mikelavigne
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| Do audiophiles have a high divorce rate? been married 46 years, to the same woman.was into hifi when we got married, but kids and boats and family-focus put hifi to the side for for 20 years until the kids were gone. since 1994 i've been a serious audiophile, and it has worked for my mar... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital been there, done that. multiple times, in multiple ways.i have 800-900 needle drops. these are 2xdsd vinyl rips of my vinyl i have on my NAS. play them often. and hundreds of digital tape transfers at various hirez levels i can compare to the viny... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital the phrase ’technically superior’ is a misnomer relative to our listening to music. on paper digital recorders do all sorts of magic tricks as far as dynamic range and bandwidth. and data on analog recorders misses the fact that analog recorders r... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital there are a few labels that disclose a choice of 1/2". and those sometimes disclose the source tape’s details. so you have to dig a little to find this information. the cost of 1/2" is typically 66% to 100% more. it’s not just more expensive tape ... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital @sdrsdrsdr Yes. 1/4” tape. I’ve never heard any debate from the vinyl crowd on which is more superior, many discussions though. All seem to agree that tape is the best. I don’t know if this is also the same consensus the digital crowd shares too.... | |
| MSB vs dCS Bartok @rhmmmm What do you mean here? The Premier takes the same digital input modules as the Reference, Select and even the entry level Discrete. Including the latest Ethernet Renderer V2. I have a Premier and I have the Ethernet Renderer in it and it ... | |
| Higher End DACs With a server, we get so many dingbats and ridicule for pulling the stops out, but we are not complaining as the Extreme can sing for itself ;-) there are infinitely more so-called digital experts than analog ones. everyone has a computer. the od... | |
| Higher End DACs interesting how many opinions we have here about what can’t have an effect on digital audio, servers, reading files, and streaming.you read this stuff in a book? or actually personally tested these things?just for the record. | |
| I'm interested in hearing what "the best" systems sound like, where to go? @hshifi I can only Imagine how clean his main system sounds! no need to imagine it, come on over next time you are in the neighborhood (east of Seattle). | |
| I'm interested in hearing what "the best" systems sound like, where to go? @jpwarren58 One more thing Mike. I just realized that you are the guy who always outbids me on EBay. honestly; i've not bid on ebay vinyl for a few years; been in gear mode lately. i get my recent used vinyl on Discog.it will soon be time to ag... | |
| Higher End DACs i’m not in a position to debate the technical side of this. but my understanding is that when it comes to digital audio, local files, NAS sourced files, or streaming files, all have the same needs from a CPU. and our performance expectations shoul... | |
| I'm interested in hearing what "the best" systems sound like, where to go? @jpwarren58 Mike,Thanks for the serious eye candy, but what did you do with the cow?Joe hi Joe,you are welcome.before i moved into my barn in 2004 it had real horses in it, and the corral was functional. but no cows. OTOH i do have a herd of Elk t... | |
| Higher End DACs @david_ten yes, absolutely; the SGM Extreme is the perfect streaming server. but it’s also the perfect server for local internal PCIe files, and the perfect server for using an outboard NAS. and i’ve used it all three ways.over the last 9 months w... | |
| I'm interested in hearing what "the best" systems sound like, where to go? or.....North Bend, Wa. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/615 | |
| Remove rack or console from between your speakers there is no one right answer. and it is somewhat related to the seriousness of your system and asset allocation.if you have optimized everything else first to a reasonable degree, then having long interconnects and removing your rack from between ... |