mlsstl
Responses from mlsstl
| Arendal speakers...are they the real deal or all influencer hype? If you really want to jinx them, the Arendal 1723 got a good review and recommendation from Audio Science Review... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit You might want to check out the Schiit Kara preamp. It's received a number of glowing reviews. I haven't personally tried this model but I've been very pleased with all the Schiit gear I've tried. They do have a trial period for their gear with a... | |
| Physical degradation of CD's Sometimes a CD will go bad with age, an issue known as "CD rot." However, this ties to poor manufacturing practices rather than use. Poor quality control when the CD was made can result in oxidation of the reflective surface. There can also be a... | |
| Ohm owners: What headphones do you use? I have Ohm 1000s and have been very pleased with my Hifiman Sundara phones. They are planar design and available in both open and closed-back versions, and the price is reasonable. Hifiman also has higher-end planar models if you want to get fanci... | |
| Cocktail Audio X45 That's a pity. Seems odd they would make it so hard to import music to the hard drive. Adding new music to your local collection is a very important, and very basic, function for any player with storage. . Hope you figure it out. | |
| The best customer experience I've ever had...... This is the first time I've ever seen someone put trust in a car salesman on the same level as what they have for their doctor! | |
| Cocktail Audio X45 The manual I read has "scan music db" as a completely separate function from copy/move files. | |
| Cocktail Audio X45 Took a quick look at the owner's manual for the X45 and on page 107 there are instructions on how to copy or move files to/from the hard drive. That seems to address your question, but then I don't have a X45 so have no personal experience to pas... | |
| Need a modern Class A monoblock, preferably half or compact chassis Just a thought, but for $200 or $300 you could get well-reviewed Fosi or Aiyima amps that would let you listen to music immediately. Then you could take your time finding your ultimate solution. And when you do, you can easily resell the cheap amp... | |
| Any owners of Schitt Bifrost 2? You might want to check out a used Bifrost -- they come up for sale regularly. You could buy one and then resell it for about the same you paid if it doesn't float your boat or you just get the urge to move on. | |
| Fair Blind Test?? Besides YouTube's lossy audio, God only knows what microphone was used for recording the sound. For all we know, a cell phone was used. Amazing how they use fancy equipment costing thousands upon thousands and then show it off with 128 kbps audio... | |
| Anyone at home at Krell? I've been in commercial insurance for over four decades. It is surprising how many small companies have no succession/continuity plan in place. This is years ago, but we had one company lose the top three execs, all in their prime, in a plane cras... | |
| Need help choosing preamp for streaming I'd second the recommendation for a WiiM streamer. I have a Pro and a Mini. They sound good and are among the easiest digital products I've ever encountered to set up and use. They also have a Pro Plus which has a better DAC and they are weeks aw... | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? @audiotroy -- I was just offering info, not an opinion one way or the other. Your initial response to @brunomarcs gave the impression that you were not familiar with the situation. His comment -- a sarcastic jab -- was perfectly clear to me in li... | |
| Recordable CD/DVDs are vanishing too Probably the bigger issue with CDRs is that you won't have as many brands to choose from as in the past, but the product will still be available. Just checked the Microcenter web site and they are down to one brand - Verbatim. Amazon still has s... |