richardbrand
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| Best selling albums of all time I am almost exclusively into classical! Nevertheless I do have Thriller on CD, and Dark Side of the Moon on CD and Pure Audio Bluray, which include stunning Atmos sound. I will get Rumours when the Atmos version is released - this month? Mainly... | |
| 8 Reasons why you should buy an $50,000 DAC If the DAC natively handles DSD in at least 5 channels simultaneously, maybe. Otherwise if you are stuck at 2 channels or PCM, forget it ... there are far better ways to splash your digital cash | |
| Qobuz Connect @billsw Have you tried Presto Classical? See Presto Music | Buy classical & opera CDs, DVDs & Blu-rays online. They also have a streaming service for a fixed monthly rate which includes unlimited downloads at no extra charge. Presto wa... | |
| Qobuz Connect @cleeds No, you said "its own app" when there are multiple implementations. You and Qobuz imply there is a single app. I am trying to find reasons why people might hear differences, and having multiple implementations allows the possibility of ... | |
| Qobuz Connect @cleeds Maybe I am simple! Qobuz has long had its own app to run on Windows, iOS, and Android My guess is that there are at least three different Qobuz end-point apps, though they may share some code and have similar user interfaces. If Wind... | |
| Why Are Used Technics 1200/1210 MK2 Still So Expensive Compared to GR/GR2? This discussion got me interested in the 1200G and a local dealer has one in stock. I looked up reviews, and found Stereophile's Technics SL-1200G turntable | Stereophile.com. As luck would have it, Stereophile compared it to a Garrard 301. I h... | |
| Qobuz Connect @billsw Qobuz Connect uses Wifi and connects directly to streamers. I find the whole Qobuz ecosystem extremely confusing, and I think some of the confusion is deliberately done by the French! I find your statement confusing too. It seems to... | |
| Krell, MBL, Levinson, et al... What if 50% off? jikson26 I cannot reply to private emails but am happy to share my dealer's name. It is Len Wallis Audio in Sydney, so probably won't be much use if you are a continent away! I started buying from Len when I lived in Melbourne which is about 10... | |
| Building Speaker Cables Seems that you are not really building cables, just looking to terminate them! I think I have the same sort of semantic issue with silver soldering which can mean many things. | |
| Krell, MBL, Levinson, et al... What if 50% off? My Krell dealer used to let me buy Krell items at a decent discount, and return them a month or two later if I did not get value from them, no penalty. When the amp blew some capacitors. the dealer's technicians fixed it in his workshop. But tha... | |
| Case in point: a $90,000 power cord by ASUNZ The Norse god Odin was one-eyed ... | |
| Organ transcriptions of classical works – do you prefer to or from? @toddalin Yep - the Nutrocker played automatically for me after the YouTube Pictures. I found another copy on YouTube, so it may not have followed your link. I did not mention Walter (now Wendy) Carlos' Bach played on the Moog synthesizer beca... | |
| Organ transcriptions of classical works – do you prefer to or from? @toddalin Thanks for educating me! There are 563 listings for Pictures on Presto Classical but I guess none will be as different as your favourite! I am trying to find a copy near me ... I think it illustrates my thesis that the organ sounds b... | |
| Qobuz Connect Hope nobody minds if I quote this thread the next time I am told Qobuz is perfect because it uses TCP! | |
| Recommend an amp + pre for ESL 57s and a new turntable (way out of my league) @pindac That article was an interesting snippet for me, especially as I am fettling a Garrard 301 turntable my dad gave me years ago. The article contains a quote This is where we think the original designers, Peter Walker and D.T. Williamso... |