moonwatcher
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| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES @kray thank you. I may have to give Qobuz a try then. Just wish there was a "Qobuz Connect" app that streamers could have. Such an app makes life much easier when you can pass off the stream. Maybe one day... | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES Doesn't Deezer provide "bit-perfect" data? At least at CD quality? I'd rather have CD quality that way than higher resolution files that have snake oil done to them. Is there anyway for us to know? Has anyone with proper equipment ever done a co... | |
| Turn down the Volume! Just wanted to note that this is one reason trying to compare speakers online on YouTube is at best a crapshoot. Is that honkiness you hear in the midrange or shrillness or grit in the tweeter always present in the speaker or are they overdriving ... | |
| Ditch your USB cable for Toslink? Might surprise you! Toslink is fine if you can deal with its designed limitations. A long time ago before Toslink became the "standard" for optical cables, there was a better, much higher bandwidth optical cable made by AT&T called AT&T Glass. Of course it ne... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i philgo01, for those of us with trepidations regarding service after the sale, if you buy these amps through Amazon (including the smaller brother R8 which I've been eyeing after hearing it drive some Lintons), you can buy a 3-year electronics warr... | |
| New Magnaplanar 1.7 delaminating and buzzing. Any company can have a bad run of parts, a batch of adhesives that don't meet specs, etc. One of the best motherboards I ever used was an ASUS, but after a year it starting having mystery problems. Turned out for a period of a few months of prod... | |
| Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark GoerTek – a consumer electronics company based in China – has announced it has acquired the majority of shares in Dynaudio (in 2014), the high-end speaker manufacturer founded in 1977. THEY OWN Dynaudio. Maybe they should change the name to "China... | |
| Vandersteen Forum Just wanted to mention that YouTuber Steve Gutenberg said he'll be reviewing some Vandersteen speakers (didn't say which ones) later this year. Should be interesting. He mentioned that he liked previous ones and has known the owner for years and... | |
| Politics and Music Yes, I do "get" Frank Zappa just fine. Been listening probably before you were born. A musician's political opinion is nearly worthless. The local plumber's or bricklayer guy's are probably better because they live in the REAL world, working 8... | |
| Up to $4000US tower speakers for Jazz and Classical Music Good luck. I note the latest incarnation is the 8th version Vandersteen 2CE Signature III. $3607/pair. You have a room large enough though for some Maggies, and Ohm though, if you can pull them away from the walls. Nearly everyone (at least many r... | |
| Politics and Music Thank God, or the Supreme Soviet (if that is what you believe in) that stare decisis isn't the be all, end all. Otherwise we might still have slavery. When ideas become so repugnant, even ideas enshrined by the courts, (think late term abortion),... | |
| Politics and Music Most musicians, especially rock era musicians, and even later day bluegrass and Americana music artists are decidedly liberal if they are political at all. This uncritical "group-think" is pervasive among them. I note that Bela Fleck of Bela Fleck... | |
| Ridiculous sale If someone with deep pockets is desperate enough or clueless enough (i.e. pretty stupid), let them buy it at that price. The thing is, with more on the way (eventually) that buyer will NEVER recoup anywhere near what he paid for it - if they ever ... | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media Love streaming. The convenience and choices and sound quality are amazing. However, all of it can be taken away from you at a moment's notice by lawyers or labels. I do have a few CDs that aren't on any streaming platform and likely never will be... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? Acoustic Research AR9: 52.75" (1340mm) and 129.8 lbs (59kg), each. Never want anything larger other than maybe Magnepans some day. |