willemj
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| HD FILES which is best hi Bit Rates, or Hi Word lengths? Yes, but have to cook dinner first. | |
| Sonos Connect directly into MC452? Lean and flat is often an other way of saying accurate. However, if the OP really wants to be sure, why not get a Benchmark DAC3? | |
| Preamp Benchmark DAC3? | |
| Switch preamp? No reason to expect any sonic improvement from changing the Krell (your electricity bill will be lower with a pair of bridged Benchmark AHB2s, however). Just get it recapped and you are good for ages again. | |
| I would like to hook my satellite box to my oppo udp-205 for two channel audio An even better idea.See here for such issues on the usb side: http://archimago.blogspot.nl/2015/05/measurements-corning-usb-3-optical.html | |
| Does a new cd transport require break-in time? There is a misunderstanding, but perhaps I did not express myself clearly. What I meant is that if something needs to be burned in over a few days or a few weeks, it is impossible to compare the ex post to the ex ante state. You cannot go back in ... | |
| One of the best HDMI cable? For 4k the quality of hdmi does matter: http://archimago.blogspot.nl/2017/01/quickie-post-yes-cables-matters-for.html | |
| What should my next upgrade be? Your best experience To be precise, I never said the Sonos is perfect. All I said was that to be sure the Sonos is the culprit, you have to dig a bit deeper for a properly done comparison. After all, the test data are excellent, and this is only redbook cd level. With... | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison Thanks for the reponse. I know it is not easy, and it is precisely for that reason that I deplore the gratuitous praise for some components over others. We are, of course, largely let down by the audio press that mostly only publishes advertorials... | |
| B&W 805 Nautilus for PC? The sonic contribution from electronics is usually quite small compared to speakers. Therefore, changing that is unlikely to change the sound very much (unless you are using your computer’s internal soundcard/DAC - they are often terrible). Howeve... | |
| B&W 805 Nautilus for PC? Did you measure the response? | |
| I would like to hook my satellite box to my oppo udp-205 for two channel audio Good idea. | |
| HD FILES which is best hi Bit Rates, or Hi Word lengths? MQA is just a marketing trick. Even Meridian admit they have no scientific data. | |
| I would like to hook my satellite box to my oppo udp-205 for two channel audio With a long cable I would personally start with the digital coax. More generally, however, inputs are often a scarce resource, so if cable length is not an issue I would use the coax for the source with the highest sound quality (e.g. BD player) a... | |
| What should my next upgrade be? Your best experience Have you really tested the sound quality of the Sonos systematically? |