randy-11
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| Honing down the speaker shortlist ~$5K I had Vandersteen 2c's for some time (after upgrading from DCM Time Widows) but after a long comparison (5 rainy months in Portland, oregon nearly all time after 6pm spent listening), I finally decided to sell them and keep the Magneplanars (1.5QR... | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? re: "the choice of the DAC chip (wolfson or sabre) has very little to do with sound quality"Do you mean the brand per se? Or the type of DAC chip? Or that all DACs are pretty much the same now?Oppo and others often advertise their DACs as being ... | |
| Looking for SACD player............ jafant - which Oppo were you not impressed with? 103 or 105? | |
| HK pre-amp depends on your speakers & listening room | |
| FLAC On A Mac which software sounds lousy ? | |
| Questioning the need for a DAC For one, I like CDs.I prefer them to the snap/pop/crackle of vinyl. The CD does need to be properly mastered tho.I also agree that the Oppo has a pretty good internal DAC. | |
| Aggressive know it all salesman one other thing - shops and their sales people have to deal with tire kickers (or bit kickers??) who will waste their time and not buy anythingif they profile you as one, they won't be very helpful | |
| Questioning the need for a DAC if you are addressing me then you didn't understand my comments | |
| I asking for suggestions in choosing a pre-amp [that won't "break the bank". if it is not in the system it won't change the soundcontrol functionality refers to the ability to change inputs, "buffer" things, alter sound via tone control, invert phase and etc.a straight wire with gain is not always practical | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? Oppo has just announced a new player with 4k or 8k video capability.dunno if audio quality will be betterCambridge has a good rep, but you'd need to find some critical source material and listen to both I think | |
| Is it idiotic to stack components directly on top of one another? put the amp on top and see how it soundsBETTER: have someone else do that w/o your knowledge and obscure the area with cloth screen so you cannot tell how the physical configuration is set up - then listen that way and with them side by side; see ... | |
| Bad news for audiophiles? maybe the $10 bottle is like a very hot trebled up stereo that sounds good initially but fatigues you quicklyor ... it is just confirmation bias, aka 'placebo effect' something that has plagued audio for decades | |
| FLAC On A Mac why FLAC your Mac when you could ALAC? | |
| Questioning the need for a DAC You don't say how you tested nor on what equipment, or music.I would expect the OPPO DAC to be very good. I'd also expect the type of speakers (and the ability of the amps to control the speakers) to be fairly critical. We might be at the dawnin... | |
| I asking for suggestions in choosing a pre-amp [that won't "break the bank". pre-amps are usually about control functionalitywhat do you want it to do?remote controls?built-in DAC or not?Then there is the likelihood that the company will exist in 5, 10 or 20 years and ... length of the warranty. For both these last issues... |