soix
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| Floorstanders vs Bookshelf It depends on the speaker design. If the drivers are too far apart they won’t have time to integrate properly at a distance of only 10 or 12’. The best of both worlds may be a pair of monitors combined with two decent subs, and I’d guess your Ly... | |
| No love for Legacy Audio By all accounts they make some really nice and high-value speakers. What amazes me is that I can’t recall ever reading a published review of a Legacy speaker. That probably accounts for a lot of the reason they’re not discussed more here and els... | |
| Vandersteen Speakers.. Are All Other Speaker Makers Doing It Wrong ? No. Vandersteen is one of my top 5 faves, but there are always trade offs. | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. Thanks @jjss49 I just didn’t have the time to post all the products but still wanted to help. Very helpful, and thank you!!! | |
| Is Tidal messing up for you? Would you Choose Amazon over it? @bkeske Yeah but, it’s absolutely free to try Qobuz so why not when so many members here prefer it and think it sounds better? You have nothing to lose! | |
| Digital separates or all in one music hub would I get better performance if I were to invest into a dedicated streamer, DAC, and SACD/CD player? Absolutely! Plus, as both technologies continue to evolve at a rapid rate, why would you wanna be stuck with one if/when the other has a bre... | |
| Is Tidal messing up for you? Would you Choose Amazon over it? I use Tidal with a Denafrips DAC. Denafrips does not do MQA, but I can still play all the offerings regardless. In addition, as Tidal came out with a tier without MQA, I switched to that, as I could care less about MQA. Again, I can play everythi... | |
| Understanding MQA/tidal/ DA conversion my constraint is we have a TIDAL family plan so we're all paying $30 a piece for the full year I believe Qobuz now also offers a family plan that is worth looking into. @erik_squires makes a valid point about the content difference, but it’s f... | |
| Intergrated Amp suggestions for B&W 805d4 Given what you’re looking for, if I’m you I’d look at a hybrid integrated like Unison Research or Pathos. If you don’t listen to boom boom music at loud levels I’d highly recommend looking at the Octave V70 or a used V110 as I think their sound qu... | |
| Concentric drivers Who cares? Listen to the speakers with your music at different volume levels, and if you still like sound what difference does it make if there’s a Doppler effect or not? There are ALWAYS trade offs between different speaker designs, which is why... | |
| Best cable for record cleaner, ever Is that the same Acme Wylie Coyote bought all his gadgets from? If so, please post the link — I’m in the market for some rocket-powered roller skates. | |
| Amplifier for desktop near field system Those are some nice speakers, and I think hooking them up to a Sprout is a bit of a mismatch. I’d take a look at the Bel Canto C5i as they make both great sounding DACs and amps, and it has a small footprint that works well in desktop situations.... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets IME they’re additive. Add a better PC, you can get better sound. Add a better outlet, you can get better sound. Add both and you get even better sound. I’ve said it over and over, but in this hobby EVERYTHING MATTERS and makes a difference. A... | |
| New Pre/Pro for 2 ch guy? (+How easy to set up RC in top units like Lyngdorf, etc)? Went with the Lyngdorf MP40. Fingers crossed on the 2ch SQ I think you made a good decision and are gonna be very happy. IME the excellent room correction goes a long way to overwhelming any other lingering sound quality concerns. When you li... | |
| Optical vs Ultra Rendu. You can insert optical into your system much cheaper — about $80 — using this from Audiogon. |