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| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Except Parsons knows about gear and sound way more than any audiophile. Or even whole bunch if them. @mikhailark You have no idea what he knows about high-end home audio gear, systems, or audiophiles. You just assume because he records/plays mu... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? *the quote attributed to Alan Parsons is what I am referring to: “Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.” I don’t give a crap about Parson’s resume, he doesn’t get... | |
| LAIV Harmony @pynkfloydd Have you considered adding a dedicated streamer? Running USB direct from a PC may be significantly limiting your streaming sound quality. Just a thought FWIW. | |
| LAIV Harmony My biggest concern is the lack of a volume control. What is the recommended way to remotely adjust the volume without altering the sound signature of the DAC? @danager This passive pre was designed with you in mind… http://www.placetteaudio.c... | |
| Solid State Power Amps I have not followed this forum so I would not know. I apologize if it is annoying you. I’m interested in others opinions. Even your unhelpful one. Ok, here’s an opinion — pairing a $25k amp with a $5k preamp is stupid. Hope that helps. | |
| LAIV Harmony @koestner Glad to hear if went smoothly and that Laiv seems to be doing a good job standing by their products. Love to hear your thoughts once you have some hours on it. | |
| Looking for phono preamp advice in the $1000 - $1600 range Yeah, I was gonna recommend a used Herron VTPH or Allnic H1201 as either should be a substantial upgrade. Best of luck. | |
| Solid State Power Amps Especially at this level it really depends on what specific improvements you’re looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you. Without that info this is just a pure crapshoot of recommendations of amps other people like tha... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Yes, and that holds for any genre. I’m a big Steely Dan fan, but I won’t listen to their earlier CDs or stream on my system — too compromised in too many areas (will try the vinyl though whenever I get my TT up n running again). If I wanna listen ... | |
| Power Cables Just read some impressive stuff on Ice Age power cables, especially their upper range OFC line that’s still well within your budget, and I believe they offer a trial period so that’s definitely what I’d do. Heck at this price you could get a PC f... | |
| New Review on AricAudio amplifier & speakers He said he just submitted it so probably not published yet. | |
| Illumination …….this great but how many companies is Rick going to start and close ? I guess we will need to wait and see . Fair point, but at least when a cable biz goes under people who bought them don’t need to worry much about repairs or getting replace... | |
| Apple Music streaming vs "direct" connection Switch to Qobuz or Tidal. Apple doesn’t seem able to get outta their own way when it comes to music. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? There again, in the late 1980’s when I was buying CDs they were $25CDN, which an inflation calculator tells me would be $56CDN today, so used vinyl seems a but more of a bargain! @dogberry CD sales have fallen off a cliff — down 96% from the pe... | |
| Looking for recommendations Congrats! These cables look very interesting. Like the reviewer I use Acoustic Zen cables (all but PCs), and especially the OFC products sound like they do a lot of what I love about my AZ wires for a lot less. Their OFC power cord is now high ... |