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| are "LONDON" pressings made in the UK, inferior to the Decca pressings Arthur Salvatore has been mentioned. Anyone with enough interest to have read this far should look here for more than you may have wanted to know about this subject: http://www.high-endaudio.com/softw.html#Decca | |
| CD"S "I know this question is a little hard to answer."No, it's very easy. There's nothing about a silver disk that adds to the SQ of the files on it, In fact, playing the disk detracts from SQ. Rip the CDs and the SACDs. There are programs that do... | |
| Simaudio 390 Network Streamer | DAC | Preamp Can't comment on performance though I have and treasure Sim Moon amp and preamp. But getting an all-in-one component locks you out of future developments in the digital world that is very fast moving. I would always consider separate DAC, stream... | |
| Bits bits bits from Upscale Audio Another interesting and easy to follow explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grzoqEb2KMk | |
| Need to adjust the speed every time I turn on turntable A long time ago when I began to notice speed fluctuations on my VPI TT I cured it with a clean-out and lubrication of the bearing and a lubrication of the motor. So that might be an issue,But phoenixengr, who apparently now licenses his invention... | |
| Playing SACDs " Ripping the DSD portion of SACDs seems complicated" It is not!Once set up you simply put each disk into the player, one after another, click on a program once, and they download to your computer. Thousands of audiophiles have done it. The design... | |
| SACD or not SACD? To which I wold add that if you have not heard your SACDs as rips (and your CDs too) you probably haven't heard them at their best. Running a silver disk through a machine can do nothing to improve the SQ of the music files they contain. Only de... | |
| Playing SACDs @smdb01us Bravo! Now it's a no-brainer. You will be very happy with the results. You might begin by having a look here: https://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-93-minidsp-ripping-sacds-page-2Let the folks here know how it worked out. | |
| Playing SACDs I suggest you rip your SACDs. Makes them easy and convenient to play, and with the highest possible SQ. You haven’t said which Oppo you have, but if you have either the 105 or 103, you’re all set to do it. If you don’t have one of those, you might... | |
| SoundSmith Counter Intuitive for VPI tone arms Yes the CI works very well. No friction problem here. Perhaps there was a user who didn't like the normally tight fit.Even useful, though perhaps not as essential, f you get the dual pivot which I also recommend. | |
| Shelter 501 mkii then what now I had a 501 re-tipped at SoundSmith with the OCR. It was fine. But it was easy to tell that an Audio Technica Art-9 outperformed it. The re-tipped 501 was easy to sell. | |
| Question about internet connection to streamer I did a careful listening test between wi-fi and a very long Cat 5 cable, and the cable was the clear winner. I now use generic Cat 6 cable. Bit the dust and made a small hole in the floor for it. Learned how to terminate. | |
| Has Anyone Auditioned an LKS MH-DA004 DAC? The DAC has been in my system for about 2 years. I have been mostly an analog guy. Previous tries at digital didn’t get much listening but this DAC does. My analog system is VPI TNT, AT Art-9, three stage all tube (no SUT, no transistor) phono pre... | |
| Schiit Freya plus. Is this an upgrade? @recluseThanks for sharing.What amp are you using it with?Are the volume clicks a physical noise, or do they come through the speakers?I've read that the Freya+ gets very warm. Is it warm enough to be a concern about long term performance life? | |
| Reference Recordings only doing hybrid cd/sacd now, sad I'm gone. @georgehifi " . . they are no longer doing 24/96 hdcd PCM only CD's . . "When I ripped a few HDCDs, they are read by my computer as 24/44.1 which is what I I am pretty sure they are, at best. What is your information?.Also, does anyone make HDCD... |