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| Advice on a good Digital Coax Cable to run between my Transport and DAC? Acoustic Zen MC2. | |
| Best Receiver for “Mid-Fi” System? Yamaha absolutely. https://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/yamrxa3060bl/yamaha-rx-a3060-9.2-ch-x-150-watts-a/v-receiver/1.html | |
| Best RCA Digicable Acoustic Zen MC2. Read the reviews. I own it. | |
| Marantz SACD 30N I am resisting any true streaming/streamer. (I guess using an iPad to do Spotify is not really streaming.) That’s a black/rabbit hole I’d rather not go down. It seems like an endless trail of more boxes, more cables, and more upgrades—as if aud... | |
| Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist Chriso, I guess it is not surprising that the Shea "brothers" have the same taste in music. @immatthewj Very funny and very insightful man. Goodonya! A couple more… https://youtu.be/tj9XwDLue5A?si=YT428gzfB6QamNR4 https://youtu.be/6rYKz1J... | |
| Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist https://youtu.be/pVGGQ_WwR00?si=FtpDYcModme6UjV0 | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.4 Congrats! And yes, you need to upgrade your DAC. | |
| What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase? Here, get these. They beat the crap out of anything B&W makes and are musical as all get out. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisbe6ig-joseph-audio-pearl-graphene-beautiful-white-finish-full-range | |
| Buyer Beware Sorry for your unfortunate experience, but it is interesting to know certain USB cables don’t work with certain products, and I hadn’t heard that before except with i2S connections. BTW, the word “manufacture” is a verb, not a noun. “Manufacture... | |
| Band/artist documentaries. Steely Dan the making of the iconic album Aja. Geniuses at work. https://www.amazon.com/Steely-Dan-Aja-Classic-Albums/dp/B07JQWS5F4 | |
| Tin Pan Alley and Thanks to You- which speakers play the tap on the snares the best? ATC. | |
| What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you? I played trumpet in a Jazz band for years in my early days and it didn’t do anything to help me appreciate music any better. @stereo5 Well that’s just sad and we’ll just differ on that. I find playing in bands for years greatly deepened my ap... | |
| What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you? Sorry man. Why not? Guessing you tickled the ivories? | |
| What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you? If you really wanna enjoy music, take the time to learn how to play an instrument and play in a live band because then you’ll REALLY appreciate music at a deeper level. | |
| "Good" Music Here are a couple off the top of my head. You can pick them both up on Qobuz for better sound quality. Hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/jhcjvbSh17s?si=FEh93DskXs0MDalL https://youtu.be/LRP8d7hhpoQ?si=OAHR-90rAwU6zqSo |