philgo01
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| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? I never understood $100K amps, $250K speakers, $50K streamers.. Yet, I am totally ok with it. It's called capitalism.. The market will sort itself out in the long run ! | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy Bluesound is supposed to be very well regarded at a fair price. I am waiting for their update to the Vault 2i and I like to rip all my CDs too. I use Amazon Music as my streaming service which means having streamers that work with Amazon Music n... | |
| I2s DSD My understanding (no first hand experience though) is if your SACD transport has I2S using HDMI type of connector, it will only work with the same branded DSD capable DAC that also has I2S using HDMI ...e.g. PS Audio SACD transport to PSAudio DAC ... | |
| SACD repair? I have a 20+ year old SONY CD/SACD carousel type of player. On SACD Hybrid discs, it only reads the CD Layer. On SACD only layer discs, it still reads SACD !!! Decided against any repair and bought me a nice Marantz SACD30n SACD network player. H... | |
| Digital Interconnects - Which one is the BEST ??!! I primarily use SPIDIF (optical and coaxial(via RCA, not BNC)) and it works very well for me. I am confident USB , AES/EBC and others can sound better but to my ears, it is splitting hairs... | |
| Looking for an integrated amp to replace my Cayin A-50T There are so many good SS integrated out there (Outlaw comes to mind) ... Some can be had for way under $500. If it is truly a backup solution (until this tube pricing madness settles), I would not spend too much. Hard to replicate the tube soun... | |
| Caveat Emptor I’ve bought from Apos twice and it was an uneventful process. They even price matched. | |
| Pre for Cayin's integrated? Might be a little to late to the party... but Pre-In is designed so that the volume control is done on the external device (pre-amp, A/V receiver like for home theater etc). | |
| Prima Luna have released the Kracken (striketrough) I mean DAC Somehow I thought the Primaluna DAC has been out at least 2 to 3 years ? | |
| An electrical engineer on how power cables can impact sound quality As someone that has a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, there is no doubt cables can make a difference.. But for me it is always a price vs performance issue. If you have the means, then go for them $10K power cables / power regenerators... | |
| Recommendations for automatic tonearm lift I never quite understood how "starter" turntables have much more convenience features than the higher end, much more expensive units... The more you pay, the less you get ! | |
| Masimo Acquires Sound United - Are Denon, Classe, Polk, B&W, Marantz, going to fade away?? I am no Harvard or Stanford MBA but I fail to see the business rationale for the acquisition by Masimo, a medical technology company, of Sound United, a pure play consumer audio and video entertainment umbrella of companies. I hope I am wrong but ... | |
| Apple iPad music streamer As long as you are happy with the way it sounds and the way it works..... There are tons other "streamers" out there that are controlled by an APP at all sorts of price points... from < $200 (Raspberry Pi based, Arylic, Wiim) to > $25K !!! ... | |
| Integrated tube amp vs Tube amp? Separates are usually better in the long run but you need to be practical too (e.g. space, upgrade possibilities years down the road).... You also need to know how to pair them properly... I prefer integrated tube (Rogers 65V-1) due to its s... | |
| Primaluna? I too was looking at PL's but decided to go with Rogers High Fidelity's Integrated AMPs. Super happy with it, costs less than PL and are hand made in the USA. Roger Gibboni is the owner and he is great to work with. Complimentary lifetime upgra... |