redlenses03
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| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound @designsfx Yep, agreed. Really the only way is to buy physical copy (which I do for the bands/tunes I like) based on ones research. The streaming services can and do (on a whim) change the "source" and we’ll never be the wiser so to speak (unle... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Rez Not Necessarily the Best Sound The resolution has little to no merit in and of itself, its all about provenance / what masters were used "generally speaking" and really nothing to do with Qobuz or a streaming service per se. | |
| Custom rack, isolation under platform vs component? Nicely done. Woodworking is definitely a skill, even on something fairly straightforward as this, takes a lot of practice! I like the first iteration - looks and concept. Assuming the mortise and tenon joints were just glued? If all the joint... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? Absolutely not and never will be. If you want home theater multi channel / surround / atmos - those are "effects" IMHO and are based off of the stereo foundation. Those have there place for home theater and if that’s what one likes, cool. It’s al... | |
| DAC’s @jerryg123 “I have worked very hard my entire life and paid for 4 kids to go to college and they are productive members of our society, I am charitable and paid my taxes. I will spend my money as I see fit.” Great post, guessing he’s just a t... | |
| Downloads Versus Streaming @lalitk Correct! It is not so much about the resolution but the provenance of that recording's original master. I have heard files in 16bit/44.1lHz that sounds simply amazing. For example, Shirley Horn's "Beautiful Love" or "If You Go" in 16bit... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing Why should the legitimacy of methods used for the purpose that they are intended depend on where you sit? Fixed. "depending on where you sit in obj vs sub viewpoint, some interesting reads for another viewpoint", another Link Actually, it was ... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing That site is more a marketing place for topping and others and not much to do with audio. As with any forum there are some good, intelligent, level headed individuals, but ultimately its all about the extreme side of the measurement police and his... | |
| Upsampling PCM or DSD in 2022 This (can be) a pretty involved topic in so far as understanding the two different formats and especially upsampling in the correct context, since it (upsampling to DSD) is actually fixing / addressing inherent distortion "Most" DAC’s that use ch... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer It isn't a requirement to love Mac, or ANY brand / product. Why people get soooo bent out of shape when the gear they own isn't praised by someone else. Who the hell cares? Certainly, stating obvious incorrect facts or just being a plain troll/... | |
| About users with hidden agendas @jetter has been pretty spot on about the individual. There is not much he offers other than charged words and mainly just negativity. Not healthy and I stay away from it. It’s pretty easy to spot the intelligent individuals because they know how... | |
| Beautiful listening rooms It's all relative. You either like the shared space living room / gen purpose room or a dedicated space. The latter is my preference hands down. Some of the the examples in the link are really nice others not so much. References to "disturbi... | |
| Next best exponential DAC quality level? This forum could benefit from an ignore button. If nothing else, it would give those who cannot keep from feeding the self-inflated profiles an option and are unable to just keep scrolling. Its really very simple. The one way streets never chan... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired I know there was volume difference between pcm and dsd and or in general and had to do with the volume setting was not set to 100% at the computer or endpoint. E.g. you had to go into the Win volume/control panel and set to 100% or in Linux there... | |
| Next best exponential DAC quality level? The TESLA 3 with Dual Motor's, which is about $55,000 does a 0-60 in about 3.1 seconds, which is better than almost every Ferrari ever made except the most recent 488 at > $250,000 and some previous ultra expensive models. Electric vs pet... |