mike_in_nc
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| Speaker Cable Terminology A pair of cables, one for the right speaker, and one for the left. | |
| Looking for upgrade ideas for desktop system The Sprout 100 has a good reputation; however, I've found that PS Audio gear is better bought used, as it depreciates quickly in the used market.Under no circumstances buy the original Sprout, which had a nondefeatable bass boost of about 7 dB aro... | |
| Can audiophiles detect deficiencies in the hifiberry DAC's? I tried a HiFiBerry DAC Pro+ a while ago in a secondary system. I thought it was remarkable for the $50 price. However, the sound was not as good as through a couple of audiophile DACS (Auralic VEGA, Classe CP-800). By comparison, the HiFiBerry wa... | |
| Roon: is it just a pretty face for browsing music? Mostly, yes. But not just pretty -- functional for those who want to find things in Tidal or Qobuz (which are badly indexed for classical music) or who want to find things in their own local libraries and who haven't made sure they are tagged well. | |
| What's the worst speaker or stereo set-up you've ever seen? Two, decades ago. A San Francisco audio system with Quads in a largely glass room. The apartment was high-end and striking visually, but the stereo sounded horrible. At the Stereophile show in Miami in 1991, B&W was debuting their Nautilus lin... | |
| Dedicated transport or CD player as transport? The new Audiolab transport has gotten great reviews and is about the cost of the CXC. Maybe worth investigating. I have not tried it myself. | |
| Streaming: WiFi or wired?? There’s nothing compromised about wireless if the signal is strong and you’re not using some kind of lossy compression (mpg, Blutooth). Given that, wired or wireless might be slightly better, depending on the quality of implementation in the parti... | |
| Review on Bricasti Design M3 DAC Regarding MQA, it is a combination of equalization and lossy compression. That some high-end manufacturers have resisted the pressure to sell it is not surprising. | |
| Magico M9 The new 'norm' in speakers Got it! | |
| Magico M9 The new 'norm' in speakers @nekoaudio - Granted, global trade changes have affected prices. But really, don't you think Veblen's theory also has played a part? How else to explain wires for $10k and so on? | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? Definitely not! They are too interested in music, and not enough in antiques. | |
| Magico M9 The new 'norm' in speakers @nekoaudio : Interesting point. I know that when some users were complaining about Auralic’s increases, the CEO pointed out that they only partially absorbed the cost of tariffs.On the other hand, it’s my impression that Bryston’s prices were stea... | |
| Magico M9 The new 'norm' in speakers Hearing about that makes me sad. We read all the time about the death of hifi in the US, and it’s blamed on iPods, the Internet, Spotify, and people’s shortened attention spans.But maybe it’s also the ramp-up of prices in audio. Even the less expe... | |
| Review on Bricasti Design M3 DAC I spent a lot of time in the Bricasti room at AXPONA 2019. For some reason, it was sparsely attended. They had great music playing in glorious sound, all at realistic and reasonable volumes. The room treatment they brought with them apparently all... | |
| Advice/Warnings for a newbie That Cello Palette Preamp is a choice piece of gear -- as you probably know. I owned one for about 10 years, and I’d consider it one of the top preamps ever made. I’ve never got anything like that as a hand-me-down. Give thanks!Most Cello preamps ... |