yoyoyaya
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| Looking for intermediate-step Streamer: better than BS Node and not @ Bartok level pricing @ OP Regarding suggestions on thread about a used Bartok, if the Bartok you auditioned was the current Apex model, the older Bartoks sound quite different - still very good but less analogue sounding than the Apex model. | |
| New computer for Streaming???? @OP. Unless you want to run Roon, there is no point in incorporating a computer in your system. | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? If preamps sound different, why would DACs not sound different? Arguably, there are more factors influencing the sound of a DAC than a preamp. | |
| LessLoss C-Marc Entropic Speaker Cable $1638 for the first meter and approx $for additional meters. That's for a stereo pair. | |
| dCS Bartok Apex vs any similar priced DAC @OP, the N-05XD is really better used into a preamp. It is an absolutely top notch DAC and it is significantly improved by its matching clock. The Apex Bartok is much better than the previous version and is a good choice in the application you ar... | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, Wilson Maxx II and III - the best balanced speakers Wilson made prior to the current generation. Starting to show their age now compared to the newest Daryl Wilson designs but still an exceptional loudspeaker. Other suggestions: LS3/5a, Quad ESL ... | |
| Sopra No 2's or other alternatives? Probably not easy to find, but the new Borresen X3 is worth a listen. It's very clean sounding, but it is not bright and it is very dynamic. | |
| pricing Classe SSP 25 (Esoteric DV50S) @OP There is certainly a market for the Classe Power Amp. What model is it, DR, CAM etc? | |
| Heavy Vinyl @vinylandtubes. There is a certain logic to the "absorb vibrations" theory. But of course that is going to be system dependent according to how the record interfaces with the platter material. I agree that a lot of the "heavy vinyl" marketing of a... | |
| Heavy Vinyl @terraplanebob. That's probably the main reason people use VTA adjusters on their tonearms. Personally, I set my tonearm to an average between a standard pressing and 180g. Geometrically, the deviation in SRA from that average is very small across... | |
| Heavy Vinyl @relayer101 - I agree, Analog Productions work is excellent. My comment about not buying much new vinyl relates to new releases of new music rather than reissued material. I've more existing vinyl than I can practically get around to listening to... | |
| Heavy Vinyl Thanks for all the replies. I think, maybe I have a different definition of warped because its a very exceptional record that is truly flat in the first place. Picking up on something else in the discussion, I don't buy much new vinyl because I'm... | |
| Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel There is a fundamental difference between CD and vinyl because you can't make a compact disc semiconductor laser in your garage. The biggest threat to CD is the elimination of optical drives in computers. Unfortunate, but hopefully there are eno... | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong The Spendor BC1 - ok introduced in 1971 - is still a fine speaker. On the specifics of the topic, it is of course a ridiculous generation to say that all pre 1970 speakers are rubbish. In the case of the ESL 57, very many would argue that the ESL... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? Listen, and I mean really listen - you'd be surprised how many people don't. |