mapman
Responses from mapman
| How crucial is the quality of a digital cable? Mogami is always a safe and relatively affordable bet for quality wires. | |
| How crucial is the quality of a digital cable? Quality always matters. Luckily making a quality digital cable is not rocket science so that’s good from a cost perspective. | |
| Aurender vs Roon Kate Upton is also 5% hotter than Whitney Carson by my estimate but Whitney is a better dancer. I think. | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound @designsfx the easiest way is create a basic Plex account which is free and I can share my library. Sharing libraries is another neat Plex feature. | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound @lowrider57 yes source is still Linn axis with Denon dl103r and Electrcompaniet step up x former to phono stage then out to a2d converter. I use the Rega mini phono for that now with Cambridge evo 150. I know the sound of the dynamically normaliz... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound Ha yeah well I do happen to have a handful of old 78s I also digitized and those sound better than ever streamed. I’d be happy to share a few files if interested. | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound @designsfx I still buy records but usually only when I find good quality interesting releases on the cheap. I already have way more albums than I will ever be able to listen to. The conversion process to digital is time consuming to do right compa... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound There are a few high res internet radio stations I can stream via my Cambridge evo 150. The intent of these stations is to provide good sound quality via higher than cd resolution and in general these sound very good, maybe better than cd res in... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound @designsfx yup me too. I buy CDs, rip them to disk then store them away. Have not played a cd in years. I use a small desktop pc to rip and store and use Plex and Plexamp to stream. Good stuff! I also do same with vinyl ie play once, convert to di... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound @designsfx I’ve ripped all my CDs to cd res files using dbpoweramp. Thousands in my music library now. Nothing to fear sound wise as long as the rip and playback is done right. Cd quality in and cd quality out. I use mostly Plex and Plexamp app... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound Hi res format on no way assures best sound. A music file can start at low res and be resampled to higher resolution format. In that case the higher res format may sound lesser. It all depends. But it can be similar to starting with a low resolutio... | |
| Do your speakers bite?? I want to hear bite if it’s in the recording but not because of speakers. Yes my speakers can deliver that when it’s there. Ohms or KEFs. But it’s not just the speakers. The things that feed them matter as much if not more. Newer good quality Clas... | |
| To ROON or not to ROON ? Roon is good for music discovery and good for music lovers. So is Plex/Plexamp which I use and costs less for those streaming from their own music library and Tidal only at present. If I did not already have Plex I might try Roon. However ... | |
| Mesh network versus a simple Wi-Fi extender You just need a strong WiFi signal for smooth performance. Does not matter how you get that. Mesh is typically better if more than two devices needed for that. If starting from scratch, mesh offers more flexibility to expand over time as needed. | |
| What exactly is a speaker box sound? It’s a thing of the past for anyone who cares. I wouldn’t give it a second thought. Still a thing with cheap mass marketed speakers that anyone with ears and even a little money can easily avoid if it bothers them. |