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| Tidal app vs Roon. Wich one sounds better? Here’s an easy example where a PC comes ahead of the G1:PC - Roon - convert to DSD 512 - T+A DAC 8 DSD single bit converterThat would easily beat a G1 sending PCM into the chip based converter on the T+A DAC The best DAC designs I’ve heard have be... | |
| Battle of the maxi all in one integrateds: Naim Uniti Atom vs Nad M10 And while Dirac is good at taming room modes, it’s broadband eq still suffers from the fundamental problem that a single microphone can’t detect or correct what is heard from two ears, a brain, and thousands of years of evolution. | |
| Battle of the maxi all in one integrateds: Naim Uniti Atom vs Nad M10 Had the NAD M22 for a while, and it was the same story: dry, sterile, uninvolving in direct comparison to Class AB competitors. | |
| Why so many used focals? Bright and forward are a thing of the past. Sopra is definitely not bright and forward and they’ve been updating their entire line based around it’s new design. This is just a dumb outdated trope in the audiophile world at this point. Hilarious... | |
| T+A elektroakustik HV Series Components T+A is amazing. Hopefully some day a 3100 will be mine.I would say that when the DAC 8 DSD is using the single bit converter and playing DSD 512 it is the highest value proposition in Hi-Fi I’ve yet heard. It is just fantastic, and their USB imp... | |
| Looking for a feature-rich 2-channel integrated that can drive 2-ohm loads These integrated amps lack the feature set of your AVR for a reason: they degrade the sound. | |
| Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 Grannyring,I'm happy for you if you think it's an improvement. To that I would say you must not have liked the direct sound that your speakers provide in the first place, because that is what EQ is changing. | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. Just be happy YOU and YOUR system gets to jump off the bus very cheaply, but do not rush to judgement that the same must be true for everyone as I can assure you it’s not. | |
| Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 Room correction begins with the flawed premise that a single microphone can hear what our ear/brain hears in our room. It's not even close.They can do a great job cleaning up unruly bass. But past 200 hz you're doing more harm than good "correct... | |
| NEW integrated amp from Kinki Studio: EX-M1 - Good enough to replace my Pass Stack?? YES! So is this like a literal reverse engineered copy of the Goldmund Telos integrated amplifier?They look so close to one another and I keep hearing about the Kinki's "swiss-style" sound.If so, I freaking hate it. I mean I guess it's a win for the c... | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? I'll never understand the PS Audio Directstream love. It sounded distant, soft, and boring in my system. Too laid back. Maybe it was just poor synergy but yeeesh. The touchscreen they use on there makes it look super dated as well, the credit ... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. Media sample rate takes a backseat to recording quality no doubt.However I am now a convert to upsampling and there is no going back. I upsample all files to DSD 512 and play back through the T+A DAC8 DSD’s single bit chipless DSD converter.While... | |
| Do $2k speakers + DSP = $50k speakers? I'm sorry but...I don't think so.Subwoofer or not, I've never heard a monitor speaker throw out a soundstage that's remotely comparable to say a Sonus Faber IL Cremonese. They simply don't "scale" like a large $50k speaker does.Those speakers thr... | |
| The Border Patrol DAC - Maybe linearity in a DAC is bad ... Spitballing One album I remember distinctly with the Border Patrol was the Daft Punk RAM album. It has several tracks with beautifully recorded drums and cymbals.The cymbals with the BP Dac sounded dark and with very little decay, no sparkle and air. This i... | |
| The Border Patrol DAC - Maybe linearity in a DAC is bad ... Spitballing Subjectivist chiming in who bought the Border Patrol SE Dac and returned it....Apparently I like the decay and transparency of a typical DAC because I felt the Border Patrol sucked the life right out of my system. It was coloring the sound but de... |