soix
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| All around headphone amp recommendations Not enough info to go on here to make a meaningful recommendation, and I’ve got better things to do with my time than take shots in the dark. I’ll just say you’re better off driving the headphone amp from your Classe pre if you can because it’s pr... | |
| Bluesound @mashif I had a full AMHD subscription along with Qobuz, and I found the sound quality of Qobuz to be superior to Amazon but the difference was so meaningful that I found myself wondering if I was hearing the full HD recordings on Amazon. How do t... | |
| All around headphone amp recommendations Do you need an amp with a volume control or just a power amp, and are you looking for solid state or are you open to a tube amp? What’s your budget, and what sound characteristics are most important to you? | |
| Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @ghdprentice may I suggest you study network protocols and operating systems? Oops. Me thinks someone finally just barked up the wrong tree of a fellow IT guy who actually knows what he’s talking about when it comes to digital audio. 🍿🍿🍿 | |
| a naive question about HT speakers As the center speaker carries the majority of the load for HT it’s worth spending a little more to get that one as good as possible IMHO. This SVS center isn’t much more than the C10 but has a dedicated midrange that’s located below the tweeter t... | |
| 10dB resonant peak at 40Hz Given your significant limitations and the severity of the issue I’d suggest looking into some form of room correction from the likes of DSpeaker, MiniDSP, etc. Best of luck in taming the beast! | |
| Bluesound You’d think they woulda beta tested this pretty major function before rolling out the update. Sorry, must be very frustrating. I guess the lesson is don’t do future updates until they’ve been out for a couple months. Hope it gets fixed soon. | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Oh, so "audiophile" is about gear then. Well, this is exactly what Alan said. He has tons of real gear in properly treated rooms at his workplaces :-) For some reason I don't think they elevate cables off the floor. @mikhailark No, the point i... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Parsons has videos on youtube on his home gear and speaker setup. He owns pretty expensive stuff. @mikhailark I assume this is the YouTube video you’re referring to since it seems to be the only one out there. You gotta be kidding me! If this... | |
| Kickstarter project Why are you asking this here? | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Vinyl. But you don’t need a $10k rig. That’s simply unnecessary! So is a Porsche. | |
| Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources Is your desktop computer faster, dissipate less heat, screen seem sharper and colors start popping out when you user expensive power cord? Try it. Streamer is just an ARM computer. Comparing a multipurpose computer to a dedicated audio streamer... | |
| 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. |