mikelavigne
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| 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 ... | |
| I'm interested in hearing what "the best" systems sound like, where to go? @baclaggwhere do you live? at least give us a region.hard to recommend a place to use as a reference when we don’t know your area.and from my perspective it’s unlikely a hifi brick and mortar dealer has state of the art sound, compared to the top ... | |
| Higher End DACs Mike - how can local vs streamed files sound better? How can you sense ’edgyness’ from one vs the other if the bitstream is the same. The MSB Select II supports a bit-perfect test file. Play the test file from SGM Extreme or ’pick any server’ usin... | |
| Higher End DACs @david_ten Taiko Audio SGM Extreme 6Moons review:"The Mount Everest of PC-Based Streamers" Blue Moon Award!https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/taiko/ nice review! you ought to hear the Extreme with the MSB Select II. pretty awesome.agree that... | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars in my experience the more that you spend on uber high end gear the more likely that you’ll be disappointed. it's not how much you spend, it's the things you learn and and the effort you put in.i built a perfect room in 2004 and had lots of pre... | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars Does Wilson employ the best designer? Do they have the best tools or best facility for developing a state of the art product? It seems really unlikely to me. then you say.... I don't have any special secret knowledge and I don't claim toso ... | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars @daveyf when i’m tempted to post negatively, i mostly don’t hit ’send’. or delete it quickly if/when i do.and really, it works like a charm. i pick my battles very carefully, and it’s extremely rare they involve my hobby. if i’m rattled i go liste... | |
| Wilson's Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker over 3/4 of a million US dollars ok @jon_5912you've told us what Wilson Audio is not, but not made any case how or why you know that. if Wilson is not the most qualified to produce the top speaker, i assume you must know who is? enlighten us please. who might have more capable as... |