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| Spotify HiFi To those who care, news dropped this morning. Looking through some of the articles there were a few key points: - Internally named "Supremium." - Whether high-fidelity is beyond CD-quality is still a mystery (my bet is on CD-quality). - Most... | |
| When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi??? When do we reach Hi-Fi status for speakers??? I think it may be easier to quantify “high-end” by price vs high-fidelity, which may be varied by subjective experiences. Experiencing a Decware Zen Triode mated with some single-driver Omegas ma... | |
| Streamer upgrade - best path forward Excellent choice, OP. I would be curious to know your experience. I almost forgot about the offering provided by SGC in lieu of recently purchasing their basic FMC bundle. Is my assumption correct that you’ll be using Roon - I know that wasn’t bin... | |
| Is it worth replacing a Lumin D2 with an Eversolo dmp-a6 Master Edition? Oof, that subreddit is pretty much an extension of AmR (aka ASR) and consists of a somewhat younger crowd of HiFi saviors. To each their own, but agree - there may be more to it than “bits are bits.” | |
| Streamer upgrade - best path forward OP, I’d be curious to know which direction you go with this since I’m in the same boat as you (NAD C658 + DIRAC full spectrum). My experiences and observations mirror yours in respect to the C658. My timeline to make the next jump is a little long... | |
| What are your favorite songs or albums for illustrating a deep soundstage? Reference track suggestions: On by LA Priest from their Fase Luna album. It’s a little psychedelic which is reflective within the soundstage. Aht Uh Mi Hed by Rahill from Sun Songs. Bubbles by Yosi Horikawa from his Wandering album, but I think... | |
| What was the craziest location that you made an audio purchase from? Rural parts of Arizona for me. Sold a HSU subwoofer that barely fit in my old Jetta to an odd fellow who didn’t say more than two words. Sold a Sunfire Cinema Grand Architecture Series to a guy who said he was $300 short of the agreed upon price o... | |
| Mofi Sourcepoint 8 vs. Zu Audio Dirty Weekend X I have no personal experience with the following suggestion, but was looking at these speakers for a similar situation as yours within our office. My thought was to put them sideways within on our bookcase. HSU CCB-8s | |
| Internet Noise: A Pest in the Machine I doubt this will be your answer but I was dealing with some noise issues that seemed to be related to my cheap switch. Some of this was mitigated by wrapping my switch with the following tape: Faraday Fabric Tape 2inch x 50... https://www.amazon... | |
| I’m visiting Japan. We are currently saving to go to Japan within the next three years. I’ve always been intrigued by Shindo - but unsure if they provide formal tours. Jazz Kissa has a good map, but I haven’t been able to make it work correctly. | |
| Any Thoughts? Oh I don’t know? Catchy pop songs and because she promotes Capital One, which is like…the best credit card if you’re trying to build credit. If I had the opportunity for a Make-A-Wish it’d probably be s’mores and champagne with my best friends (Ja... | |
| Any Thoughts? I prefer talking to my dogs more than people 99.9% of the time. I once had a prophetic dream dating Taylor Swift, but no one believed me. | |
| Marantz AV7706 11.2Ch 8K Ultra HD AV Surround Pre-Amplifier with HEOS® +1 @kota1 | |
| Marantz AV7706 11.2Ch 8K Ultra HD AV Surround Pre-Amplifier with HEOS® Don’t have the 7706, but do have the 7704. The MultEQ app is phenomenal. I have multiple settings/preferences that can be saved and uploaded for different sources and/or material (streaming, Ultra HD Blu-Ray, sports, etc.). Settings include crosso... | |
| Help! Is my new McIntosh MA12000 broken? I had significant transformer hum from my small tube amp when I moved to a new residence years ago. Purchased the Emotiva CMX-2, which completely addressed the issue. Worth a try. |