mikelavigne
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| Shootout: Roon versus Plex, Qobuz versus Tidal: Who Won? at the tip top of the hardware/software food chain (Wadax Ref dac and Ref server) hard to beat Roon and Quboz as of today. but Roon is hard baked into Wadax. as higher rez files are more common maybe Qudoz will get more competition. Tidal is quit... | |
| Your audiophile chair When you are listening in your chair are you in a reclined position or upright? @ronboco my chair is always in a slightly reclined position (see link below for a picture). my chair has a fixed backrest, fixed seat, and fixed leg supports. it... | |
| millercarbon the picture on the Miller Carbon website is of the room and system of my friend Bob Vinyard in Oregon. Bob hosts Rhapsody Audio: Portland. https://rhapsody.audio/location-portland/ | |
| Your audiophile chair the Ekones Stressless is an excellent chair for lounging. i use one for TV watching, have owned 3 or 4 over time, and really like it when i have the back reclined. but for listening to stereo it’s not ideal, in that mostly it cups the sound around... | |
| Bass only when I stand up… consider a ’swarm’. i’ve been in a 12’ x 12’ x 8’ very small room with great bass. when you look at the room no way it should work, but it does. not cheap, cheap, but not crazy spendy either. cheaper than trying to build another room or find anot... | |
| Vinyl static ionizers who's used them? i own three turntables, and own -2- CS Port IME1’s and a single DS Audio ion-001. so one for each turntable. the advantages of the stand mounted version is continuous emitting of negative ions to reduce static and lower noise. and you turn them ... | |
| 2023 DAC comparison: MSB Select vs dCS Vivaldi Apex vs Wadax Atlantis Reference thanks for posting that, @shkong78 Fred Crowder is a very credible listener. and a good guy. not had the dCS Vivaldi Apex in my room for a direct compare, but agree with Fred about the Wadax. for 18 months i've been saying it resembles good viny... | |
| 2023 DAC comparison: MSB Select vs dCS Vivaldi Apex vs Wadax Atlantis Reference FYI: the wadax combo along with some $150k reference loudspeakers were in one of the worst sounding rooms at last years Axpona according to multiple reviewers/sources. In the past, years ago, I preferred other dacs to the at the time best dac MSB... | |
| 2023 DAC comparison: MSB Select vs dCS Vivaldi Apex vs Wadax Atlantis Reference compares are not trivial to do. to start out you need a system sufficiently sorted out to give you good feedback, and maybe some analog references in the system for context. then you need a very trusting dealer, or dealers, to loan the gear. helps... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems the first aspect of a resolving system is that it reveals differences between recordings and is able to allow each recording and performance to be unique. differences become easy to recognize. the system is a chameleon and can relate all aspects o... | |
| How to Setup Your Room for Atmos and Immersive Audio Before I could slightly localize the top middle speakers and now in the new location they blend much better forming that nice immersive bubble. It was a bit of a pain running the speaker wires but it actually looks better to. I’ll need to rewire ... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? only heard the XVX once at Axpona and it was crap, a mess, with D'Agostino Relentless amps. it did look impressive. i just assumed it was the room and set-up and don't hold the speakers or electronics accountable at all for the sound. maybe by th... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? at that level of speakers ($200k--$300k+) the room and system are more significant than the speaker itself in terms of system performance. what an ’uber’ speaker can deliver is less limitations to the performance ceiling you can reach. it can allo... | |
| Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald? i’ll go with Tom Petty’s ’GLORIA’ off the ’Live At The Filmore,1997". it's deep. it's detailed. 10 minutes of joy. if there is a better story in a song i’ve not heard it. and i’m a big fan of "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald". if i need a ... | |
| Fremer's Single-leg panel is absolute tweak bs @jea48 hi Jim, i do not recall talking to you. but i might have posted on the subject and you might have had a recommendation. or over the years we might have crossed paths about it. many have asked me about my Equi=tech. added note; after thi... |