moonwatcher
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| Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube @seanheis1 nearly ALL YouTubers ask for money, so they can keep the lights on and buy stuff to review and then either sell at a loss or give away to patreons of their channel. Nothing wrong with it. Even Steve Guttenberg asks for people to become ... | |
| Most underrated female recording artists.. Duffy - I would add her for those who might have missed her. Oh, and it is spelled Rhonda Vincent, with an "h"... | |
| Most underrated female recording artists.. Great recommendations. I’ve heard maybe 1/3rd of these. (Guess Spotify’s algorithm for finding "similar" artists was pretty good). Looking forward to trying these artists out. For instance, the 2022 Ella Henderson album "Everything I Didn’t Say" i... | |
| BluSound Node and Node 2 Anecdotal reports are well, anecdotal. We have no way of knowing how many units BS has sold nor how many actual problems that are real problems (not resolved by resetting the device and/or the modem router). We are just guessing. If BS is experie... | |
| Blu Ray player versus CD/SACD player. @ianhorseman thanks. I just wasn't sure what the relevance of SACD was these days, but if you can find some used gems out there, and even a few new ones that trip your trigger then good luck to you. I'd forgotten that originally SACD were suppo... | |
| Blu Ray player versus CD/SACD player. Curious, so many here seem to act like SACD is still a "thing". Is it? Where are you buying these, and what kind of releases? Jazz, pop, classical? Who is still releasing music in this format, and if it is so limited, is it really worth it when y... | |
| Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube I've watched him near the beginning of his channel's launch. He does a good job just evaluating gear based on what he hears. Most of it sub-$1000 stuff, but he occasionally does "better" items like the Wharfedale Linton, ELAC Uni-Fi, KLH Model 5, ... | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? There are many reasons rock shows generally can sound awful. For one thing, and the most important one is that most of these arenas are not designed for sound quality at all. They are echoey, sound smearing, godawful places of zero acoustics. All... | |
| Comparing external DAC to CD player DAC PCs and MACs are generally terribly electrically noisy devices. They weren’t designed for high end audio at all. Like others, I suspect your MAC being used as a streamer via USB is your weakest link here. You might find streaming even via an iPAD ... | |
| Anyone else feel like it’s the Wild Wild West? @soix yes, please let us know if you find a solution to some of the iFi Zen Stream’s issues. At it’s price point and the better fidelity reviewers have noted over the Bluesound Node used as a streamer only, it would offer a great bang for the buck... | |
| Anyone else feel like it’s the Wild Wild West? When a iFi Zen Stream has far more issues with operation and glitches than a $79 WiiM Mini streamer I think it is incumbent upon iFi to FIX their product or stop selling it to unsuspecting customers and wait until they can come out with a "MK. 2" ... | |
| Vinyl goes green! @heretobuy had it right. Vinyl LPs are mostly recycled vinyl today. I have no use for any "biodegradable" albums. I intentionally want my albums to last 100 years or more. I hope there's a chance my relatives will be playing them well into the f... | |
| Where do you want your system to go when you go? I have ONE great-nephew into music. I'll probably bequeath it to him if he has a house in a few years with room for it. If not, I'd rather it go to a local record store. They could use it "in-store" to play stuff for customers or sell it to stay ... | |
| B.S. Node 2i brick (yet another one) Just wanted to echo that the Zen Stream might not be the "answer" to the Node issues. Many have mentioned that it has terrible Wi-Fi connectivity that is often flaky (even with a very strong signal) or even if hardwired to ethernet. Another iss... | |
| How did 70s rock music transition into 80s music? @theaudiomaniac I just wonder if and when the current infatuation with singer-centric pop music will fade? I listen to some of it (it’s unavoidable), but have moved on to jazz, electronica, jamband, Americana, classical and other genres of music.... |