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| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Of course the music has to sound great. Why spend thousands or tens of thousands of dollars on equipment if a car radio is good enough? On the other hand, who wants to listen to music beautifully rendered if you don’t like it? The other aspect is ... | |
| Morrow Audio Speaker Cables I started at level 2 and was so impressed I immediately upgraded to the level 5 for the speaker cables and interconnects. I would never ever, ever have imagined the immense change those cables made in my system... huge soundstage, detail, bass res... | |
| One answer to an oft-asked question. @hickamore totally agree. I listen to pandora during work. Qobuz at night. | |
| One answer to an oft-asked question. Pandora works better playing related music than Qobuz for me. My Weekly Discovery playlist on Qobuz never changes. Tell me I’m doing something wrong, please. | |
| REL S510 or S812 I own 2 rel 510s. Unless you have a very large room, the 510 is plenty. The volume is at about 25%. They add depth to the soundstage and the low mids are great. I use them in my ht as well. The biggest issue is that some music producers use too mu... | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change If you're similar to me, you enjoy hearing differences. When I get a new piece of gear, I'm excited to hear it. If there's little to no improvement, back it goes. But if there's an improvement, i'm convinced I've made the last purchase ever. I hea... | |
| Differences in YouTube, Spotify, etc. 1.5 years ago I tried all the streaming services. Qobuz sounds best on my system. But I use Pandora on my computer while I work to get song suggestions that I add to Qobuz. I’m less than thrilled with Qobuz suggestions. | |
| Connecting a subwoofer You can run your powered sub from the rca outputs on your dac. Run your XLR dac outputs to your power amp. | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? Streamers make a difference in most systems. See if that’s true in yours. Purchase a streamer from amazon. Return it if it doesn’t help. If it does, consider if you’ve bought the correct streamer. | |
| DACed and Confused here... I have the rme dac. You don’t need an upgraded external power supply. I connected a good one and there was no difference. The rme engineers talk about not needing one. I tried anyway. There are lots of options on the rme. You don’t need to play wi... | |
| Would you choose 1 ou 2 subwoofers for a stereo set? Two subs. Try one in the front and one in the back to see if it makes a more 3 dimensional sound. | |
| New Pass Labs Go To Selfishly, I hate to see Reno Hi-Fi go and no one taking over mark’s shop. He was a hands-on dealer who valued personal communication. He will be missed. | |
| About ready to give up on Roon and my streamer IFi Neo streamer. Comes with a linear power supply and a converter that changes ethernet to optical. $1299. Get it on amazon, audition it, return it if dissatisfied. Use the digital outputs to go to your dac. Came out late 2022. It will automatica... | |
| Pls help me decide Pass Labs X250.8 or Luxman M900u Fwiw. I run my pass 250.8 into my B&W 803 D3 and it is terrific on all accounts. I’ve not used the Luxman amp so I can’t compare the two amps. | |
| Can a system sound too Holographic? You don’t need to spend $140k to achieve a holographic experience. And you don’t need a Dr. Choueri BACCH filters system. I am a big fan of a holographic experience. A previous version of my system created a wide, high sound stage with clear, loca... |