mike_in_nc
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| Your experience in "in their day" brands/components that you remember foundly? I still think fondly of my Acoustic Research XA turntable and Shure V15VMR cartridge. I was a student in the Boston area and first saw the XA at the AR showroom. I got the cartridge from Tech HiFI. | |
| Euro Tumble If you buy from Europe a speaker that does have US distribution, it is unlikely to have any warranty service available in the US. That is often part of what the distributor does. If you buy from Europe a speaker that does not have US distribution... | |
| Isn't it really about quality of recording? @sns I often hear talk about bad recordings and good recordings, but what are the particular qualities that qualify a recording as bad or good for you? Here are mine. I expect them to differ for others. What bothers me most about a recording... | |
| Torus vs AudioQuest Niagara @twodogs112 - Thanks mike in nc. The led dots are a great suggestion. If you haven't noticed already, the same maker also has dots that are not completely opaque, but just dim light transmission. I use those for other things (my digital alarm ... | |
| Torus vs AudioQuest Niagara @nyev - Re noise: Yes. It filters nicely. I find the sound of my hi-fi is more consistent from time to time, which I suspect is due to just that. Re: too bright LED. Yes again. I used this from Amazon: LIGHT DIMS Black Out Edition - Light Blocki... | |
| Torus vs AudioQuest Niagara +1 @twoleftears @nyev It is just nutty how audio simultaneously has (1) an obsession with "lowering the noise floor" (often inaudible already), and (2) a raft of products that buzz or hum. I also am happy with the RM-20. It is dead silent, and ... | |
| Isn't it really about quality of recording? Good equipment helps, especially speakers and room acoustics. Yet with a bad recording, even the best equipment can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Not only are many recordings bad, different recordings can be bad in different ways. Even ... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value acoustic treatments | |
| Bluesound and BluOS I used Qobuz on a Bluesound device (NAD C 368) for a while with absolutely no problems. I suspect your networking might be the issue. Tidal’s lossy MQA files may be a little smaller than Qobuz’s lossless files, so if the network is just capable of... | |
| Proud Harbeth p3esr owner - need help tweaking/troubleshooting @gerryr1 >> I have the same issue with the P3ESR speakers. << Unfortunate that you're not getting good sound from your Harbeths. IMO, 23 watts -- no matter how good those watts are -- is not enough for the P3ESR. You may be hearing ... | |
| JL Audio Eii2 subwoofer I have two JL F112 subs that I bought in 2007. The performance is superb, and they blend with the main speakers (Janszen electrostatics) very well. Each sub has needed two repairs during that time. I’m told that JL has upgraded the electrolytic ca... | |
| Brian Wilson-American Masters We have watched many shows in the series but not this one yet. We'll add it to our PBS list of stuff to watch. Another one that was superb was about Buddy Guy, the blues guitarist. | |
| What USB cable to get? I, too, would recommend an inexpensive USB cable. I’ve had fine results with Belkin Gold. As to the Schiit cable, IMO a manufacturer would not sell cables that would work poorly with their electronics. I tried switching from Belkin to a more expe... | |
| Need some suggestions for a desktop amp. A smallish pre/DAC might be the Matrix mini-i Pro 3. It has an excellent sounding DAC. You can check the specs to see if it has all the features you need. If you're interested in streaming, it does Roon but not plain DLNA/UPnP. | |
| WiFi streaming — streamer vs. through iPad If your WiFi is strong, it should not be a problem. Fidelity is the same, WiFi or Ethernet. What is different is that with weak WiFi, one can get dropouts and lost connections. I have two streamers that have both WiFi and Ethernet, and neither on... |