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| Any alternatives to Astell & Kern DAP's? So I guess I am saying running $5 Plex mobile app on a good quality tablet or mobile phone is an option.I also run Plex at home on amazonFire tv box with toslink out to DAC in my a/v second system (see my system pics) and this sounds pretty much a... | |
| Any alternatives to Astell & Kern DAP's? I'm still trying to figure out why one would buy an Astell & Kern or a Pono? Other than the Astel & KErn do appear to be quality devices albeit specialized ones that are also somewhat pricey, but not so much on the high end audio scale of ... | |
| Opinions on efficient bookshelf speakers 95db? BEst to read (and listen) also before you buy but also take all specifications with a grain of salt. Does not necessarily mean they are wrong or inaccurate, just limited, usually in a manner that works to the vendor's benefit to attract more custo... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state "IOW it may be flat but it may not sound like it."Actually it won't EVER sound flat if in fact it is because the frequency response of human ears is not flat.See the Ear Sensitivity chart here for details and how that affects what we hear when lis... | |
| Modern integrated vs. vintage...what do I get? I'm listening to my third system which is squeezebox touch to Yamaha cr-420 to Stax Sr-80 pro ear speakers. All somewhat vintage and can be had together for not much and it sounds wonderful. | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Sounds like digital Pete is the right guy to sort through it all. Then we will know. I am rooting for a happy ending. Once the amp is certified to be doing its thing perfectly as it should, you'll know if it is able to fit the bill with the Decapo... | |
| do players like Foobar improve sound of internet Also realize that if you start off with a clunker streamer/player, nothing much else you do in a traditional sense to tweak the sound will help much, including a better DAC or connection to source. So there is potential to waste a lot of time and ... | |
| do players like Foobar improve sound of internet RL,Have you tried them all? With all possible configuration options?Choose your analogy but I can assure you as a software/systems engineer with many years of experience that anything is possible and the specific reasons why there is a difference ... | |
| External Drive Help I have been running reliably with Seagate external USB drives for a few years now and can easily recommend those. Mine came with decent backup software pre-installed which is a nice bonus. | |
| Rock and roll speakers? Ray I see you have Magnepan and Klipsch. That would seem to have all the bases covered pretty well. I had Maggies for years and listened to everything on them. I would not call them "rock and roll" speakers though. I just heard the latest and grea... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Well, let's not jump to conclusions. I hope that's the case, but time will tell. There are many reasons why one thing may sound better than another case by case. No doubt sending the amp to an expert with the right knowledge and tools to get to th... | |
| Rock and roll speakers? "If the speaker is good for one genre, its good for another, plain and simple"I agree with that. I think the questions come more from teh perspective of finding speakers on a limited budget that will tend to have more performance limitations. In t... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state "Actually Mapman this is not entirely true."How many things are when it comes to good sound?I'll agree avoiding clipping altogether is always a good goal. Things will still not sound the same but if things are done even halfway well otherwise you ... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Hmm, well let's be real and not exaggerate.Any good quality amp delivering just a few watts will clip and distort sooner than one of similar good quality with more watts, all else aside. Its just a matter of when and how. I don't think this point ... | |
| do players like Foobar improve sound of internet Player software makes perhaps the single biggest difference in how music streamed from the internet sounds. Anything and everything both good and bad is possible depending on the software used to stream. It's even a bigger divergence potential tha... |