soix
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| Qobuz iPAD app and high rez First, I don’t know what hi-res badge you’re referring to — either a track is available in hi-res and is labeled that way or it isn’t. Second, I’ve never gotten or seen the pop up you mentioned, ever. Third, I just fired up Qobuz and tried three... | |
| Combining home theater with two channel Oh! by the way, what is everyone thoughts about my purchase?You’ve certainly chosen some nice components and I think you’ll hear a big improvement as long as the sound qualities of the Parasounds are inline with your tastes and match well with you... | |
| Need speaker suggestions for my evolving system! I think the LSA-20 Signatures or Statements would do what you’re looking for. Best of luck. | |
| iPhone/iPad good as a source, or get a streamer? I just been messing around with this on my iPAD when I discovered that on Qobuz app to get anything better than CD quality you have to download the track local.That’s not been my experience. I get up to 24/96 out of the Lightening port when strea... | |
| Qobuz iPAD app and high rez I’ve not heard of this either and doesn’t sound right to me. Check the settings in your Qobuz app and make sure you have the resolution settings set to 24/96 (I don’t think Apple passes anything higher than that out of the Lightening port but cou... | |
| HiFi vs MidFi Just words. Buy what sounds the best to you within your budget and don’t worry about other people’s words. But no, there is no hard and fast definition of what’s hifi or midfi. | |
| Combining home theater with two channel My dealer suggested that I add an integrated amp to the system to play music.BINGO! Your dealer nailed it (along with everyone above). The cheapest option to dramatically improve your 2-channel performance is to incorporate a good stereo integrate... | |
| Weak link, what do ya think ? Since you’re posting this here I’ll assume 2-channel is important to you. I’d start by unplugging everything from the Monster (because it’s quick and free) and then buy a good stereo preamp and run the front L/R preouts from the Marantz into the ... | |
| Digital coax from CD player to DAC, RCA or BNC-RCA? I also don’t care for adaptersAs a general rule I don’t either — less is more. But I too was told by someone who designs expensive DACs that it’s preferable to run a balanced digital cable with RCA adapters than one that’s RCA terminated. I don’... | |
| Digital coax from CD player to DAC, RCA or BNC-RCA? This is an excellent digital cable — it has the desirable traits of being detailed and neutral yet also very natural sounding. My advice would be to start with this $55 cable and enjoy until you find something better, but I ended up just keeping ... | |
| Need Help with Recommendation for Amps Call me crazy, but I’d recommend trying D-Sonic M3a amps that could give you 12 amp channels @ 400W per channel for only $6250. You can demo them at home and return them if they don’t knock your socks off, but if they work you’ll save yourself a ... | |
| Monitor suggestions? address what I perceive as both poorly controlled bass and an overall lack of clarityI don’t think in any way, shape, or form your excellent speakers are the source of your problems. I’d suggest starting by replacing your electronics with others ... | |
| Matching solid state amps with tube based pre amps Lots of people find matching a tube pre with SS amp to be a great option, especially if your speakers aren’t an easy load. | |
| Best way to spend $1000 on used bookshelf speakers? +1 @tweak1 on the LSA-10 Signatures — that’s a ton of excellent speaker for that price. | |
| Looking for a new DAC streamer/server combo Innuos Zen Mk3 streamer/server with a Musician Pegasus or Denafrips Pontus would likely be a nice upgrade. Just one idea, and best of luck. |