mahler123
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| best external drive for ripping CDs I started with an Apple Optical drive. It died after a few hundred rips and I replaced it with a Bryston Optical player (at the time I was using a Bryston BDP 3.). It was built like a tank, etc, and completely didn’t work. It ripped about 5 CDs, ... | |
| How much should I spend on a new DAC I have never heard the DAC. However I have no trouble imagining, based upon my experience with Pro Ject gear, that it doesn’t begin to hold a candle to the rest of your very capable system. I think you might find that a DAC upgrade is a signifi... | |
| Conditioning cds and dvds, before playing +1 @jasonbourne52 I’m still trying to decide if the OP is serious or trolling | |
| Apple iPad music streamer @voodoolounge Are you using AirPlay, or Bluetooth, or a digital wired connection between the DAC and the iPad? | |
| Qobuz Customer Service is impossible to reach :( Qobuz CS was terrible. I had a billing problem when I first signed up. First I was playing through my computer but then purchased the Bluesound streamer and after registering it on Bluesound I discovered I was being billed twice. Their response... | |
| DAC/Pre-Amp Advice I’ve never tried 2 subs, so I don’t know what I’m missing, but adding one sub really helped, and my floorstanders do pretty good bass. I listen to Classical and there are so many low level percussion effects that many composers use that one could... | |
| Qobuz hell I also had problem canceling Qobuz, and did it with a call to my credit card company. Qobuz was reasonably stable with my streamers at home but was terrible on the move, whether I was walking or driving, with both Apple and Android mobile devi... | |
| For SACD fans only @ghdprentice You’re not trying to be argumentative? I’d like to see what happens when you do try. OP states in the post title for SACD lovers. Yes, it is a free forum, but that doesn’t mean you have to derail it. There is no law preventing me from... | |
| Qobuz dropping rights to my favorites. A pox on their house. I have tons of CDs and CDRs, many dating back to the dawn of the format. I have not had a single one “rot”. For those of you having deteriorating CDs, what are you cleaning them with? Sulfuric Acid? Best to have your music stored on something ... | |
| Bose 901 series with and ipod. @asvjerry my one and only iPod is long gone. I regret that I actually bought the docking cradle made by Wadia. It extracted the files on the hard drive and bypassed the Apple DAC . It was truly a great product, worked as advertised, but ... | |
| Using streaming as a main source ---DSD, FLAC, MQA Streamers and DACS OP The hobby is supposed to be fun. Compare the shopping process to buying a car, and the decisions there? SUV or Sedan? EV? Hybrid? Not to mention the different brands and features? I’m not a car guy. I just want to get from point A ... | |
| Bose 901 series with and ipod. @asvjerry The question was whether an iPod does Bluetooth, not a phone. I haven’t used an iPod in a long time and I don’t remember using Bluetooth with the one that I had. And wasn’t Apple resistant at one point in time to Bluetooth? | |
| Bose 901 series with and ipod. @dekay thanks for clearing that up | |
| Jean Sibelius Recordings I listened to the Rattle set yesterday, or 1-5. There is a lot of pleasure to be had here but in general Sir Simon tends to put pads on Sibelius sharp elbows. Voluptuous playing, lots of rubato. I prefer Bergland’s cold bracing Nordic shower to... | |
| Perhaps a guilty pleasure.... Ignore the disparaging comments of others. Enjoy your music |