tomrk
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| More potential bad news for some big names... If you've been to an audio show (like the one in the DC area a couple of weeks ago), this shouldn't be a surprise. | |
| Electrostatics and tubes Just to pile on a bit, I have the Magneplan 3.6r with dual self-powered subwoofers driven by an NAD M33 which is rated at roughly 380wpc at 4 ohms, and I would consider that the minimum. I'm considering trying a Bi-Amp setup using the companion ... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? For a $20K difference you could travel pretty much anywhere on the planet, audition the speakers, listen to whether they’re working properly, look for cosmetic damage, and oversee them being packed for shipment if they’re acceptable. | |
| What's up with the price of Vintage equipment? The gear from the mid 1970s looked great and still does. That's what sells them. A lot of it goes to people who just want some background music on, you have that big beautiful faceplate with the FM dial, mellow blue lights behind it. I have s... | |
| AI and the future of music "However, no AI generated music should be copyrightable." How would anybody be able to tell it was machine generated? | |
| A Black Box to Solve Everything Such digital signal processors already exist. I've seen them and used them. They can mimic tubes, all sorts of distortion, and create a unique sound in many ways: The secret of the perfect sound | |
| Seeking Schumann 4th that is listenable The remastered Klemperer / Philharmonia on EMI version is available (and in SACD/DSD format) although it also includes Mendelssohn's 3rd symphony as well. It was released in 2012 and has two CDs. | |
| Ethernet switches the good and bad @audioman58 "a simple switch is very noisy " What is the nature of the noise? Can you describe it and it's effect on the data stream? Are you seeing re-transmits or lost packets? | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @cleeds Interesting. Do you have any way to share that test? Because based on what I'm seeing on my own, I don't see an issue with Qobuz; quite the opposite. As to the original poster, I have a natural tendency to want to own songs and music... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @fredrik222 Interesting thread It appears Quobuz is using a either a network protocol or an application technique that will try to dump as much data down initially (which probably works really well for short pop & jazz songs) allowing an ins... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @fredrik222 Yeah, that's why I showed the math. I surprised myself when I realized that you could literally download a high-definition FLAC from Qobuz in just a few seconds easily. I use Spotify most of the time since I drive a lot and like to ... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @fredrik222 That's good information; I know some of the early services did that, and I know spotify does this as well. I was curious if you download a 192/24 flac that fast, so I did some back-of-the-envelope calculation. From the article, 1... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs "Streaming cannot do this. Streaming must keep up with the music so streaming always has error management tool that interpolates for any missing bit and moves on" Depends on the protocol in use. Certainly UDP by itself can lose packets and s... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! @ketchup Sounds interesting. Any chance of getting a photo so I understand your placement? | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! 3.6R's, purchased used as a trade-in from a local audio/video store. The price was extremely aggressive since they just wanted to get rid of them (look up the used price online and it was 1/3 of that). Yes, these particular speakers need a lot of... |