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| Preserving Deezer Hi-Fi Quality with Node Thanks @toro3 for sharing. I'm happy to see I'm not alone experiencing that. From what I've read, the downsampled MQA streamed by Tidal hifi tier ends up being of a lower quality of Deezer FLAC 1141 kbit/s. But again, it's hard to find a definitiv... | |
| What Would Be the Reasoning Behind Leaving Class D Amps On? I has a similar question, but for a reason other that audio quality. It is specific to McIntosh: since the front panel is illuminated (even when there is no VU), will keeping it always on risk of burning the front green lights? | |
| Can recommend some non-fatigue SMALL bookshelf for near-field listening? For me: Focal Sopra No.1. I'm still amazed listening to them... No fatigue at all and render almost all type of music flawlessly! | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment I felt I changed league this year. Amp: from Arcam Alpha 5 to McIntosh C712 + MC7100 Speakers: from B&W V203 to Focal Sopra no.1 The speaker upgrade brought spectacular improvement, several order of magnitude more that the amp upgrade that ... | |
| The Proverbial "best amp" for Focal Sopra No. 1 Thanks @audphile1, I see it now. Sooo good reviews ans soooo expensive! I will keep a watch on it! | |
| The Proverbial "best amp" for Focal Sopra No. 1 @ejr1953 - Thanks for this input, this is the hands-on experience I was looking for. The autoformers are also present on the MA8900 and it'S currenly my top. The 7200 is only availavble in it's MAC version in Canada -> It has a tuner and I don'... | |
| The Proverbial "best amp" for Focal Sopra No. 1 Thank you @chorus for your answer. I didn't know this brand... yet another one. Looking forward for others hints, although my spider senses tell me that, for reason I don't quite understand, the question does not generate the usual traction... I... | |
| Alternatives to B&W 805 D4 So it's done... I now own a pair of Focal Sopra No.1. I have them for 4 days and I am truly amazed. It was quite an upgrade from my no-named micro monitor. I'm using (rather old, but still good) McIntotsh C712 + MC 7100. With a Bluesound Node and... | |
| Top 3 songs to evaluate a system Thanks everyone for sharing such precious gems! I never though I would receive that level of quality and quantity of suggestions.I reiterate that I listen to all songs (that are available on Spotify - don't judge me!). I put them in a "Suggestions... | |
| Focal, B&W or Martin Logan I’m listening as I am also on the market for new speakers and I have those on my short list:- Focal Sopra No 1- B&W 805 D4- Dynaudio Heritage Special- Totem Element Fire V2I’m yet to go on listening mission, but from initial (quite extensive) ... | |
| Top 3 songs to evaluate a system Thank you so much for that variety of suggestions. This thread is generating lots of "work" for me as I' actually listening to all pieces that I can find and decide if I keep it or not in my bank of "song for system evaluation" - And I'm loving it... | |
| Top 3 songs to evaluate a system Thanks @hilde45 for being the first. I should have added a double bonus to have song easily available.. like Spotify. I can't find two of the thee pieces proposed. But Shelby Lynne is great and it's really my style of music!@bigtwin - Excellent po... | |
| Alternatives to B&W 805 D4 After more investigation, the Revel 226be are not available in my region, I would need to have the import without actually see or hear them, and the room I have (my office) is small. But they look good for sure.A contender I'll add to my short lis... | |
| Alternatives to B&W 805 D4 @soix:Yes, I saw the question but I'm not sure I'll be able to articulate a sensible answer :-) The more, I read the more it's clear that there is no one-speaker-that-is-the-best-at-all-styles, so I get your question! But I like, and listen, to a ... | |
| Alternatives to B&W 805 D4 Thanks everyone for the variety of suggestions. Plenty of reading ahead, I counted 17 different suggestions. Amazing!But I’m puzzled about how I can make a good selection. I can read reviews or graphs, but it will never be enough information to di... |