mdalton
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| Turntable Quandry To the OP, I would note that your Luxman has an internal phono stage - both MM and MC - that I’ve read is very high quality. While Manley’s phono amps have a wonderful reputation, have you compared their performance against each other? If the L... | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS @tomic601 Hah! Take a look at the Scotch map. I love Talisker and Caol Ila (check out how close they are) for “daily drinkers”. My go-to special night scotch these days is Lagavulin 16 - way up in the Northeast: https://www.google.com/sea... | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS I totally agree that the hobby has no place for obnoxious dogma. I also agree with someone’s observation that there are anti-measurement obnoxious dogmatics as well. Me? I think measurements are really important, and helpful. They help me be ... | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT To the OP: Your emphasis on the clock is a mistake, imho. The impact on sound from a quality clock/reclocking is easily measured (jitter). The only source I know of that consistently measures jitter in streamers is HiFi News. So I put together... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? One other thought (a little surprised no one else mentions it) is Arcam: SA35 - $3000 SA45 - $5000 A very solid company. But this is a really competitive area of the business right now, as you can see. Linn (I had the Linn Classic for our mbr... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? HiFi News just reviewed the new Rotel RAS5000. Goes for $3000. | |
| 2025 Audio System Wish List Time! @ironrick6 Primare NP5 is $750. Re new gear in ‘25, I’d like finally to purchase an ultrasonic LP cleaner - hesitant to pay the premium for a degritter, so trying to decide between Humminguru and Kirmuss. | |
| Is the microwave the perfect model for audio marketting? no idea. haven’t had a microwave for 10 years, and haven’t missed it for a second. | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” as others have pointed out, your speakers, measured by Atkinson at under 84 db efficiency, do limit your choices. And given that you’re going from all-tube and still want warmth, even more limited. Agree with the Pass Labs and Accuphase recommen... | |
| Chet Baker vs. Miles Davis It’s like the scene in “Diner”, where they debate the relative merits of Sinatra vs. Johnny Mathis. Like Sinatra, Miles is in a different league from Baker. But like Mathis, it’s ok if you prefer to make out to Chet. | |
| How to Connect DAC's USB Port to Ethernet Cable Sonore Optical Thix solution gets rid of all network noise when going from ethernet to usb. | |
| Do I Really Need a Dedicated Streamer? To the OP: a good lawyer doesn’t just answer your question if there’s a problem with the premise embedded in your question. Similarly for good audiophiles. As many have told you, if you stream using Spotify, you’re wasting your money if you spe... | |
| Do I Really Need a Dedicated Streamer? lossy Spotify Spotify still streams lossy files, so I wouldn’t worry about your streaming technology until that changes, or you upgrade to Qobuz or Tidal. | |
| Looking for High Quality Streamer Only Options (NO DAC)? Bricasti M3 I’d be careful about Bricasti for a streamer. I’ve created a database on streamer specs from Hifi News reviews over the last few years. Why? Because Paul Miller does “Lab Reports” at the end of every one of them, and he does the mo... | |
| Looking for High Quality Streamer Only Options (NO DAC)? another streamer discussion @jbhiller see link above to a recent discussion that touches on same topic. I am a strong proponent that, putting aside processing differences (e.g., reclocking, up sampling/oversampling, dsp), the only differences a... |