tomcy6
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| Remasters - are they better? What exactly is it? The idea behind remastering is to take the original master tapes and get a better transfer to the tapes (analog) or files (digital) that are going to be used by the pressing plants to make LPs or CDs.Many things can and often do go awry though. Th... | |
| The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre? If recordings captured performances perfectly we would want a perfect amplifier. They don't so we choose amps that allow us to enjoy imperfect recordings. | |
| Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...." I am probably wasting my time but I’ll give this a try anyway.Old cd players don’t appreciate in value because the technology is rapidly evolving. The Air Force doesn’t buy F-4 Phantoms any more and people don’t seek out computers from the 80s bec... | |
| Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...." Nostalgia doesn't drive the cd player market to the extent it does the turntable market. | |
| Do we really need anything greater than 24/96? Opinions? Geoff, If the problem was lasers and optical discs, wouldn’t downloads and streamed music sound obviously better than CDs and SACDs?That is not the case in my personal experience and what I’ve read on forums. For example:https://forum.audiogon.com... | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? If your Lumin is connected by WiFi you could try an ethernet cable and see if that helps. If your Muse has a digital in connection you could try bypassing the Lumin DAC and having the DAC in the Muse do the D/A conversion. | |
| Esoteric USA Service - TAP Electronics Good news. Thanks for sharing your experience. | |
| Abbey Road 50th Anniversary After listening to the outtakes disc, the guys seem to be getting along much better and are much more enthused about making an album than they were during what I've heard from the "Let It Be" sessions. | |
| Denver 2019 RMAF- Paul's Take-AZAVClub.com Thanks to the club members for the reports. Always good to hear the opinions of fellow audiophiles. | |
| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? If you want analog sound, go analog, but you can get better sound with a lot less trouble with digital. Just don’t spend huge $ on a Dac because a cheaper one that sounds better will be available soon as digital is improving rapidly. | |
| An enjoyable evening watching "Country Music Live At The Ryman" on AZ PBS. Last night’s show was a concert and promo for the documentary "Country Music" that begins next Sunday the 15th. It's an eight part series. I'm not a big fan of Ken Burns. His style is a little slow for me. I hope this one's good. There will b... | |
| Ended my Qobuz subscription You can find plenty of folk/Americana on Tidal. I think that you can get a 30 day free trial to find out if they have what you want. | |
| DAC Event in Phoenix AZ August 24th Great info, prighello. I look forward to attending one of your events when I'm back in AZ. | |
| Hi-Fi Lo-Fi Audiogon serves one segment of the audio market and Ebay serves the $500 system market. I don't want to sort through ads for $100 receivers and people looking for $100 receivers don't want to see ads for $1,000 cables. There's nothing wrong with... | |
| John Coltrane's lost album ... Keep 'em coming. |