Sounds great (it also has a good DAC, but you can bypass it and use your own). You can play Tidal and Qobuz directly through Ethernet or WiFi. It do... | |
| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs Somebody has way to much time on his hands… | |
| Psychologist dissects Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' Oh good, I thought there was test tomorrow | |
| Psychologist dissects Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' Gee, I thought it was cool to listen to in a dorm room with good weed. You mean I have to analyze it? | |
| Why Are We Breaking Our Brains? Really provocative post, in the best sense. I love the way that you have painted the analogy. I agree with your point of view, but playing Devils Advocate here, I think that it is possible that there is more variation in the hearing and percep... | |
| French Decca Records - Circa 1977 There was a recording of Messiaen Turangalila Symphony made in France in the early sixties and released in the U.K. In the early seventies. Sorry, it would help if you knew the name of the Composer, title of the work, and the performer | |
| Breathtaking SACD of popular classical music Try the Presto music site in the U.K. They ship around the world and frequently offer significant discounts. You can search by format, such as SACD. Berkshire Record Outlet is another site that sells excess inventory from around the world. If ... | |
| French Decca Records - Circa 1977 I don’t know anything about it. Are these French pressings of the Decca catalog, or were they recordings made in France and not generally issued? I worked in a record store in Ann Arbor back then that claimed to carry every recording available i... | |
| Esoteric N-05XD opinions please What software program controls the streamer? | |
| CD and Network Streamers Do you have a lot of CDs? One thing to consider would be a streamer that incorporates a CD ripper that can also just play CDs. Melco N100 is a streamer with 2TB storage and if you get their CD ripper it can be used as a CD player. Total cost ar... | |
| Tour dates of classical musicians News to me. I just saw Beatrice Rana schlep all the way from Italy last weekend to play the Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody in Chicago. Is she on your list? She won a Classical Grammy (for whatever that is worth) for her recording of the Goldberg... | |
| LP Cleaning Services @pkatsuleas I have been in email contact with them. They just told me the best way to be in contact was to drop off records at Val’s, although Val’s didn’t mention their service. I will probably drive to Berwyn over the weekend and update... | |
| LP Cleaning Services @pkatsuleas btw, the Pure-Grooves site lists Val’s as one of their drop off sites, but Val’s Nephew didn’t mention them as an option when Inquired. | |
| Streaming Services If your DAC accepts usb, then you can use a computer and get decent results. It helps to use a program such as Audirvana. This basically tries to inactivate the parts of your computer that don’t involve sound reproduction and can introduce noise. ... |