mapman
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| When is your Hifi good enough? The best measure for me I can come up with for if my hifi is good enough or not is how much time I spend listening and how much I look forward to the opportunities. If my interest wains its usually an indicator that something is not right because ... | |
| Bowie is Gone... David Bowie, multi-talented, often imitated, most influential, always unique. | |
| Should we use ridiculously priced cables to listen to Rap? Outrageous price wires often have high bling factor, as wires go. Except not designed to be worn. Maybe some audiophile rappers or their wire suppliers will start a new trend.Disclaimer: any seeming reference to stereo types in my posts is p... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I had similar hum when I first inserted Bel Canto C5i into my system to replace previous amplifier. Turns out source was the cable line into the cable box I had connected as audio input. Try disconnecting any coax cable signal wire input and s... | |
| FLAC vs WAV On the grand scale of things that make a difference in sound quality, I have found digital cables and file format (.wav versus flac) to be pretty much the least significant factors. I'm sure YMMV. | |
| Do you think audiophiles are the most gullible hobbyists Hey Schubert you were right! Recent Swiss study says Germany is the best country. US finishes 4th though. Who paid those guys off? Here are the rankings:1. Germany2. Canada3. United Kingdom4. United States5. Sweden6. Australia7. Japan8. Franc... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies You don’t want to go that far underground most likely. Things heat up fast.I've heard Goto. Would go there if I could afford it. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? No room for bad connections ever. That's for sure. Especially with good high power setups. | |
| FLAC vs WAV I'm listening to FLAC right now. Everyone's digital should sound so good. | |
| Should we use ridiculously priced cables to listen to Rap? No. They are ridiculously priced. Don't use them for anything. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I hear you Joe. I think it's an omni thing and particularly unique when done with a wide range coherent Walsh style driver. | |
| Be careful when dealing with Pyon Sound - John Park I doubt most product specs are independently verified. So I would never rely on published specs alone unless from a trusted source. | |
| FLAC vs WAV One should becsurevwav sounds better in their specific setup before committing. Flac played right should have no difference. Use hardware and software designed for high quality flac streaming and you should be fine I used wav for a few years ... | |
| Upgrading receiver: Got a pair of Dynaudio Sapphires+NAD C740 I have bel canto ref1000m driving Dynaudio Contour 1.3mkii and other speakers. Great amp and combo with Dynaudio. | |
| Upgrading receiver: Got a pair of Dynaudio Sapphires+NAD C740 Bel canto c7i is a step up from c5i and is a receiver. You can find them used on occasion here for under 2k. |