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| Spotify vs. Apple Music vs. Google Play vs. Tidal: Which is Best For the best SQ tidal is it. As for the interface,I use roon, also a no brainer | |
| Streaming vs traditional Why is there all of this theory talk about mqa vs hi-res vs red book? It sounds like a theory cable discussion where a guy with some electrical engineering background says that in no way in hell a cable should sound different than another. MQA has... | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers Einmenschi have also played drums for over 55 years and from your list, I would only pick Mitch mitchell and Jon bohnam for very good drummers. If you want the very best, I would say Mike Portnoy. He has won dozens of best drummer awards, been ind... | |
| What's the weak link in my system? If somebody likes vinyl I wouldn’t suggest getting rid of it. I have some very good sounding vinyl that beats an equivalent digital source. In my reply above, I didn’t mention anything about cables because this is a controversial topic and the pos... | |
| What's the weak link in my system? many variables and not enough info. how big of a room do you have? room treatment? speakers/listening chair using the 1/3 ratio for positioning?if the room and system is setup, i'm assuming you asking what is your weak link because you want to rep... | |
| Anyone have Bookshelf speakers mounted over top of their subs?? I did this years ago using Totem Mani 2's with 2 NHT sub two subwoofers. Worked very well. You might not have the ultimate degree of moving the speakers around for the best performance for both the sub and the main speakers, it worked for me | |
| DAC>Streamer>MQA>Wireless besides Bluesound PS Audio, that's what I use, sold off the external dac/Auralic Aries streamer/USB cable. Couldn't be happier using Roon and streaming Tidal mqa along with my ripped music. Ps audio also makes the DS Jr which is fantastic and has the bridge ii buil... | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening steventoneyCongrats on retirement. We have some similarities. I just retired a month ago and I used to live in Spokane for 22 years. IMO, buy a system before moving to Spokane unless you buy online or you want to make a trip to Portland or Seattle... | |
| Apple Airport Express and Cambridge Audio DAC issue I have had apple routers forever and they last for years and years, I actually have never heard of an apple router going bad!as for the apple express, if it is anything like the older versions, you are extremely limited in the todlink bandwidth (1... | |
| Best Drum Solos I have played drums for over 50 years in many groups throughout the years. I reallylike the technical guys. I think ginger baker, Mitch Mitchell, Neal Peart and others are pretty good but play pretty basic, not very difficult. IMO John Bonham was ... | |
| Insuring your Audio Room? Back in 1978, Allstate wouldn't insure my house because my stereo system was considered way more than the % of the value of the house. Now I have extra riders for my stereo and art, pretty cheap, plus I have an umbrella for extra liability. Been t... | |
| Hegel vs Rogue I used to have the rogue Cronus magnum ii with the kt-120 tubes. I liked it a lot except for the loose bottom end with my floor standing ushers. I then got the Hegel H100. I liked it better than the rogue but lite on the power. I bought a new Hege... | |
| integrated amp recommendation needed There is a difference in the quality of watts. A Yamaha or Cambridge 100 watt amp will sound quite a bit different than a 100 watt amp for on Levinson/classe/McIntosh. That's why Revel wants you to use a quality amp for their speakers | |
| What sounds best: Vinyl or CDs IMO, it all depends on the recording and on the playback equipment. Since you are just getting started, I would start investing in equipment that would really give your system a boost in SQ. IMO, going from a Yamaha CD player to a rega isn't going... | |
| Which personal confuser for ultra high end audio, MAC, PC, notebook, tablet or desktop? Mac, Linux, raspberry, never windows! I did the Mac route for years and used pure music and audirvana 2.x with an external dac using USB. Then auditioned many streamers and purchased the Auralic Aries using lightning ds. Much better sounding and i... |