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| Classical music, symphony AND planar speakers Wow,Thanks for everyone's thorough input and universal recommendation.It seems from google the Maggie followers are more numerous. Now I just need to look for Maggie distributors with in home trial period. Any ideas, I guess in the southeast US, ... | |
| SACD I enjoy multichannel playback if instruments are distinctly separated or a more holographic image is created, but the latter can be achieved in stereo with a proper set up; The former occurring mostly in smaller bands or groups.For that matter, ha... | |
| How to DIY yourself very nice Class D monoblocks Erik,Thanks for the thread. Is there a good source on how to assemble these properly, once parts are acquired?..Parts express ice asp modules and ghent enclosures.Thanks | |
| Quadio Aside from the fact that these two releases are great by my ears. If there are any DB or Chicago fans out there then you should check them out. SteveHoffman forums has a discussion.Other than that, my speculation is that a surround system whether ... | |
| Bluesound Node Issues After the Firmware Upgrade To add to the frustration, when connection is not possible, you can’t even send a support request because the the blueos app is so truncated in the failure mode.To effectively use the node streamer, you have to depend on *2* computers to run as ex... | |
| Bluesound Node Issues After the Firmware Upgrade Yes.No connection for 1 dayThe next day a blinking connection. if you had fast thumbs you could listen to one thing .Then it declared Nother update needed.Will know tonight if fixed | |
| Are the loudness wars fake so record companies can destroy the music? MC correction:"This supports CD over records";-) | |
| CHANDOS label... Agree, one of the better labels, and often Jarvi conducting.There are other labels and exceptions in Chandos of course. | |
| The invention of measurements and perception If you only follow measurements, like the folks at ASR, then this is where it will lead you:Apple usb DAC dongle($9) rates better than ...emotiva xmc1 $2,500Anthem mrx 1120 $3,500Monoprice monolith htp1 $4,000Nad m17 $6,600Lyngdorf tda1 3400 $6,50... | |
| DAC filters Thanks for the reply.Yes, but not really talking about signal volume amplitude but rather amplification of the effect it imparts on the sound. It doesn’t make sense to have 5 filter settings that 99% of the human population can’t detect. | |
| SACD Is it just me or does it seem that Amazon only has garbage sacd titles in classical?Who wants to listen to some ancient recording in sacd? ie living stereo stuff. The rest seems to be samplers and recordings or performances that were not well rega... | |
| Inexpensive DAC: Schiit Modi 3 or Topping D30 Hi Dpb,I was lured in by the e30, particularly the measurements, but was disappointed with its sound, a bit harsh with high frequencies. Reminded me a little of the impression I had of the "cd sound" when it first came out in the 80s.Oh and the cu... | |
| Speaker popularity Excellent post and reading there Rodman!Thank you:-) | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? Aleph J | |
| Tekton Double Impacts F5(Nelson Pass, First Watt) |