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| Can someone help me pick out my first speakers? Welcome! You’re definitely in the right place and lots of excellent recommendations above. I’ll add another vote for the Wharfedale Diamonds, but if you can stretch to $599/pr the LSA Signature 50 is in another league entirely. Here’s a review ... | |
| Why would a moderator remove a cable review? I’ve had several posts removed and completely deserved every one, but it was still fun and cathartic to vent on some moron who also deserved it. Heh heh. | |
| I’m about to push the button to get 2 SVS 3000 micros to add to ATC SCM40s. Congrats, and I’d buy the wife some flowers for being such a good sport. | |
| Portable amp for Beyerdynamic T1? With those headphones you can probably get by with an AudioQuest Dragonfly Red or Cobalt, but as they’re open-back ‘phones I don’t see them working on a plane at all. You could buy reasonably-priced earbuds for the flight and use your T1s when no... | |
| Portable amp for Beyerdynamic T1? What version of T1 do you have? Version 3 is much easier to drive. | |
| CD/SACD Changer for the lazy audiophile....suggestions? Buy a Bluesound Vault instead and just load everything into that. | |
| IFi Zen Stream with Qobuz Yeah, search is not a Qobuz strength even on their website and I’ve mentioned it to them. I get around the spelling issue by just typing in the name of the artist and then pull up their albums or songs in that area. I didn’t notice any notable ... | |
| IFi Zen Stream with Qobuz @j_andrews Are you using MConnect or MConnect HD? I found the HD version to not be bad at all, and for $5.99 might be worth a try if you’re using the free version now. | |
| I’m about to push the button to get 2 SVS 3000 micros to add to ATC SCM40s. Agree the subs likely need some time to loosen up and settle in. | |
| Silver Speaker Cables When I went to their website I saw promotion of 7N silver and nothing about copper. This, to me, is misleading and makes me suspect of their products. If the “bonded” wire is so good, why do they bury the fact that it’s 40% copper, which also se... | |
| Digital Improving All the Time? I think better clocks and elimination of jitter has certainly improved over that time. Also, the latest ladder DACs seem to be a notable advancement as well. But, and to your point, some of the better DACs today employ older chips to achieve the... | |
| Streaming Spotify vs Tidal You lost me at “Bose.” | |
| My Ifi Zen Stream Review: 3D Soundstage! I prefer to keep the DAC and streamer separate. I think iFi should’ve spent their time fixing the Qobuz/Wi-Fi issues on the current Zen Stream that drive so many owners crazy — me among them. | |
| Cables to settle brightness Yeah, as @blisshifi mentioned I’d give the Power Plant more time to settle in. It’s hard to believe a Mac and SF Olympica combo could sound bright, but I’m not familiar with their DACs so that might be something to explore as well. | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? It is all about balance in this hobby of ours. @tantejuut Big +1. Even though I ended up with a near full loom, I am in no way married to it. boys and girls... it is a chain... so every link matters... up the chain can be said to have mor... |