moonwatcher
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| They should charge more for it… @dayglow "In transportation is a new Ferrari a better value proposition than a new Cirrus SR20?" At least when the Ferrari stalls it doesn’t need a parachute. (Just kidding). Seriously, I’m a boring aerospace engineer working as a mechanical en... | |
| DIY Speaker Kits, a good idea? If you have the room and much of the proper equipment to do a good job of building the cabinet, then go for it with one of the established companies’ great kits. But economically, if you don’t already have all that fairly expensive equipment and k... | |
| Apple Music on iOS 26 I believe the general consensus is that, at least until now, Apple made it too difficult to get an actual CD quality or higher resolution audio into our stereo systems. The software would always resample everything to 48KHz and spit it out. Apple ... | |
| DeVore O/96 Unboxing Beautiful! Hope you enjoy them greatly. If your wife wouldn't accept these, threaten to buy some Tekton Moabs in orange. | |
| New In 2025 Not audiophile, but interesting musically, is the forthcoming reissue (finally!) on September 19th of Buckingham \ Nicks from 1973. The prices for 1st run vinyl of this album were stupid crazy on Discogs. | |
| Is AI going to kill Hifi? @mylogic We are a long ways from the 1970s. Take a look at this and the capabilities of current A.I. in making derivative music based on nearly every piece of music created by humans. And it will only get better and better. Don’t misunderstand m... | |
| Is AI going to kill Hifi? They just need to be sure to teach it Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"... Or have a good "off" switch available. | |
| Buying used from Canada @cleeds, nope it is not "fiction". Look it up. I hope you know how to use Google. Lumber, furniture, dairy, and poultry. | |
| Buying used from Canada Canada has had sky high tariffs on American goods for decades, some as high as 250%. Trump is trying to level the playing field. Canada currently has an imbalance of trade with us of about $50 billion. Trump would like them to get that down to aro... | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? @lanx0003 ah, that Singxer SU-6 looks a lot better...Thanks. Just wonder what numbers the OP would end up with going directly from his Volumio Rivo Plus to the LAIV Harmony DAC via I2S? Would they be helped by the Singxer SU-6? Thanks for the in... | |
| Do I still need a DDC in between? Your Gustard U18 mitigates jitter to as low as 38fs according to the specs. Have you seen anything in the other DAC or source that says they beat that? | |
| And a Happy 4th to all! Happy Independance Day! Listen to something good! | |
| Leave it on? I would go by whatever the manufacturer recommends. Generally, I leave most of my gear "on" or in "standby". If I owned a Class A solid state or tube amp, I'd likely turn it off in the summer to keep from heating up the room too much but might le... | |
| Have some fun with bookshelf monitors!! If you only had $1000 or less, then I'd get the relatively new Triangle Borea BR04 bookshelf speakers. They have a better crossover than the BR03, and are a bit larger, and play down to 44Hz in room. I got a pair for a steal and love them for what... | |
| Qobuz vs Airplay John Darko did a deep dive into Airplay a few months ago. It is lossy. At best it provides 320Kbps .aac files and often goes to less than that depending on how close you are and other factors. A very long time ago when Airplay first came out, it w... |