shadorne
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| Help a guy out? Renovating home theater system after 10 years and have a few questions. Panasonic VT60 plasma - now that is a fantastic TV - pity they stopped making plasma - I guess the movement to UHD killed it as plasma was often more limited in resolution despite the most amazing PQ. | |
| ROON help needed Roon has lyrics too. Really impressve interface and powerful control of the audio stream. | |
| Musical Foot in Mouth I thought A flat miner is what happens when you drop a piano down a mine shaft. | |
| Upgrading digital source device is not easy Weiss 501 or Benchmark DAC 3 or Mytek Brooklyn DAC+. These latest DACs will outperform a 10 year old design. The biggest benefit is usually with redbook format files. More vinyl sounding but with all the detail of digital and ultra low noise floor. | |
| Why the difference between Onkyo HF player and Audirvana? I also assume the music files are the same on your portable device as your macbook. iPhone or iPad has so little memory, I am surprised anyone would try to use it for hi-res lossless files. Usually iTunes will convert files to 128 or 256 Kbps comp... | |
| Why the difference between Onkyo HF player and Audirvana? Assuming you are listening to the output of the DAC and comparing, then the only explanation is that you are adding digital EQ or filtering to the raw digital audio with the software (Audionirvanna EQ/filter is set up with a different EQ from Onky... | |
| Brooklyn DAC+ Anyone? This ESS 9028 chip does sound like vinyl. Gustard and Benchmark are other good examples of recent new DACs with this chip.With such great low noise performance and great analog circuits to complement the leading performance of the new chip, I woul... | |
| Brooklyn DAC+ Anyone? Why are you running such a good DAC through a preamp and a dated one at that? | |
| Added value of separate server? Either the music file delivered by the server (laptop or whatever computer chip) device is bit perfect or it isnt. If it isnt bit perfect then there is an incorrect software setting, additional processing or conversion being done, digital volume m... | |
| How to ship high-end speakers? Moving Wilson Maxx speakers from a top floor condo.What not to do.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VG-UwsoLkM8 | |
| Added value of separate server? @grannyrig @jaybeWrong. Moving or serving digital files is very simple and every working computer and every router moves digital data around at high rates day in day out with no errors (error correction and detection algorithms ensure this). The c... | |
| Earworms I would also add Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Red Right Hand this song sticks in my head also - Nick also picked up on the wave of industrial sound in the 80's - in his case triggered from association with a band member from Einstürzende Neubauten... | |
| Earworms Everything Counts - Depeche Mode. Saw that on BBC TOTP and couldnt get it out of my head - had to buy the 12" single. I think the repeated theme of descending dissonant chords and dark vocals and gated trashy percussion juxtaposed with the lyrical... | |
| Rega RP8 or Technics SL1200G That Technics TT is a legend - the 1200G is the best yet - technically outstanding. Relatively speaking, Rega is very good but is more of a cool looking design which is gimmicky rather than purely functional - not really in the same league. Profes... | |
| Surround Processor Upgrade to improve surround music? I have the same DSP. Have you calibrated with Audyssey XT32? I think the advantages of a good calibration are the most important - especially as you have different speakers in your setup which rarely works well. I like XT32 for surround and had go... |