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| You know you are an Audiophile when: If, when you see a listing for a piece of gear you might be interested in, you look at the picture of the back of the piece first. | |
| LowFi: Denon Home 250 or Bluesound Pulse Mini The Peachtree Audio deepblue Sky is a good bet. I have the predecessor, the DeepBlue 3, as do one of my daughters and a couple of friends. Great sound and flexibility, built in WiFi, DAC analog input and remote control.https://www.amazon.com/Peach... | |
| Gender bender Another toss up but..."Sudden Stop"by Percy Sledge or Lou Ann Barton | |
| Streaming Thru the Cambridge Audio Azur 840C DAC If your iPhone is old enough that the jack on it accepts a stereo mini jack rather than the 'Lightning' plug of new phones the signal coming from it is analog, not digital, so it can't be plugged into a digital input on the Cambridge. Here's some ... | |
| Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers? Alison Krauss - "It Doesn't Matter" | |
| Gender bender Leonard’s Cohen’s "Alexandra Leaving" done solo by his long-time collaborator Sharon RobinsonThis one is a close call but Holly Cole’s "I Want You" is about dead even with Tom Waits’ original. | |
| Desktop Audio Setup with Passive Speakers I recently got a pair of Paradigm Atom v7 speakers for my office desktop system and am extremely happy with them, replacing a pair of NHT speakers. I haven't tried them in my main system but considering how they sound in my office I have no doubt ... | |
| Questions on utilizing optical and rca digital outputs I agree with eric's recommendation of the W4S Remedy Reclocker. I have one between the optical output of an iMac and my Pro-Ject DAC and it makes a substantial difference. | |
| Questions on utilizing optical and rca digital outputs I'm not sure what you're asking but, first, there is no RCA optical output or cable that I'm aware of. Optical cables on today's devices have either a glass or plastic cable with a Toslink connector or mini-Toslink connector at each end. A digital... | |
| ???Anyone Here UpGrade From Yaqin/Cayin/etc... To Another Tube Amp Considered Hi End??? My experience with Raven Audio was completely positive. I bought my Blackhawk used and when I contacted Raven owner Dave Thomson about a minor problem with the remote control he followed up with multiple messages and phone calls helping resolve th... | |
| Suggest Best DAC under $1500 for "Elac Navis ARB-51" Active speaker. And I see there is a Bel Canto DAC 3 on US Audio Mart for $750. The preamp section of mine works extremely well as a front for my tube amp. | |
| Suggest Best DAC under $1500 for "Elac Navis ARB-51" Active speaker. If you're open to buying used, I'm extremely happy with a Bel Canto DAC 3 I bought used for considerably less than your budget. Any of the Bel Canto DACs that are within your budget would give you the sound you want and with XLR outputs. Aside fro... | |
| Can you build a digital music streamer around a Raspberry Pi 4 with an external DAC? One place to start is with some of the videos on John Darko's site. Here's one and there are others explaining further options.https://darko.audio/2020/01/raspberry-pi-audio-streaming-101/ | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? There are two kinds of people in the world, those who divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don't. | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? Seems presumptuous to me to tell people what they're permitted to enjoy and under what conditions. |