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| To clean or not to clean... Unless you're as dedicated a vinyl cleaner as bikerbw, don't even bother. Instead, use the extra time saved to polish the knobs on your gear. Recent studies have shown that dreck, crud, grime and blueberry jam are readily transferred via several... | |
| cleaning fluid for the gem dandy record cleaner Why not just buy the Gem Dandy refill and support a product that you love? | |
| Benchmark dac2 and mqa Hi Emilio,Mac Mini with Tidal into a Benchmark DAC 2? Doesn't sound tech challenged at all, to me!To your question, I think the dogma goes that independent of "Pass thru MQA" settings, the Tidal software always tries to perform a first core unfol... | |
| Is JRiver still the best software? JRiver when properly set up, and with Redbook or HD sources, will definitely "knock you out" in comparison to Apple Music, if the rest of your system is even basically adequate.Why are you resorting to a MIDI protocol? This likely relies upon you... | |
| Audirvana VS Audirvana Studio Audirvana is still supporting the non-Studio version. A new upgrade was just recently released. However, new sales seem to be for A. Studio only. | |
| Setting up a Mac mini as a music server, and other digital music questions Joshindc,There is a problem in the system you posted above as your plan.It shows two DACs sequentially in your signal path: The Bluesound Node 2i feeding the Ares DAC is redundant and inoperable. You don't need the Bluesound if you have the prop... | |
| How can i improve the sound of Iphone 11? "and no MQA crap to deal with."Nothing to deal with.Dragonfly handles MQA seamlessly and with great results. | |
| How can i improve the sound of Iphone 11? +1 Toro. | |
| Easy Windows App for Flac & AIFF for Novice Suggest you may want to check out JRiver Media Center as well. | |
| jazz drivers re: "using an Ayre A7e integrated that I really like to drive LS50s, but there’s no practical way to add a sub..."Just as a point of clarification, using powered subwoofers with Ayre amplifiers is a common practice. I've used subs with both the A... | |
| Is it worth fixing my clear audio concept +1 Millercarbon.The Concept series tonearms are almost certainly worth repairing unless extensively damaged.The Verify arm retails for $1500 and the Satisfy tonearms list for $2000-$4000. These arms feature continuous strands of wire from cartrid... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight, Eva Cassidy - Nightbird. Blix Street double album. A Studio redux of her classicBlues Alley performance in DC. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Obscure, you say?Here's a good intro to Harry Partch, a brilliant iconoclastic composer who designed and built his own instruments and employs a microtonic (43-tone) scale:Music of Harry Partch, Vol. 3: Sonata Dementia orThe Harry Partch Collectio... | |
| want to get up and streaming with all new gear, please help BJ, You are so adept at communicating, it is hard to remember that you are doing all of this unsighted. Impressive! I took the occasion to check out VoiceOver this week for the first time. I learned that VoiceOver functions are by default inclu... | |
| want to get up and streaming with all new gear, please help Hey Blind Jim,Great to see your name again. That Bel Canto looks like some incredible gear. I've owned BC DACs in various configurations through the years and can attest to their quality and transparency.The only comments I would add to the prev... |