moto_man
Responses from moto_man
| Tidal class-action I am surprised at the hostility being thrown around here. What is the purpose of MQA files? At least for me, I thought that it was a hi-res stream that through methods unknown, was "unfolded" to its former glory by your DAC. I have both Tidal a... | |
| Speaker cable suggestions I started with Audience Au24’s, then moved to Cardas Golden Cross, then MIT 3.3 Shotguns, then Morrow SP7 and finally after several years, my keepers, Shunyata Alpha v2’s. I liked every one of the cables, but as my speakers and system changed, so ... | |
| Tidal class-action @audioisnobiggie, I have briefly looked into the tech of MQA and found it surprising. Here is an excerpt from the article on MQA in Wikipedia: 'MQA encoding is lossy;[24][25] it hierarchically compresses the relatively little energy in the highe... | |
| Power cords known to produce good bass I have definitely found that replacing stock power cables with high end ones improved the sound in my system, especially in the bass, first Audience and then Shunyata. The problem is one of expectation. Hearing an audible difference is a far cry ... | |
| Tidal class-action I don’t know enough about the MQA technology to opine on it, but I know that I paid for the top tier to get access to hi-res MQA files. If the MQA file is merely an upscaled Redbook file, it is false advertising. It is that simple. | |
| Tidal class-action Well, I am a trial lawyer and a Tidal HiFi Plus subscriber. I have absolutely no idea what @audioisnobiggie is talking about. Is he claiming that MQA is really a red book rate, that is somehow upscaled to 96K? If that is the claim, then there i... | |
| A SHOCKING DISCOVERY ABOUT DIGITAL AUDIO The OP is misunderstanding what "bit perfect" means. If I play something from my Plex Server on my MSB DAC, that file will be "bit perfect," i.e., the file on the Plex Server is the same file being played on the MSB DAC. But just because I can p... | |
| Ethernet and USB cables I think that I have a pretty resolving system, Wilson Sabrina X's, Pass 250.8, ARC REF 6 and an MSB Discrete DAC with a Premier Power base and a full loom of Shunyata Alpha v1 cables. All my music is digital, either streamed or from my music serv... | |
| What are some good things to do when going to an audition Definitely hit on a nice Sativa or Sativa dominant hybrid before you go in. I also have found that 'shrooms taken about an hour before listening really helps pick out the differences in speakers, plus you can see the music coming out of the speak... | |
| Supra Cat 8 Ethernet cable I have a two story house, with my router in my office, next to my dedicated music room. The house is wired with CAT 5e ethernet cable. My MSB Discrete DAC and music server are connected to the network. For the music to get to my DAC, it must go d... | |
| Comments re: MSB Director upgrade cost, additional hardware and cables @jjss49 , i upgraded my Analog to the Discrete. The Discrete has more resolution and a better soundstage width. But the Analog had better soundstage depth. I am very happy with the Discrete, but to my ears anyway, the Analog is a great DAC and w... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Wilson SabrinaX I have the Sabrina X’s powered by the Pass Labs 250.8. The Pass gives them all of the power that they need and mine sound both detailed and dynamic. Remember, what any speaker sounds like is also dependent on the rest of the system and cabling, ... | |
| Dan D'Agostino S250 MxV enough power for Wilson Audio Alexia V I use a Pass Labs 250.8 to power my Sabrina X’s, which have similar power demands, with no problem whatsoever! | |
| Wilson Audio Duette Series 3 I have an 11x11 dedicated music room and I use Sabrina X’s, about 2 ft from the wall and about 2.5 ft from each side.They sound fantastic. | |
| Totally Ridiculous....Auditions on YouTube! Listening to YouTube comparison videos is clearly of limited utility. That is not to say that it might be possible to hear differences between two systems playing the same music, four example, but obviously cannot be relied upon for a buying deci... |